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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ritual, formal |
| Synonyms: | civil, courteous, courtly, decorous, deferential, dignified, exact, grandiose, impressive, majestic, moving, precise, proper, punctilious, seemly, solemn, starchy, stately, stiff, striking |
| Notes: | ceremonial is more often applied to things (clothing, etc.) and ceremonious is used for persons and things (occasion, venue) |
| Antonyms: | informal, relaxed, unceremonious, unobserved |
| Main Entry: | courtly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | refined manner |
| Synonyms: | adulatory, affable, aristocratic, august, ceremonious, chivalrous, civil, civilized, complimentary, conventional, cultured, decorous, dignified, elegant, flattering, formal, gallant, gracious, high-bred, imposing, lofty, obliging, polished, polite, preux, prim, refined, stately, studied, urbane |
| Antonyms: | impolite, indecorous, inelegant, low-bred, provincial, rough, uncivil, unpolished, unrefined |
| Main Entry: | decorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate, suitable |
| Synonyms: | au fait, becoming, befitting, ceremonial, ceremonious, civilized, comely, comme il faut, conforming, conventional, correct, de rigueur, decent, demure, dignified, done, elegant, fit, fitting, formal, good, mannerly, meet, moral, nice, polite, prim, proper, punctilious, refined, respectable, right, seasonable, sedate, seemly, staid, well-behaved |
| Antonyms: | impolite, inappropriate, indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, unfit, unrefined, unseemly, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | distant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aloof |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, ceremonious, cold, cool, formal, haughty, insociable, laid back, modest, offish, on ice, proud, put on airs, remote, reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, shy, solitary, standoff, standoffish, stiff, stuck-up, unapproachable, uncompanionable, unconcerned, unfriendly, unsociable, uppity, withdrawn |
| Antonyms: | friendly, kind, sympathetic, warm |
| Main Entry: | formal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | established, orderly |
| Synonyms: | academic, approved, ceremonial, ceremonialistic, ceremonious, confirmed, conventional, decorous, directed, explicit, express, fixed, formalistic, lawful, legal, methodical, official, precise, prescribed, pro forma, proper, punctilious, regular, rigid, ritual, ritualistic, set, solemn, stately, stereotyped, stereotypical, strict, systematic |
| Antonyms: | disorderly, informal, relaxed |
| Main Entry: | formal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stiff, affected, correct |
| Synonyms: | aloof, by the numbers, ceremonious, conventional, decorous, distant, exact, nominal, playing the game, polite, precise, prim, punctilious, reserved, seemly, sententious, starched, stilted, straight arrow, stuffy, unbending |
| Antonyms: | customary, informal, normal, relaxed, unaffected |
| Main Entry: | majestic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impressive, splendid |
| Synonyms: | august, awesome, ceremonious, cool, courtly, dignified, elevated, exalted, fab, grand, grandiose, imperial, imposing, lofty, magnific, magnificent, marvelous, mind-blowing*, monumental, noble, out of this world, pompous, regal, royal, smashing, sovereign, stately, stunning, sublime, sumptuous, superb |
| Antonyms: | humble, low, lowly, shabby |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | official |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | authorized, legitimate |
| Synonyms: | accredited, approved, authentic, authenticated, authoritative, bona fide, canonical, cathedral, ceremonious, certified, cleared, conclusive, correct, customary, decided, decisive, definite, endorsed, established, ex cathedra, ex officio, fitting, formal, legitimate, licensed, okay*, ordered, orthodox, positive, precise, proper, real, recognized, rightful, sanctioned, suitable, true, valid |
| Notes: | an official (noun) is one who holds or is invested with an office or a referee or umpire in a game or sport - (adjective) having official authority or of or relating to an office; officious means marked by excessive eagerness in offering services or advice where they are neither requested nor needed |
| Antonyms: | unauthorized, unofficial, unsanctioned |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | precise |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | meticulous, fastidious |
| Synonyms: | careful, ceremonious, choosy, exact, finicky, formal, fussy, genteel, inflexible, nice, particular, persnickety*, picky, priggish, prim, prissy, punctilious, rigid, scrupulous, stickling, stiff*, strict, stuffy, uncompromising |
| Antonyms: | careless, loose, negligent, slipshod |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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