vernacular [noun]

Definition of vernacular:

a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

Synonyms of vernacular:

● Argot

● Cant

● Jargon

● Lingo

● Patois

● Slang

● Dialect

● Tongue

● Language

● Idiom

● Informal


Opposite/Antonyms of vernacular:

● Literary

● Nonresidential

● Formal

● Standard

● Aerial

● Individualistic

● Genteel

● Grammatical


Sentence/Example of vernacular:

The truth is that Doric is simply in speech the vernacular and in writing the demotic.