VERNACULAR Synonyms

• belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

• having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual

• a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

• common to or shared by two or more parties

• commonly encountered

• being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language

• of or associated with the great masses of people

• of low or inferior quality or value

• lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

• to be expected; standard

• 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

• informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar

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

• use slang or vulgar language

• fool or hoax

• abuse with coarse language

• stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition

• a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

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

• insincere talk about religion or morals

• two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

• heel over

• characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation

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

• found in the ordinary course of events

• appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions

• commonplace and ordinary

• people in general (often used in the plural)

• a social division of (usually preliterate) people

• people descended from a common ancestor

• the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community

• 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

• originating where it is found

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

• not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree

• a judge of a probate court

• the expected or commonplace condition or situation

• a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death

• an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel

• (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields

• lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

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

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

• the Latin edition of the Bible translated from Hebrew and Greek mainly by St. Jerome at the end of the 4th century; as revised in 1592 it was adopted as the official text for the Roman Catholic Church