Synonyms of slang

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noun

ˈslaŋ 

as in terminology

the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field

tends to use too much hacker's slang when talking to coworkers about their computer problems

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

slang

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adjective

as in slangy

Related Words

• slangy
• uneducated
• ungrammatical
• substandard
• unlearned
• incorrect
• dialectal
• nonstandard
• colloquial
• vernacular
• dialectical
• regional
• informal
• nongrammatical
• conversational
• nonformal
• nonliterary
• vulgar
• unliterary
• unbookish

Dissimilar Words

• literary
• formal
• learned
• standard
• proper
• bookish
• grammatical
• correct
• educated
• genteel
• undialectical

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of slang

Noun

But alcohol rations for sailors in general had been eliminated many years before Daniels’s ban, and the wine prohibition would have applied only to a small set of officers, too small a group to generate such popular slang. —Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 16 Mar. 2026

In 1993, Green started compiling 500 years of English slang by sifting through mountains of primary sources. —Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2026

Adjective

The challenge for the writers is to find the right balance between seeming hip and coming off as a try-hard (to use a slang term that was mercifully spared last night). —Michael Tedder, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2026

Black ice is the slang term for patchy ice on roadways or sidewalks that cannot easily be seen, the weather service said. —Mary Wasson, Austin American Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026