Entry Word: terminology

Function: noun

Meaning: the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field <the terminology favored by sportscasters> <medical terminology that can be hard for the patient to understand>

Synonyms argot, cant, dialect, jargon, language, lingo, patois, patter, slang, vocabulary

Related Words colloquialism, idiom, localism, parlance, pidgin, provincialism, regionalism, speech, vernacular; journalese