1. (noun)slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) Synonyms: cant, slang term, bevel, patois, slang, slang expression, vernacular, argot, pious platitude, lingo, camber, buzzword, jargon, chamfer, bank, jargoon Antonyms: formal
2. (adj)vernacular the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) Synonyms: cant, argot, slang, lingo, jargon, patois Antonyms: formal
3. (adj)common, vernacular, vulgar being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language Synonyms: usual, coarse, vulgar, vernacular, mutual, unwashed, uncouth, crude, earthy, common, plebeian, rough-cut, gross Antonyms: formal
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'vernacular'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. vernacular Language (F. langage < L. 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, th Synonyms: language, barbarism, expression, patois, vernacular, dialect, idiom, speech, vocabulary, diction, mother tongue, tongue