Adjective white tie has 1 sense
- white-tie - requiring white ties and tailcoats for men; "a white-tie occasion"
Antonym: informal (indirect, via formal)
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Noun white tie has 2 senses
- white tie - bow tie worn as part of a man's formal evening dress
--1 is a kind of bow tie
- dress suit, full dress, tailcoat, tail coat, tails, white tie, white tie and tails - formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men
--2 is a kind of formalwear, eveningwear, evening dress, evening clothes
--2 has parts: swallow-tailed coat, swallowtail, morning coat
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