What does black-tie mean?

black-tie means "moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket".

How many syllables are in black-tie?

black-tie has 2 syllables and divides as black--tie under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for black-tie?

Close synonyms include semiformal, semi-formal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is black-tie a common word?

black-tie is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Black-tie — meaning, 2 synonyms and examples

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket
“he wore semiformal attire”
“a black-tie dinner”
Synonymssemiformal semi-formal
Similarformal

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What does black-tie mean?: black-tie means "moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket".
How many syllables are in black-tie?: black-tie has 2 syllables and divides as black--tie under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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