ceremonious

1. 1.

   characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display

   Synonymspompous
2. 2.

   rigidly formal or bound by convention

   “their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt”

   Synonymsconventional

   Similarformal

Questions about ceremonious

What does ceremonious mean?

ceremonious means "characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ceremonious?

ceremonious has 5 syllables: ce-re-mo-ni-ous. The stress falls on "ni".

What is another word for ceremonious?

Close synonyms include pompous, conventional. 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 ceremonious a common word?

ceremonious is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.