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

Sometimes the problem is not translation at all, but meanings that shift between two dialects of the same language. — Karen Stollznow, The Conversation, 23 July 2026

Korea and China just demonstrated, in their very different dialects, that friction can be deliberately put back. — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

In India, the book Why Tibet Matters has been translated into 15 local dialects to galvanize solidarity among the host community. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026

Unlike the brighter, more melodic style often associated with Austria and the Tyrol region, Swiss yodeling is slower and more melancholic — an emotionally nuanced tradition rooted in distinct regional dialects. — Jez Fielder, Fortune, 30 June 2026

In our day, before there was the interweb, 30 to 40 interviews a week, promoting stuff back-to-back-to-back in all dialects and languages. — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 25 June 2026

It is also being distributed internationally and has been translated into French, Spanish, German and three Greenlandic dialects. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026

The small cadre of community radio stations in coastal Bangladesh, using local dialects, provide an early-warning system against tsunamis, flooding, and cyclones. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026

Planting seasons, river baptisms, torture, prayers, African dialects, poverty, massacres, lynchings. — Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026