Dialectal synonyms

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regional
The definition of regional is something related to, taking place in or characteristic of a given geographic location.
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local
Of or for a particular part or specific area of the body; not general
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provincial
The definition of provincial is something related to a specific country or geographic area or someone or something that is small-minded and unsophisticated.
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limited
Confined or restricted within certain limits:
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dialectical
(Rare) Of, or characteristic of a dialect; dialectal.
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colloquial
(Linguistics) Denoting a manner of speaking or writing that is characteristic of familiar conversation; informal.
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vernacular
Native to or commonly spoken by the members of a particular country or region.
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idiomatic
(Music) Parts or pieces which are written both within the natural physical limitations of the instrument and human body and, less so or less often, the styles of playing used on specific instruments.
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indigenous
(Chiefly of living things) Born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion. [from 17th c.]
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rural
Pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas.
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geographically restricted
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socially restricted
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nonstandard
(Linguistics) Associated with a language variety used by uneducated speakers or socially disfavored groups.
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not generally accepted
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not generally in use
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inflectional (related)
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orthographical (related)
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orthography (related)
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homonymy (related)
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sociolinguistic (related)
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Find another word for dialectal. In this page you can discover 20 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for dialectal, like: regional, local, provincial, limited, dialectical, colloquial, vernacular, idiomatic, indigenous, rural and geographically restricted.
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Dialectal Sentence Examples

  • Hood is a very usual dialectal form of wood; and in his play Edward the First, George Peele actually alludes to the bandit as "Robin of the Wood."

  • In our own day, when the literary medium of Scotland is identical with that of England, the term Scottish literature has been reserved for certain dialectal revivals, more or less bookish in origin, and often as artificial and as unrelated to existing conditions as the most " aureate " and Chaucerian " Ynglis " of the 1 5th century was to the popular speech of that time.

  • The Scot, whatever dialectal habits marked his speech, wrote the English of Englishmen.

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