Synonyms of argot

argot

noun

ˈär-(ˌ)gō 

as in terminology

the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field

used the argot of figure skaters

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of argot

The filles, mostly from larger cities, arrived with their own urban argots. — Ann Foster, JSTOR Daily, 9 July 2025

The basic technology is complicated enough, but the subculture—with its own particular argot and decorum—is what’s truly forbidding. — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 10 June 2025

Brain rot is thus a strikingly capacious term, enfolding the psychological and cognitive decay wrought by screen addiction, the bacteria-like content that feeds the addiction, and the argot of a generation for whom much of this content is made. — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024

In fact, to use the argot of finance as well as meteorology, it might be said that as of Friday afternoon, Washington was officially about 28 percent below average atmospheric liquidity. — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023

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