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vocabulary

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Synonyms and Antonyms of vocabulary

1 the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field

scientific vocabulary

Synonyms of vocabulary

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

Words Related to vocabulary

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

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

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

children learn enough of the common vocabulary to make themselves understood by around the age of two

Synonyms of vocabulary

language, lingo, mother tongue, speech, tongue

Words Related to vocabulary

argot, cant, colloquial, dialect, idiolect, idiom, jargon, parlance, patois, patter, pidgin, slang, slanguage, vernacular

colloquialism, localism, provincialism, regionalism, shibboleth, vernacularism

coinage, modernism, neologism

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