Antonyms of adj starchy

2 senses of starchy

Sense 1
starchy (vs. starchless) -- (consisting of or containing starch; "starchy foods")

starchless (vs. starchy) -- (lacking starch)

Sense 2
starchy, stiff, buckram -- (rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality")

INDIRECT (VIA formal) -> informal -- (not formal; "conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress"; "an informal free-and-easy manner"; "an informal gathering of friends")

Similarity of adj starchy

2 senses of starchy

Sense 1
starchy (vs. starchless) -- (consisting of or containing starch; "starchy foods")
       => starchlike, amylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal, farinaceous -- (resembling starch)

Sense 2
starchy, stiff, buckram -- (rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality")
       => formal (vs. informal) -- (being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education")

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