All idiom synonyms

noun idiom

• patois — a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
• dialect — A dialect is a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area.
• locution — a particular form of expression; a word, phrase, expression, or idiom, especially as used by a particular person, group, etc.
• vernacular — (of language) native or indigenous (opposed to literary or learned).
• phrase — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
• parlance — a way or manner of speaking; vernacular; idiom: legal parlance.
• jargon — a colorless to smoky gem variety of zircon.
• style — a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character: the baroque style; The style of the house was too austere for their liking.
• word — Microsoft Word
• language — a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language.
• argot — An argot is a special language used by a particular group of people, which other people find difficult to understand.
• idiosyncrasy — A mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.
• talk — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
• usage — a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice: the usages of the last 50 years.
• colloquialism — A colloquialism is a colloquial word or phrase.
• tongue — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
• lingo — the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual: gamblers' lingo.
• provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
• localism — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
• turn of phrase — expression, wording
• vernacularism — a vernacular word or expression.
• saying — what a person says or has to say.
• expression — The process of making known one's thoughts or feelings.
• figure of speech — any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in which words are used in other than their literal sense, or in other than their ordinary locutions, in order to suggest a picture or image or for other special effect. Compare trope (def 1).
• speech — the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity.
• syntax — Linguistics. the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language. the study of the patterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words. the rules or patterns so studied: English syntax. a presentation of these: a syntax of English. an instance of these: the syntax of a sentence.
• lexicon — a wordbook or dictionary, especially of Greek, Latin, or Hebrew.
• lexis — the vocabulary of a language, as distinct from its grammar; the total stock of words and idiomatic combinations of them in a language; lexicon.