Synonyms of lingo

lingo

noun

ˈliŋ-(ˌ)gō 

1

as in vocabulary

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

medical missionaries struggling to learn the lingo of the African tribe that they were treating

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vocabulary
• language
• tongue
• dialect
• idiom
• terminology
• speech
• slang
• mother tongue
• jargon
• parlance
• vernacular
• argot
• colloquial
• patois
• colloquialism
• pidgin
• slanguage
• regionalism
• patter
• idiolect
• localism
• neologism
• coinage
• shibboleth
• cant
• modernism
• vernacularism
• provincialism
• acrolect

2

as in terminology

the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field

the shorthand medical lingo that the hospital staffers use with one another

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lingo

Competing fairgoers recommended learning from someone skilled in the game's lingo rather than looking up the rules (which the Register did to prepare for this story). — Kate Kealey, Des Moines Register, 15 Aug. 2026

Drawing those links between, say, Washington moves on tariffs or taxes and the cost of a gallon of gas won’t get lost in a cloud of Wall Street lingo. — Mark Joyella, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

The stone is halo-set on a pavé band—jewelry lingo for having a ring of small white diamonds encircling the stone and covering the band. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 21 July 2026

Navigating the drapery lingo is like learning a new language. — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 16 July 2026