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terminology

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of terminology

the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field

the terminology favored by sportscasters

medical terminology that can be hard for the patient to understand

Synonyms of terminology

argot, cant, dialect, jargon, jive, language, lingo, patois, patter, shop, shoptalk, slang, vocabulary

Words Related to terminology

colloquial, colloquialism, idiom, localism, parlance, pidgin, provincialism, regionalism, speech, vernacular, vernacularism

bureaucratese, computerese, cyberspeak, educationese, governmentese, journalese, technobabble

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