Synonyms of languages

languages

noun

plural of language

1

as in tongues

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

Great Britain, the United States, Australia, and other countries where English is the dominant language

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tongues
• vocabularies
• dialects
• idioms
• terminologies
• speeches
• mother tongues
• vernaculars
• lingos
• slangs
• idiolects
• pidgins
• colloquialisms
• localisms
• argots
• jargons
• patois
• vernacularisms
• regionalisms
• cants
• provincialisms
• neologisms
• colloquials
• coinages
• modernisms
• acrolects
• slanguages
• parlances
• patter
• shibboleths

2

as in dialects

the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field

"love" means "nothing" in the language of tennis

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

3

as in dictions

the way in which something is put into words

we're finding the language of the legal documents to be tough going

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dictions
• formulations
• wordings
• phrasings
• expressions
• voices
• phraseologies
• phrases
• verbiages
• styles
• speeches
• locutions
• enunciations
• utterances

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of languages

The effort to improve access to AI in more languages has drawn roughly 60 participants, the Gates Foundation said on Monday. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

The Gates Foundation is committing at least $1 billion globally to AI development over the next two years with funding focused on education, making AI work across more languages and local contexts, as well as in health, and agriculture. — Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Editions in French, German and nine other languages are being released this month. — Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026

If human language started with gestures, then why are the vast majority of languages today spoken? — Hannah Little, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2026

Released abroad in multiple languages, her memoir honors Mahsa Amini, a young Iranian woman killed in detention. — Amir-Hussein Radjy, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

The plan includes 1 million characters per month—roughly 20 hours of narration—across 680+ natural AI voices in 120+ languages and accents. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 20 Sep. 2026

That data flows into BlindSquare, which provides spoken alerts in 26 languages about hazards roughly 10 meters ahead. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Prove that the model works there before adding more languages and countries. — Guy Bar, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026