| Main Entry: | phraseology |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expression |
Synonyms: |
diction, language, locution, manner, parlance, style, syntax, wording |
| 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: | cant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jargon |
Synonyms: |
argot, dialect, diction, idiom, language, lingo, patois, patter, phraseology, slang, vernacular, vocabulary |
Antonyms: |
standard |
| Main Entry: | diction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | style of speech; articulation |
Synonyms: |
command of language, delivery, elocution, eloquence, enunciation, expression, fluency, gift of gab, inflection, intonation, language, line, lingo, locution, oratory, parlance, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, pronunciation, rhetoric, usage, verbalism, verbiage, vocabulary, wordage, wording |
| Main Entry: | expression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbalization |
Synonyms: |
announcement, argument, articulation, assertion, asseveration, choice of words, commentary, communication, declaration, definition, delivery, diction, elucidation, emphasis, enunciation, execution, explanation, exposition, formulation, idiom, interpretation, intonation, issue, language, locution, mention, narration, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, pronouncement, remark, rendition, set phrase, speaking, speech, statement, style, term, turn of phrase, utterance, vent, voice, voicing, word, writ |
| 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 |
| Notes: | don't use 'language' when you mean 'writing system' - Chinese is a spoken language with no characters; the Chinese writing system uses thousands of characters |
| Main Entry: | locution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | phrasing |
Synonyms: |
accent, articulation, dialect, diction, expression, inflection, language, phraseology |
| Main Entry: | nomenclature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vocabulary |
Synonyms: |
classification, codification, glossary, locution, phraseology, taxonomy, terminology |
| Main Entry: | phrase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of words; way of speaking |
Synonyms: |
byword, catchphrase, catchword, diction, expression, idiom, locution, maxim, motto, parlance, phraseology, phrasing, remark, saying, shibboleth, slogan, styling, tag, terminology, utterance, verbalism, verbiage, watchword, wordage, wording |
| Main Entry: | style |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way of speaking, writing, expressing oneself |
Synonyms: |
diction, expression, mode of expression, phraseology, phrasing, treatment, turn of phrase, vein, wording |