dialect | Definition of dialect

Synonyms and Antonyms of dialect

the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field

the promotional team for the new computer used a dialect full of acronyms that the press found difficult to follow

Synonyms of dialect

argot, cant, jargon, jive, language, lingo, patois, patter, shop, shoptalk, slang, terminology, vocabulary

Words Related to dialect

colloquial, colloquialism, idiom, localism, parlance, pidgin, provincialism, regionalism, speech, vernacular, vernacularism

bureaucratese, computerese, cyberspeak, educationese, governmentese, journalese, technobabble