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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, terminologyWords Related to vocabulary colloquial, colloquialism, idiom, localism, parlance, pidgin, provincialism, regionalism, speech, vernacular, vernacularism; slanguage; 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 lingo, mother tongue, speech, tongue, languageWords Related to vocabulary acrolect; argot, cant, colloquial, dialect, idiolect, idiom, jargon, parlance, patois, patter, pidgin, slang, slanguage, vernacular; colloquialism, localism, provincialism, regionalism, shibboleth, vernacularism; terminology; coinage, modernism, neologism
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