| Main Entry: | buzzword |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | popular word or phrase |
Synonyms: |
argot, cant, doublespeak, fuzzword, jargon, lingo, mediaspeak, phraseology, policyspeak, slang |
| Main Entry: | dissemble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disguise, pretend |
Synonyms: |
affect, camouflage, cloak, conceal, counterfeit, cover, cover up, dissimulate, double-talk, doublespeak, dress up, fake, falsify, feign, four-flush, hide, let on, make like, mask, pass, play possum, pussyfoot, put on a false front, put on a front, put on an act, put up a front, put up a smoke screen, sham*, shroud, shuck and jive, signify, simulate, stonewall, whitewash |
| Notes: | dissemble means to conceal, to give a false appearance; disassemble means to take apart |
Antonyms: |
admit, allow |
| Main Entry: | jargon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | specialized language; dialect |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, argot, balderdash, banality, bombast, bunk, buzzwords, cant, cliché, colloquialism, commonplace term, doublespeak, drivel, fustian, gibberish, hackneyed term, idiom, insipidity, lexicon, lingo, mumbo jumbo, neologism, newspeak, nonsense, overused term, palaver, parlance, patois, patter, rigmarole, shoptalk, slang, slanguage, speech, stale language, street talk, tongue, trite language, twaddle, usage, vernacular, vocabulary |
Antonyms: |
standard |
| Main Entry: | language |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | system of words for communication |
Synonyms: |
accent, argot, articulation, brogue, cant, communication, conversation, dialect, diction, dictionary, discourse, doublespeak, expression, gibberish, idiom, interchange, jargon, lexicon, lingua franca, palaver, parlance, patois, phraseology, prose, signal, slang, sound, speech, style, talk, terminology, tongue, utterance, verbalization, vernacular, vocabulary, vocalization, voice, word, wording |
| Main Entry: | meaningless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without use, value, worth |
Synonyms: |
absurd, aimless, blank, doesn't cut it, double-talk, doublespeak, empty, feckless, fustian, futile, good-for-nothing, hollow, hot air, inane, inconsequential, insignificant, insubstantial, nonsensical, nothing, nugatory, pointless, purportless, purposeless, senseless, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unmeaning, unpurposed, useless, vacant, vague, vain, valueless, vapid, worthless |
Antonyms: |
meaningful, significant, useful, valuable, worthwhile |
| Main Entry: | misinform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give wrong information intentionally |
Synonyms: |
bait and switch, cover up, deceive, disinform, double-talk, doublespeak, lead astray, lie, misdirect, misguide, mislead, misstate, mousetrap, pervert, prevaricate, put on an act, put on false front, put on*, put up smoke screen, signify, string along, wrong steer |
Antonyms: |
inform, tell all |
| Main Entry: | senseless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly, meaningless |
Synonyms: |
absurd, asinine, batty, crazy, daft, double talk, doublespeak, fatuous, flaky, foolish, idiotic, illogical, imbecilic, inane, incongruous, inconsistent, insignificant, irrational, ludicrous, mad, mindless, moronic, nonsensical, nutty, pointless, purportless, purposeless, ridiculous, simple, stupid, trivial, unimportant, unintelligent, unmeaning, unreasonable, unsound, unwise, wacky*, without rhyme or reason |
Antonyms: |
feeling, intelligent, rational, reasonable, sensible, wise |
| Main Entry: | speech |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk |
Synonyms: |
accent, articulation, communication, conversation, dialect, dialogue, diction, discussion, double talk, doublespeak, elocution, enunciation, expressing, expression, idiom, intercourse, jargon, language, lingo, locution, mother tongue, native tongue, oral communication, palaver, parlance, prattle, pronunciation, prose, speaking, spiel, tone, tongue, utterance, verbalization, vernacular, vocal expression, vocalization, vocalizing, voice, voicing |
Antonyms: |
listening, quiet, silence |
| Main Entry: | double talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk intended to confuse |
Synonyms: |
babble, doublespeak, drivel, gibberish, hogwash, malarkey, nonsense, sophistry |
| Main Entry: | langue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | language |
Synonyms: |
accent, argot, articulation, brogue, cant, communication, conversation, dialect, diction, dictionary, discourse, doublespeak, expression, gibberish, idiom, interchange, jargon, lexicon, lingua franca, palaver*, parlance, patois, phraseology, prose, signal, slang, sound, speech, style, talk, terminology, tongue, utterance, verbalization, vernacular, vocabulary, vocalization, voice, word, wording |