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Pronunciation:
[ ɪnfˈɔːmə͡l], [ ɪnfˈɔːməl], [ ɪ_n_f_ˈɔː_m_əl]
Related words: informal language, colloquial language, conversational language, vernacular language, informal text, informal speech
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Similar words for informal:
- all (adjective)
- breezy (adjective)
- casual (adjective)
- casual, simple (adjective)
- chatty (adjective)
- colloquial (adjective)
- common (adjective)
- conversational (adjective)
- democratic (adjective)
- down to earth (adjective)
- easy (adjective)
- easygoing (adjective)
- everyday (adjective)
- extemporaneous (adjective)
- extemporaneous/extemporary (adjective)
- familiar (adjective)
- free (adjective)
- free and easy (adjective)
- homely (adjective)
- offhand (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- outgoing (adjective)
- practical (adjective)
- relaxed (adjective)
- sporty (adjective)
- spur-of-the-moment (adjective)
- succinct (adjective)
- unconventional (adjective)
- uninhibited (adjective)
- unofficial (adjective)
- vernacular (adjective)
- outdoor (adjective, adverb)
- outdoor (adverb)
- other relevant words (adverb)
- outdoor (adverb)
- downbeat (noun)
- epistolary (noun)
- epistolatory (noun)
- informal (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- cozy
- without formality
Synonyms for Informal:
adj.
• all (adjective) • breezy (adjective)- most easy-going,
- in formal,
- more low-pressure,
- un constrained,
- more lowpressure,
- lowpressure,
- more easy-going,
- un-constrained,
- most low pressure,
- more easy going,
- most low-pressure,
- most lowpressure,
- most easy going,
- more low pressure,
- in-formal.
- un-concerned,
- more pococurante,
- in curious,
- un concerned,
- uninterested,
- insouciant,
- in-different,
- with drawn,
- un fussiest,
- un fussy,
- with-drawn,
- un fussier,
- un interested,
- folksy,
- laidback,
- unfussiest,
- most pococurante,
- re-mote,
- unfussier,
- un-fussier,
- in different,
- un-interested,
- down home,
- un-fussiest,
- in-curious,
- un-fussy.
- ordinary,
- open,
- inconspicuous,
- easy,
- everyday,
- frank,
- mixed,
- without ceremony,
- homey,
- congenial,
- colloquial,
- urbane,
- mellow,
- motley,
- intimate,
- extempore,
- straightforward,
- throwaway,
- unconstrained,
- unceremonious.
- friendly,
- most looselipped,
- gossipy,
- most loose lipped,
- loose lipped,
- looselipped,
- more multieloquent,
- multi eloquent,
- multi-eloquent,
- most loose-lipped,
- more looselipped,
- more loose lipped,
- more loose-lipped,
- most multieloquent.
- re-gular,
- more workaday,
- trivial,
- most workaday,
- prevailing,
- habitual,
- more prevalent,
- uni versal,
- pre vailing,
- pre-vailing,
- uni-versal,
- most worn out,
- re gular,
- general,
- more unvaried,
- un-varied,
- most comformable,
- most unvaried,
- un-distinguished,
- stereo typed,
- more comformable,
- un varied,
- stocker,
- stereo-typed,
- more frequent,
- un distinguished.
- most sober-minded,
- soberminded,
- plainspoken,
- down earth,
- more sober minded,
- more sober-minded,
- most sober minded,
- most soberminded,
- more soberminded,
- sober minded.
- un pretentious,
- un-pretentious,
- good natured,
- un-demanding,
- goodnatured,
- goodtempered,
- most unanxious,
- un-forced,
- un demanding,
- un forced,
- un-anxious,
- most undemanding,
- un-affected,
- un anxious,
- more undemanding,
- un affected,
- unanxious,
- more unanxious,
- good tempered.
- out giving,
- more hang-loose,
- eventempered,
- more hang loose,
- out-giving,
- more poised,
- most poised,
- even tempered,
- devil may care,
- un-hurried,
- more hangloose,
- selfpossessed,
- indolent,
- more outgiving,
- un hurried,
- most hang-loose,
- self possessed,
- happy go lucky,
- hangloose,
- most hangloose,
- un critical,
- un-critical,
- most outgiving,
- most hang loose.
- un remarkable,
- most whitebread,
- dime dozen,
- unexceptional,
- un exceptional,
- mainstream,
- un-imaginative,
- more whitebread,
- un-exceptional,
- un-remarkable,
- un imaginative.
- most jamming,
- un premeditated,
- off cuff,
- most on-the-spot,
- more jamming,
- off the top of head,
- more improvisatory,
- madeup,
- jamming,
- most on the spot,
- ex temporary,
- most improviso,
- snappest,
- off the top head,
- more on the spot,
- un planned,
- un prepared,
- more on-the-spot,
- un-planned,
- un-prepared,
- un-studied,
- un studied,
- most improvisatory,
- most improv,
- off top head,
- un-premeditated,
- more improv,
- ex-temporary,
- more improviso.
- palsiest,
- palsywalsy,
- buddy buddy,
- intrusive,
- most buddy buddy,
- most free-and-easy,
- palsier,
- more free-and-easy,
- most buddy-buddy,
- more buddy-buddy,
- palsy walsy,
- re-cognizable,
- most free and easy,
- more buddybuddy,
- re cognizable,
- more buddy buddy,
- buddybuddy,
- un-ceremonious,
- pre sumptuous,
- recognizable,
- more familiar,
- un-reserved,
- un sophisticated,
- more free and easy,
- officious,
- pre-sumptuous,
- most buddybuddy,
- un ceremonious,
- most recognizable,
- repeated,
- un-sophisticated,
- more recognizable.
- unhampered,
- independent,
- off the hook,
- free-spirited,
- on one's own,
- freest,
- at liberty,
- on own,
- untrammeled,
- free-wheeling,
- at large,
- free spirited,
- unengaged,
- freewheeling,
- on the loose.
- booner,
- most nonformal,
- boonest,
- free easy,
- footloose and fancy free,
- footloose and fancyfree,
- free as wind,
- non-formal,
- free as bird,
- more nonformal,
- footloose fancyfree,
- footloose fancy free,
- footloose fancy-free,
- non formal.
- un assuming,
- more inelaborate,
- in-elaborate,
- in elaborate,
- most homelike,
- unassuming,
- un-assuming,
- more homelike,
- un ostentatious,
- un-ostentatious,
- most inelaborate.
- on impulse,
- free,
- on-the-spot,
- vernacular,
- casual,
- hang loose,
- snapper,
- democratic,
- palsy,
- off beaten track,
- Autoschediastic,
- buddy-buddy,
- unconventional,
- unfussy,
- hang-loose,
- breezy,
- matter of fact,
- homely,
- extemporary,
- extemporaneous,
- ad lib,
- IMPROV,
- free as the wind,
- tossed off,
- at ease,
- Improviso,
- on the spot,
- Improvisatory,
- ADLIB,
- free as a bird,
- uninhibited,
- common,
- homelike,
- comformable,
- workaday,
- off-the-cuff,
- taking for ride,
- at first glance,
- tossed out,
- longwinded,
- off the beaten track,
- nonformal,
- easygoing,
- unvaried,
- run of the mill,
- uncustomary,
- footloose and fancy-free,
- whitebread,
- multieloquent,
- relaxed,
- undemanding,
- wornout,
- inelaborate,
- Pococurante,
- toss off,
- sporty,
- thought out loud,
- loose-lipped,
- outgiving,
- Sober-minded,
- anarchistic,
- out in left field,
- easy-going,
- free-and-easy,
- unofficial,
- laid back,
- by ear,
- garden variety,
- non-conformist,
- low-pressure,
- toss out,
- low pressure,
- casual conversational,
- easy going,
- Familiar,
- off top of head.
- out-going,
- un-restrained,
- outgoing,
- more extrovert,
- most extrovert,
- out going,
- out goingest,
- out-goinger,
- out goinger,
- out-goingest.
- stark,
- prosaic,
- uncluttered,
- outspoken,
- simple,
- candid,
- unadorned,
- clear,
- unpretentious,
- unpoetical,
- Plain-spoken,
- blunt,
- intelligible,
- direct,
- bald,
- honest.
- un commonest,
- non conformist,
- wayout,
- un-common,
- un conventional,
- un usual,
- avant garde,
- un common,
- un-commoner,
- in-dividual,
- most anarchistic,
- in dividual,
- most weirdo,
- out left field,
- farout,
- most uncustomary,
- more anarchistic,
- out of ordinary,
- un commoner,
- off wall,
- avantgarde,
- out ordinary,
- un-usual,
- un-conventional,
- un-customary,
- more weirdo,
- un customary,
- more uncustomary.
a. & adv.
• outdoor (adjective, adverb)adv.
• outdoor (adverb)- more nature-loving,
- nature loving,
- most hilltop,
- more patio,
- out door,
- most nature loving,
- most out of doors,
- more picnic,
- more alfresco,
- more natureloving,
- more out of doors,
- more nature loving,
- most natureloving,
- most mountain,
- out side,
- most patio,
- natureloving,
- out-door,
- out the house,
- woodsest,
- yardest,
- out house,
- more mountain,
- more hilltop,
- most nature-loving,
- woodser,
- most garden,
- more out-of-doors,
- most out-of-doors.
adv
• Other relevant words: (adverb) • outdoor (adverb)n.
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•
- cool,
- chatty,
- at one with,
- nonchalant,
- chilled,
- composed,
- words,
- calm.
v.
• Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
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•
- triumphal,
- faceless,
- headquartered,
- regulatory,
- offhand,
- Confabulatory,
- structured,
- self-regulatory,
- white tie,
- laid-back,
- bacchanalian,
- BYOB.
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•
- central.
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•
- umbrella.
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•
- natural.
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•
- flat.
- cozy.
Paraphrases for Informal:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
unofficial, non-formal, non-official.
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Proper noun, singular
unofficial, non-formal, non-official.
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Noun, singular or mass
non-formal.
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Adjective
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Forward Entailment
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Adjective
formal.
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Proper noun, singular
formal.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
informality.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Adjective
after-school, amiable, atypical, extracurricular, extrajudicial, impromptu, improvised, makeshift, nonprofessional, officious, parallel, spontaneous, unconventional, unincorporated, unorganised, unregulated, untrained, informational, out-of-court, extra-judicial, extra-curricular, non-traditional, non-governmental, semi-official, non-conventional, non-regular, non-institutional, non-regulated, non-documented, non-formalized.
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Proper noun, singular
visits.
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Noun, plural
homes, delegations.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
lies.
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Adjective
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