informality

Other forms of informality

plural

informalities·

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 informality

What does informality mean?

informality means "a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in informality?

informality has 5 syllables: in-for-mal-i-ty. The stress falls on "mal". In IPA it is /ˌɪnfɚˈmælɪti/.

What is another word for informality?

Close synonyms include ease. 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.

What is the opposite of informality?

The recorded antonyms are formality.

Is informality a common word?

informality 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.