formality (for-mal-i-ty)
Definition
noun. 1 compliance with rules and customs 2 a proper legal or official convention 3 aloof or ceremonious behavior 4 adherence to ceremonious custom or standards
Example Sentence
The award ceremony was a formality after the game.
Synonyms
convention; dignity; ceremony
Antonyms
informality
Rhymes
- banality
- bestiality
- brutality
- causality
- centrality
- duality
- fatality
- finality
- formality
- frugality
- legality
- lethality
- locality
- mentality
- modality
- morality
- mortality
- neutrality
- normality
- plurality
- reality
- tonality
- totality
- venality
- vitality
- abnormality
- actuality
- commonality
- criminality
- criticality
- cyclicality
- functionality
- generality
- geniality
- hospitality
- illegality
- immorality
- immortality
- informality
- liberality
- musicality
- mutuality
- nationality
- partiality
- personality
- practicality
- principality
- punctuality
- rationality
- sensuality
- sexuality
- speciality
- technicality
- triviality
- unreality
- bisexuality
- collegiality
- conditionality
- congeniality
- dimensionality
- eventuality
- impartiality
- impersonality
- instrumentality
- irrationality
- materiality
- municipality
- originality
- proportionality
- sentimentality
- spirituality
- theatricality
- universality
- confidentiality
- constitutionality
- homosexuality
- individuality
- heterosexuality
- extraterritoriality