Words Like VERNACULAR

We have put together a list of words that are similar to VERNACULAR.

8 Alternative Words Similar to vernacular

1 Informal Adjective      Similar Words Like Informal
2 Slang Noun      Synonym Words Like Slang
3 Cant Noun      Synonym Words Like Cant
4 Jargon Noun      Synonym Words Like Jargon
5 Lingo Noun      Synonym Words Like Lingo
6 Argot Noun      Synonym Words Like Argot
7 Patois Noun      Synonym Words Like Patois
8 Literary Noun      Antonym Words Like Literary

5 examples of vernacular

1 English is our vernacular language
2 the vulgar tongue of the masses
3 vernacular speakers
4 a vernacular term
5 the technical and vulgar names for an animal species

10 definitions of vernacular

1 Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language.
2 The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality, opposed to literary or learned forms.
3 a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
4 being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
5 the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
6 The standard native language of a country or locality.
7 The everyday language spoken by a people as distinguished from the literary language. See Synonyms at dialect.
8 A variety of such everyday language specific to a social group or region: the vernaculars of New York City.
9 The idiom of a particular trade or profession: in the legal vernacular.
10 An idiomatic word, phrase, or expression.
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