black-tie
Moderately formal; usually requiring a dinner jacket for menModerately formal; usually requiring a dinner jacket (tuxedo) for men.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)Moderately formal; usually requiring a dinner jacket (tuxedo) for men.
There is black-tie function at the Castle this evening.
moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket:semiformalsemi-formal
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedwhite-tie