Synonyms for language
ˈlæŋ gwɪdʒlan·guage

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.3 / 6 votes

1. languagenoun

   Nonverbal communication.

   body language

   Synonyms:
   speech, parlance, lingo, tongue

2. languagenoun

   A computer language.

   Synonyms:
   computer language, programming language

3. languagenoun

   The particular words used in speech or a passage of text.

   Synonyms:
   lexis, phraseology, phrasing, word, wording, term

4. languagenoun

   Synonyms:
   phraseology, jargon, terminology

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. language

   Language (French langage < Latin lingua, the tongue) signified originally expression of thought by spoken words, but now in its widest sense it signifies expression of thought by any means; as, the language of the eyes, the language of flowers. As regards the use of words, language in its broadest sense denotes all the uttered sounds and their combinations into words and sentences that human beings employ for the communication of thought, and, in a more limited sense, the words or combinations forming a means of communication among the members of a single nation, people, or race. Speech involves always the power of articulate utterance; we can speak of the language of animals, but not of their speech. A tongue is the speech or language of some one people, country, or race. A dialect is a special mode of speaking a language peculiar to some locality or class, not recognized as in accordance with the best usage; a barbarism is a perversion of a language by ignorant foreigners, or some usage akin to that. Idiom refers to the construction of phrases and sentences, and the way of forming or using words; it is the peculiar mold in which each language casts its thought. The great difficulty of translation is to give the thought expressed in one language in the idiom of another. A dialect may be used by the highest as well as the lowest within its range; a patois is distinctly illiterate, belonging to the lower classes; those who speak a patois understand the cultured form of their own language, but speak only the degraded form, as in the case of the Italian lazzaroni or the former negro slaves in the United States. Vernacular, from the Latin, has the same general sense as the Saxon mother tongue, of one's native language, or that of a people; as, the Scriptures were translated into the vernacular. Compare DICTION.

   Synonyms:
   barbarism, dialect, diction, expression, idiom, mother tongue, patois, speech, tongue, vernacular, vocabulary

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. language

   Synonyms:
   speech, talk, conversation, dialect, discourse, tongue, diction, phraseology, articulation, accents, vernacular, expression

   Antonyms:
   jargon, jabber, gibberish, babel, gabble, cry, whine, bark, howl, roar, &c, obmutescence, dumbness, muteness, inarticulateness, speechless ness

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. language, linguistic communicationnoun

   a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

   "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"

   Synonyms:
   words, linguistic process, linguistic communication, speech, terminology, spoken language, oral communication, lyric, spoken communication, nomenclature, speech communication, voice communication

2. speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communicationnoun

   (language) communication by word of mouth

   "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"

   Synonyms:
   words, manner of speaking, spoken communication, terminology, delivery, linguistic process, actor's line, talking to, speech communication, lecture, voice communication, oral communication, lyric, linguistic communication, address, spoken language, nomenclature, speech

3. lyric, words, languagenoun

   the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number

   "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"

   Synonyms:
   oral communication, nomenclature, spoken communication, wrangle, run-in, linguistic process, actor's line, speech communication, words, voice communication, spoken language, quarrel, dustup, terminology, lyric poem, row, lyric, linguistic communication, speech

4. linguistic process, languagenoun

   the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication

   "he didn't have the language to express his feelings"

   Synonyms:
   words, linguistic process, linguistic communication, speech, terminology, spoken language, oral communication, lyric, spoken communication, nomenclature, speech communication, voice communication

5. language, speechnoun

   the mental faculty or power of vocal communication

   "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"

   Synonyms:
   nomenclature, spoken communication, terminology, delivery, linguistic process, actor's line, talking to, speech communication, words, voice communication, oral communication, lyric, linguistic communication, address, spoken language, manner of speaking, speech, lecture

6. terminology, nomenclature, languagenoun

   a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

   "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"

   Synonyms:
   words, linguistic process, linguistic communication, speech, oral communication, terminology, spoken language, nomenclature, lyric, spoken communication, speech communication, voice communication

Matched Categories

1. • Auditory Communication
   • Communication
   • Faculty
   • Higher Cognitive Process
   • Language
   • Text
   • Word

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. verbalization

   Submitted by davidb on May 2, 2023  

2. dialectsnoun

   the language spoken

   she speaks many different dialects.

   Submitted by dfhahfjkah on April 9, 2023  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. languagenoun

   Synonyms:
   speech, tongue, vernacular, idiom, dialect, mother-tongue, vulgar tongue, native tongue, oral speech

2. languagenoun

   Synonyms:
   style, expression, phraseology, diction, form of expression

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. languagenoun

   Synonyms:
   speech, tongue, vernacular, dialect, idiom, phraseology, diction, argot, flash, slang, lingo, cant, jargon, gibberish, volapuk, pasilaly, esperanto

   Associated words:
   lingual, linguistic, linguist, linguistics, philology, philologist, philological, polyglot, glottology, glossology, paleography, glossologist, monoglot, grammar grammarian, chrestomathy, glossolaly, collingual

2. languagenoun

   Associated words:
   purist, purism, euphuism, euphuist, euphuistic, euphuize, euphemism, euphemistic, euphemize, charism, locution, provincial, provincialism, localism, solecism, solecistical, barbarism, vulgarism

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "language":

   linguistic, languages, tongue, langue, lingua, wording, linguistique, linguistics, sprache, terminology, langues, taal, lengua, linguistically, parlance, tongues, text, formulation, vocabulary, idioma, drafting, language-related

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1. David Blight:

   That is standard Lost Cause ideology circa 1890 to 1910, this man, that language right there, is the standard defense of The Lost Cause built over the period of decades as an ideology explaining confederate defeat, but also as a racial ideology.

2. Mark Twain:

   In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language.

3. Heather Conley:

   Mr. Putin was very glad that he was invited to the virtual climate summit that President Biden hosted, he is at the table, he is not isolated, he is talking about these big issues, he is using the language, saying that Russia understand the changes coming, but [ he is ] absolutely not prepared to take any of the internal action that is required.

4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

   Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language, and forthwith it is something entirely different.

5. Wanuri Kahiu:

   There is a saying that when you ban something you make it more popular, but I think that the truth is we are disappointed, we made this film for a Kenyan audience, we made this film with Kenyans in it. So the people who made the film and the audience we made it for won't be able to see it and that's tragic because nobody else will understand the language and the nuances and the neighborhood the same way a Kenyan audience would.