formality
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a requirement of etiquette or custom
a mere formality
Types & categories
- ceremony hypernym
Related & opposite
- formal derivation
Sense 2 noun
a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies
the formality of his voice made the others pay him close attention
Types & categories
- personal manner hypernym
- ceremoniousness hyponym
- stateliness hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
compliance with formal rules
courtroom formality
Types & categories
- abidance hypernym
Related & opposite
- formal derivation
- person of color has domain usage
- herald has domain usage
- slough of despond has domain usage
- banausic has domain usage
- therein has domain usage
- hereby has domain usage
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | formal |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ceremony |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | informality |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | formal |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | informal |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | formal |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | informal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | courtly |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | formal |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | personal manner |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ceremoniousness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stateliness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | formal |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | person of color |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | herald |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | slough of despond |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | banausic |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | therein |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | hereby |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | abidance |