All vernacular synonyms
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V v noun vernacular
- mother tongue — the language first learned by a person; native language.
- doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
- jargon — a colorless to smoky gem variety of zircon.
- household word — a familiar name, phrase, saying, etc.; byword: The advertising campaign is designed to make this new product a household word.
- brogue — If someone has a brogue, they speak English with a strong accent, especially Irish or Scots.
- localism — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
- 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.
- idiom — an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- langue — the linguistic system shared by the members of a community (contrasted with parole).
- argot — An argot is a special language used by a particular group of people, which other people find difficult to understand.
- lingo — the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual: gamblers' lingo.
- first language — mother tongue
- cant — a salient angle.
- dialect — A dialect is a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area.
- lingua franca — any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages.
- newspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) an official or semiofficial style of writing or saying one thing in the guise of its opposite, especially in order to serve a political or ideological cause while pretending to be objective, as in referring to “increased taxation” as “revenue enhancement.”.
- by-word — a word or phrase associated with some person or thing; a characteristic expression, typical greeting, or the like.
adj vernacular
- demotic — Demotic language is the type of informal language used by ordinary people.
- interstate — connecting or involving different states: interstate commerce.
- localized — to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.
- garden variety — common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.
- idiomatic — peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect: idiomatic French.
- dialectal — of a dialect.
- divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- countrywide — Something that happens or exists countrywide happens or exists throughout the whole of a particular country.
- dialectical — In philosophy, Dialectical is used to describe situations, theories, and methods which depend on resolving opposing factors.
- national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- federal — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- colloquial — of or relating to conversation
- nationwide — extending throughout the nation: The incident aroused nationwide interest.
adjective vernacular
- informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- conversational — Conversational means relating to, or similar to, casual and informal talk.
- local — low-cal.
- localised — localisation
- native — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- jive — swing music or early jazz.
- folk — Usually, folks. (used with a plural verb) people in general: Folks say there wasn't much rain last summer.