nnoun.communicationa characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)Synset:argot cant jargon lingo patois slang
Examples:- they don't speak our lingo
Derivationally Related Form:slangyslang
Hypernyms:non-standard speech
Inherited Hypernyms:slangnon-standard speechspeechauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:rhyming slangstreet name
Full Hyponyms:rhyming slangstreet name
nnoun.communicationthe everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)Derivationally Related Form:vernacular
Hypernyms:non-standard speech
Inherited Hypernyms:vernacularnon-standard speechspeechauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
adj satadj.allbeing or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday languageSynset:common vulgar
Examples:- common parlance
- a vernacular term
- vernacular speakers
- the vulgar tongue of the masses
- the technical and vulgar names for an animal species
Antonyms:formal
Derivationally Related Form:vernacularcommonness
Inherited Hypernyms:common
Similar to:informal