WHITE-TIE Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

white-tie

adjective

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Recent Examples of white-tie After a white-tie dinner at The White House on Tuesday, King Charles and Queen Camilla headed north to New York City on Wednesday to visit the 9/11 Memorial, the New York Public Library, and other sites, before hitting the King’s Trust Global Gala. —

Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 30 Apr. 2026 On Tuesday, the royal couple were greeted by President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump for the white-tie event in the East Room – here's a look at all the details. —

Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026 The dinner was organized by the Queen in return for a white-tie dinner, the first of its kind hosted by the Bush family at the White House. —

Callum Sutherland, Time, 27 Apr. 2026 The royal couple attended a white-tie state dinner, visited the Children's National Medical Center and laid a wreath at the World War II Memorial. —

Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026 The photographer has even captured glamorous portraits of the Prince and Princess of Wales at state banquets, sometimes sharing a behind-the-scenes look at the white-tie events that call for ballgowns and tiaras. —

Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026 At the white-tie banquet that night were eight Trumps and 16 members of the royal family, spanning three generations − 170 guests in all. —

Susan Page, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026 Senior royals and esteemed guests donned their white-tie finery—and their tiaras—for a night celebrating the diplomatic ties between the two countries. —

Isaac Bickerstaff, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2025 His grandmother was the late Jane Dudley, who founded the Swan Ball, the annual white-tie gala. —

Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 11 Aug. 2025

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The festival, which welcomes A-list talent and up-and-coming names from around the world, did not explicitly ban flats in its dress code in the past, but festival workers were known to prohibit entry — or attempt to do so — for women in flats on various occasions at black-tie gala screenings.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
Although the festival did not repeat this requirement as explicitly this year, black-tie guidelines are still included in the official festival charter.

— Blanche Marcel, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026