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Synonyms of vernacular in English:

vernacular


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noun

1‘he wrote in the vernacular and adopted a non-academic style accessible to the public’

SYNONYMS
everyday language, spoken language, colloquial speech, native speech, conversational language, common parlance, non-standard language, jargon, -speak, cant, slang, idiom, argot, patois, dialect
regional language, local tongue, regionalism, localism, provincialism
informal lingo, local lingo, patter, geekspeak
rare idiolect
ANTONYMS

formal language, Latin