Vernacular — synonyms, definition

1. vernacular (a)

colloquial dialectal everyday familiar indigenous informal local natural ordinary popular vulgar

2. vernacular (Noun)

argot cant characteristic coarse speech colloquial phrase colloquial speech common speech dialect idiom idiosyncrasy jargon language lingo localism mother tongue non-standard speech patois provincialism slang solecism • • •

vernacular (Noun) — A characteristic language of a particular group. ex. "they don't speak our vernacular"

vernacular (Noun) — The everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language).

non-standard speech rhyming slang street name

3. vernacular (Adjective)

common

vernacular (Adjective) — Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language. ex. "a vernacular term" ex. "vernacular speakers"