'Informal' definitions:
Definition of 'informal'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not formal; "conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress"; "an informal free-and-easy manner"; "an informal gathering of friends" [ant: formal]
adjective
Not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers" [syn: informal, loose]
adjective
Used of spoken and written language [ant: formal]
adjective
Definition of 'Informal'
From: GCIDE
- Informal \In*form"al\, a. [Pref. in- not + formal.]
- 1. Not in the regular, usual, or established form; not according to official, conventional, prescribed, or customary forms or rules; irregular; hence, without ceremony; as, an informal writing, proceeding, or visit. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Deranged in mind; out of one's senses. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- These poor informal women. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'informal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affable,
- beat,
- beat-up,
- bedraggled,
- blowzy,
- Bohemian,
- breakaway,
- careless,
- casual,
- chintzy,
- colloquial,
- common,
- conversational,
- cordial,
- degage,
- dilapidated,
- drabbletailed,
- draggled,
- draggletailed,
- easy,
- easygoing,
- en deshabille,
- everyday,
- familiar,
- far out,
- folksy,
- free,
- free and easy,
- fringy,
- frowzy,
- frumpish,
- frumpy,
- garden-variety,
- gracious,
- grubby,
- haymish,
- heretical,
- heterodox,
- hippie,
- homely,
- homey,
- in dishabille,
- in rags,
- irregular,
- kinky,
- loose,
- lumpen,
- maverick,
- messy,
- mussy,
- natural,
- negligent,
- nonstandard,
- not cricket,
- not done,
- not kosher,
- offbeat,
- offhand,
- offhanded,
- ordinary,
- original,
- plain,
- poky,
- private,
- ragged,
- raggedy,
- relaxed,
- ruinous,
- scraggly,
- seedy,
- shabby,
- shoddy,
- simple,
- slack,
- slatternly,
- slipshod,
- sloppy,
- slovenly,
- sluttish,
- sociable,
- sordid,
- special,
- spoken,
- spontaneous,
- sporty,
- squalid,
- substandard,
- tacky,
- tattered,
- unaffected,
- unassuming,
- unauthorized,
- unceremonious,
- unconstrained,
- unconventional,
- uneducated,
- unfashionable,
- unkempt,
- unliterary,
- unneat,
- unofficial,
- unorthodox,
- unpretentious,
- unsightly,
- unstudied,
- untidy,
- vernacular,
- way out
Words containing 'Informal'
- Inform,
- Informalities,
- Informality,
- Informally,
- Informant,
- Information,
- Informative,
- Informed,
- Informer,
- Informing,
- Informity,
- Informous,
- To inform against,
- inform on,
- informational,
- informatively,
- informed of,
- Common informer,
- Informed stars,
- To lodge an information,
- confidential information,
- information age,
- information bulletin,
- information content,
- information gathering,
- information measure,
- information processing,
- information return,
- information science,
- information superhighway,
- information system,
- information technology,
- information theory,
- information warfare,
- informational rna,
- informed consent,
- informer's privilege,
- inside information,
- insider information,
- intelligence information,
- selective information,
- Well-informed,
- electronic information service,
- information processing system,
- defense information systems agency,
- defense technical information center,
- national technical information service,
- american standard code for information interchange