Synonyms for language
ˈlæŋ gwɪdʒlan·guage

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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

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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

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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. Language

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How to use language in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   The problem with Mr. Trump's language is its divisive, it's ugly, it's mean-spirited, we have to separate him from the people that have legitimate concerns about the country, and I think if you do that, then his campaign - -and creating an active kind of group of people (who are) very concerned -- that maybe more active is a good thing.

2. Haim Korsia:

   We dream in French, we think in French, our culture is French, our language is French, obviously France is our country.

3. Amanda Cohn:

   I think from a public health perspective there's a clear need in some situations for individuals to receive a different vaccine, so if there's not any allowable language in the FDA's fact sheets or EUA authorization, then those individuals are left behind.

4. Giancarlo Sopo:

   Hispanics want to prosper… they want to figure out, ‘OK, how do we reach the next step on the ladder?’ That's what Hispanics are focused on, not memorizing 74 pronouns. Not relitigating 1492 or Latinx and trying to upend the entire Spanish language, [They] really just want to focus on living a good life in this country, providing for their families and succeeding.

5. Glenn Asakawa:

   It looks like it's waving, the body language says it all.