Synonyms of dialects

dialects

noun

plural of dialect

as in languages

the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field

the promotional team for the new computer used a dialect full of acronyms that the press found difficult to follow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• languages
• terminologies
• vocabularies
• slangs
• idioms
• patois
• argots
• jargons
• lingos
• cants
• vernaculars
• shoptalk
• colloquialisms
• regionalisms
• localisms
• patter
• shops
• jives
• pidgins
• vernacularisms
• speeches
• colloquials
• provincialisms
• parlances
• slanguages
• educationeses
• bureaucrateses
• technobabbles
• journaleses
• computereses
• governmenteses
• cyberspeaks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dialects

Born from the international slave trade during the 18th century, the hybrid language primarily blended the French spoken by colonists and slavers with multiple West African dialects, particularly from the Senegambian region. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Nov. 2026

But hearing that sweet murder-durder voice spring ferth from Ray Donovan is, quite frankly, werth the price of admission for those of us holding an outsized appreciation for actors attempting difficult regional dialects. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2026

Documenting many varieties is a way to not just share the language, but to illustrate how dialects of Pennsylvania Dutch differ and maybe even fill in each other’s gaps. — Eythana Miller, The Dial, 24 Sep. 2026

Italy is a unique country where every city has its own identity, architecture, traditions, flavors, dialects and even different ways of life. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026

On the edges of the empire, speakers of Germanic dialects, such as the Goths and Vandals, frequently clashed with the Romans, eventually contributing to the fragmentation of the empire. — Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026

What used to be two entirely separate compliance projects is starting to look like two dialects of the same emerging language. — Abdelahhad Barbour, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

That leaves countless other languages and dialects, even those spoken by tens of millions of people, by the wayside. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

With so many speakers in different places, Spanish has developed ten different main dialects. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026