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| Main Entry: |
argot
 [ahr-goh, -guht] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jargon |
| Synonyms: | cant, dialect, idiom, lingo, parlance, patois, slang, terminology, vernacular, vocabulary |
| 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: | dialect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | local speech |
| Synonyms: | accent, argot, cant, idiom, jargon, language, lingo, localism, patois, patter, pronunciation, provincialism, regionalism, slang, terminology, tongue, vernacular, vocabulary |
| Notes: | a dialect is geographical or social variety of speech, whereas dialectic is a form of reasoning or argumentation that focuses on resolving contradictions |
Example Sentences
- Or, to put it in the argot familiar to every first-year law student, money is fungible.
- But as a party trick, reproducing kitchen argot outside the kitchen does not enchant all audiences equally.
- In the argot of civil rights, high lending lending standards will result in what is called disparate impact.
| Main Entry: | idiom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manner of speaking, turn of phrase |
| Synonyms: | argot, colloquialism, dialect, expression, idiosyncrasy, jargon, language, lingo, localism, locution, parlance, patois, phrase, provincialism, set phrase, street talk, style, talk, tongue, usage, vernacular, vernacularism, word |
| Antonyms: | standard |
| 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: | lingo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dialect spoken by a group |
| Synonyms: | argot, cant, idiom, jargon, language, patois, patter, slang, speech, talk, tongue, vernacular, vocabulary |
| Antonyms: | standard |
| Main Entry: | parlance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idiom |
| Synonyms: | argot, colloquialism, dialect, diction, expression, idiosyncrasy, jargon, language, lingo, localism, locution, patois, phrase, provincialism, set phrase, speech, street talk, talk, tongue, vernacular |
| Main Entry: | patter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | casual talk |
| Synonyms: | argot, cant, chatter, dialect, jabber, jargon, jive, line*, lingo, monologue, patois, pitch*, prattle*, slant*, spiel*, vernacular |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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