Words Like CEREMONIOUS
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to CEREMONIOUS.
    
    
    
        
            4 Alternative Words Similar to ceremonious
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        10 definitions of ceremonious
           
        
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        Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. [In this sense ceremonial is now preferred.]
    
    
    
 
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        According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious.
    
    
    
 
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        characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
    
    
    
 
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        rigidly formal or bound by convention
    
    
    
 
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        Strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony, ritual, or etiquette; punctilious: "borne on silvery trays by ceremonious world-weary waiters”  ( Financial Times). 
    
    
    
 
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        Characterized by ceremony.
    
    
    
 
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        In accord with prescribed or customary usage; rigidly formal.
    
    
    
 
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        Consisting of or relating to outward forms and rites; conformable to prescribed ceremony.
    
    
    
 
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        Full of ceremony or formality; marked by solemnity of manner or method.
    
    
    
 
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        According to prescribed or customary formalities or punctilios; characterized by more elaborate forms of politeness than are commonly used between intimate acquaintances; formal in manner or method: as, ceremonious phrases.