Synonyms for vernacular
- noun
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Slang — language unique to a particular group of people
slang, argot, language, idiom, dialect, patois, lingo, speech, cant
Other
Adjective
1. Vulgar — of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom
vulgar, colloquial, common, demotic, informal, everyday, ordinary, basilectal
2. Native — belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or by nature
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Language unique to a particular group of people.
Near-synonyms: jargon, argot, dialect, slang
- adj. 1
Of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
Near-synonyms: common, everyday, indigenous, ordinary, vulgar, colloquial, basilectal, demotic
- adj. 2
Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or by nature.
Near-synonyms: native, indigenous; endemic
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- vernaculars → slangs, argots, languages, idioms…
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Vernacular, from the Latin, has the same general sense as the Saxon mother tongue, of one's native language, or that of a people; as, the Scriptures were translated into the vernacular.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- language Few people can speak a foreign language perfectly.
- slang It's fun to learn slang words in foreign languages.
- idiom That idiom is as phony as a coin with my face on it.
- argot An argot strengthens the identity of a social group.
By length
- 4 letters
- cant1, folk1
- 5 letters
- slang1, idiom3, lingo2, argot2
- 6 letters
- common2, speech1, native2, vulgar2, patois2
- 7 letters
- dialect3, endemic3, vulgate, demotic
- 8 letters
- language2, everyday3, ordinary4, informal3, basilect
- 10 letters
- indigenous4, colloquial4, basilectal
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idiom3 = 3 syllables).