Synonyms for terminology
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Noun
1. Nomenclature
nomenclature, language, jargon, lingo, phraseology, vocabulary, words, wording, verbiage, phrasing, wordage, diction
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Definitions
- n. 1
A treatise on terms, especially those used in a specialised field.
Forms
- Plural
- terminologies → nomenclatures, languages, jargons, lingos…
Example sentences
- language Few people can speak a foreign language perfectly.
- jargon All this technical jargon is gibberish to me.
- nomenclature We will have a quiz on binomial nomenclature next week.
- lingo I'd love to work in Germany, but I don't speak the lingo.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| terminology | steady | |
| language | rising | |
| jargon | steady | |
| nomenclature | falling | |
| lingo | rising | |
| glossology | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- words1, lingo2
- 6 letters
- jargon2
- 7 letters
- wording2, diction2, wordage
- 8 letters
- language2, phrasing2, verbiage3
- 10 letters
- vocabulary5, glossology
- 11 letters
- phraseology5
- 12 letters
- nomenclature4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lingo2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- terminologie
- Italiano
- terminologia
- Deutsch
- Terminologie