Synonyms of lingo

lingo

noun

ˈliŋ-(ˌ)gō 

1

as in vocabulary

the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication

medical missionaries struggling to learn the lingo of the African tribe that they were treating

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vocabulary
• language
• tongue
• dialect
• idiom
• terminology
• speech
• slang
• mother tongue
• jargon
• parlance
• vernacular
• argot
• colloquial
• patois
• colloquialism
• pidgin
• slanguage
• regionalism
• patter
• idiolect
• localism
• neologism
• coinage
• shibboleth
• cant
• modernism
• vernacularism
• provincialism
• acrolect

2

as in terminology

the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field

the shorthand medical lingo that the hospital staffers use with one another

Synonyms & Similar Words

• terminology
• vocabulary
• dialect
• slang
• language
• jargon
• argot
• idiom
• patois
• jive
• shoptalk
• parlance
• patter
• vernacular
• shop
• colloquialism
• cant
• colloquial
• pidgin
• speech
• regionalism
• localism
• slanguage
• provincialism
• vernacularism
• journalese
• computerese
• bureaucratese
• technobabble
• educationese
• governmentese
• cyberspeak

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lingo

At the same time, some of the concepts that dominate fashion industry lingo barely registered among respondents. — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 11 June 2026

The beaches of Normandy, France, were about to become the site of one of the largest amphibious invasions ever, and this day would forever be known as D-Day, the military’s standard lingo for the first day of a major op. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 June 2026

Part of the movie is set in New York’s downtown clubland and Firstman uses all kinds of lingo to describe various narcotics. — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 13 May 2026

In business lingo, a friendly takeover is any merger or acquisition in which the management of one company willingly allows its absorption into another company. — Carlos Eire, Time, 23 Apr. 2026