All dialect synonyms

noun dialect

• patois — a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
• vocabulary — the stock of words used by or known to a particular people or group of persons: His French vocabulary is rather limited. The scientific vocabulary is constantly growing.
• language — a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language.
• accent — Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from.
• idiom — an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
• pronunciation — Rare. an act or instance of declaring publicly; pronouncement: It was but the latest pronunciation of the political double-standard uttered in the course of this scandal. Synonyms: declaration, assertion, statement; announcement, affirmation; proclamation, promulgation, dissemination.
• vernacular — (of language) native or indigenous (opposed to literary or learned).
• lingo — the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual: gamblers' lingo.
• tongue — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
• jargon — a colorless to smoky gem variety of zircon.
• terminology — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
• slang — a specialized dictionary covering the words, phrases, and idioms that reflect the least formal speech of a language. These terms are often metaphorical and playful, and are likely to be evanescent as the spoken language changes from one generation to another. Much slang belongs to specific groups, as the jargon of a particular class, profession, or age group. Some is vulgar. Some slang terms have staying power as slang, but others make a transition into common informal speech, and then into the standard language. An online slang dictionary, such as the Dictionary.com Slang Dictionary, provides immediate information about the meaning and history of a queried term and its appropriateness or lack of appropriateness in a range of social and professional circumstances.
• patter — to talk glibly or rapidly, especially with little regard to meaning; chatter.
• argot — An argot is a special language used by a particular group of people, which other people find difficult to understand.
• cant — a salient angle.
• provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
• localism — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
• regionalism — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
• parlance — a way or manner of speaking; vernacular; idiom: legal parlance.
• talk — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.