Synonyms for language
Most common
vocabulary terminology dialect phraseology words discourse speech wording
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Lingo
lingo informal, vocabulary, terminology, dialect, phraseology, diction, style, nomenclature, cant, wordage rare
2. Words
3. Speech
speech, tongue, idiom, vernacular, patois, expression, argot, locution
4. Programming language
Definitions
- n. 1
A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
Deaf and mute people communicate using sign language.
- n. 2
The ability to communicate using words.
- n. 3
A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.
legal language; the language of chemistry
- n. 4
The specific wording or style of a text, such as a law or a contract.
Related words
- Word family
- languoid
- Phrases
- native language strong language machine language standard language computer language programming language constructed language first language
- Is a kind of
- medium
Forms
- Plural
- languages → lingos, vocabularies, terminologies, dialects…
Choose the right word
lingua, the tongue) signified originally expression of thought by spoken words, but now in its widest sense it signifies expression of thought by any means; as, the language of the eyes, the language of flowers.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- vocabulary Do you know a good way to memorize new vocabulary?
- terminology Railway workers have their own particular terminology.
- dialect He always makes fun of her because of her dialect.
- words What he meant by those words finally dawned on me.
- discourse Algerian Islamists have a very radical discourse.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| language | rising | |
| vocabulary | rising | |
| terminology | steady | |
| dialect | steady | |
| phraseology | falling | |
| words | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- talk1, cant1
- 5 letters
- words1, style1, lyric2, lingo2, idiom3, argot2
- 6 letters
- speech1, tongue1, patois2
- 7 letters
- dialect3, wording2, diction2, languid2, wordage, languet
- 8 letters
- locution
- 9 letters
- discourse2
- 10 letters
- expression3, vocabulary5, vernacular4
- 11 letters
- terminology5, phraseology5
- 12 letters
- conversation4, nomenclature4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lyric2 = 2 syllables).
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