VERNACLE Synonyms

• the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people

• a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

• the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people

• the style of a particular artist or school or movement

• an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

• a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

• a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon

• specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject

• a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

• (language) communication by word of mouth

• the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number

• the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication

• the mental faculty or power of vocal communication

• a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

• a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

• a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard

• the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

• (language) communication by word of mouth

• something spoken

• the exchange of spoken words

• your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally

• a lengthy rebuke

• words making up the dialogue of a play

• the mental faculty or power of vocal communication

• a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

• the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)

• being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language