Thesaurus
ceremonious
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of CEREMONIOUS
1
marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and details <a century ago everyday life was much more ceremonious than in our anything-goes era>
Synonyms correct, decorous, formal, nice, proper, punctilious, starchy, stiff, stiff-necked, stilted
2
following or agreeing with established form, custom, or rules <the ceremonious regalia of the Swiss Guards, the pope's traditional body guards>
Related Words authorized, certified, official, sanctioned; accepted, correct, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, proper, respectable, seemly; formalistic, ritual, ritualistic; methodical (also methodic), orderly, systematic
Near Antonyms unauthorized, unofficial; graceless, improper, inappropriate, incorrect, indecorous, inept, infelicitous, unapt, unbecoming, unfit, unhappy, unseemly, unsuitable
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