Order, benediction, celebration, drill, and habit are all synonyms for ritual. Improvisation and spontaneity are these antonyms of ritual. And here are another 31 synonyms for ritual.
Ritual Synonyms
1. Religious
- Benediction
- Ceremony
- Devotion
- Invocation
- Liturgy
- Ordinance
- Rite
- Sacrament
- Worship
- Cultus
2. Traditional
- Celebration
- Commemoration
- Custom
- Festivity
- Observance
- Protocol
- Rite of passage
- Thanksgiving
- Tradition
- Heritage practice
3. Secular
- Drill
- Habit
- Order
- Pattern
- Practice
- Procedure
- Regimen
- Rehearsal
- Routine
- Method