ceremonial

1. 1.

   marked by pomp or ceremony or formality

   “a ceremonial occasion”

   “ceremonial garb”

   Similarformal

Other forms of ceremonial

plural

ceremonials·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ceremonial

What does ceremonial mean?

ceremonial means "a formal event performed on a special occasion". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ceremonial?

ceremonial has 5 syllables: cer-e-mo-ni-al. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /ˌsɛɹəˈmoʊniəl/.

What is another word for ceremonial?

Close synonyms include ceremony, ceremonial occasion, observance. 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 ceremonial a common word?

ceremonial is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ceremonial?

2 words rhyme with ceremonial. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.