Vernacular Synonyms

vər-năkyə-lər
A system of terms used by a people sharing a history and culture
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dialect
  2. language
  3. speech
  4. tongue
  5. langue
Indigenous
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. native
  2. ingrained
  3. inherent
  4. domesticated
A variety of a language that differs from the standard form
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. argot
  2. cant
  3. dialect
  4. jargon
  5. lingo
  6. patois
Informal
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. colloquial
  2. vulgar
  3. common
  4. everyday
Specialized expressions indigenous to a particular field, subject, trade, or subculture
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dialect
  2. idiom
  3. cant
  4. language
  5. patois
  6. jargon
  7. lingo
  8. argot
  9. slang
  10. colloquial
  11. endemic
  12. lexicon
  13. phraseology
  14. terminology
  15. parlance
  16. vocabulary
  17. conversationalism
  18. speech
  19. tongue

Words Related to Vernacular

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Vernacular Sentence Examples

  • He loved using the vernacular, although it never sounded quite right coming from him.

  • In Scotland the word "slug" is absent from the vernacular vocabulary, both shell-bearing and shell-less inland molluscs being known as snails.

  • He uses the vernacular with an economy which no other English writer has rivalled.

  • To use the vernacular, he was " sent to Coventry ".

  • Excuse me; if you do n't understand the vernacular, let me translate.

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