Usually means: Not following official rules, casual.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word INFORMAL:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. informal: Merriam-Webster
  2. informal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. informal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. informal: Collins English Dictionary
  5. informal: Vocabulary.com
  6. Informal, informal: Wordnik
  7. informal: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. informal: Wiktionary
  9. informal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. informal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. informal: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. informal: Dictionary.com
  13. informal: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. informal: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Informal (attire), Informal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Informal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. informal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. informal: Rhymezone
  19. informal, informal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. informal: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. informal: FreeDictionary.org
  22. informal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. informal: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. informal: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. informal: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. informal: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. informal: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. informal: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Informal: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (informal)

▸ adjective:  Not formal or ceremonious.
▸ adjective:  Not in accord with the usual regulations.
▸ adjective:  Suited for everyday use.
▸ adjective:  (of language) Reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage.
▸ adjective:  (horticulture) Not organized; not structured or planned.

Similar:
unliterary, unofficial, unceremonious, free-and-easy, unceremonial, nonliterary, casual, subliterary, friendly, conversational, more...

Opposite:
formal, official, conventional, ceremonial, structured

Types:
email, text, instant message, skype, phone call, face-to-face, more...

Phrases:
informal sector, Informal economy, Informal organization, Informal education, informal settlements, more...

Adjectives:
formal, adjective, honorific, indicative, imperative, verbal, self, official, game, presumptive

Colors:
    denim,     khaki,     olive,     mustard,     coral, more...


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Similar:
unliterary, unofficial, unceremonious, free-and-easy, unceremonial, nonliterary, casual, subliterary, friendly, conversational, more...

Opposite:
formal, official, conventional, ceremonial, structured

Types:
email, text, instant message, skype, phone call, face-to-face, more...

Phrases:
informal sector, Informal economy, Informal organization, Informal education, informal settlements, informal logic, informal settlement, informal interview, informal rulemaking, informal fallacies, more...

Adjectives:
formal, adjective, honorific, indicative, imperative, verbal, self, official, game, presumptive

Colors:
    denim,     khaki,     olive,     mustard,     coral, more...



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