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Synonyms for tongue
tʌŋtongue
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
tongue
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, language, mother tongue, patois, speech, vernacular, vocabulary
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
tongue, lingua, glossa, clappernoun
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
Synonyms:
lingua, glossa, spit, knife, clapper, natural language, applaudernatural language, tonguenoun
a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
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knife, glossa, clapper, lingua, spit, natural languagetongue, knifenoun
any long thin projection that is transient
"tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"
Synonyms:
natural language, glossa, lingua, spit, knife, clappertonguenoun
a manner of speaking
"he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue"
Synonyms:
natural language, glossa, lingua, spit, knife, clapperspit, tonguenoun
a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
Synonyms:
spittle, expectoration, glossa, lingua, spit, spitting, saliva, clapper, natural language, knifetonguenoun
the tongue of certain animals used as meat
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natural language, glossa, lingua, spit, knife, clappertonguenoun
the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
Synonyms:
natural language, glossa, lingua, spit, knife, clapperclapper, tongueverb
metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
Synonyms:
lingua, glossa, spit, knife, clapper, natural language, applaudertongueverb
articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
tongueverb
lick or explore with the tongue
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
tonguenoun
tonguenoun
tonguenoun
Synonyms:
projection, projecting part
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List of paraphrases for "tongue":
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
tongue
Synonyms:
Lingua
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#562 | language | |
#2553 | expression | |
#2557 | speech | |
#5631 | knife | |
#6177 | tongue | |
#8447 | vocabulary | |
#11225 | discourse | |
#12452 | maternal | |
#17186 | spit | |
#23104 | dialect | |
#25041 | saliva | |
#25509 | lingo | |
#29512 | lingua | |
#32788 | vernacular | |
#32932 | spitting | |
#37219 | idiom | |
#38943 | langue | |
#43938 | diction | |
#66005 | clapper | |
#66851 | barbarism | |
#102965 | spittle | |
#126869 | patois | |
#202634 | expectoration | |
#283809 | glossa |
How to use tongue in a sentence?
For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, "It might have been!"
The whitening gels used by dental professionals are regulated, prescription-only materials, materials used by some non-dental professionals illegally for tooth whitening can cause many complications, including sensitivity, swelling of the lips and tongue and burns to the mouth and gums, leaving people in a lot of pain and in some instances can cause damage to the surface of the teeth.
I will have to get better at holding my tongue and holding my temper.
Obviously I ’m still recovering. My tongue swelled up and I canceled the tour. As I ’m recovering I ’m showing this.
A traveler must have the back of an ass to bear all, a tongue like the tail of a dog to flatter all, the mouth of a hog to eat what is set before him, the ear of a merchant to hear all and say nothing.
Translations for tongue
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- اللسانArabic
- jazykCzech
- tungeDanish
- ZungeGerman
- γλώσσαGreek
- lenguaSpanish
- kieliFinnish
- langueFrench
- teangaIrish
- जीभHindi
- nyelvHungarian
- լեզուArmenian
- lidahIndonesian
- linguaItalian
- 舌Japanese
- ಭಾಷೆKannada
- 혀Korean
- linguaLatin
- tongDutch
- tungeNorwegian
- językPolish
- línguaPortuguese
- limbăRomanian
- языкRussian
- tungaSwedish
- தாய்மொழிTamil
- నాలుకTelugu
- ลิ้นThai
- dilTurkish
- язикUkrainian
- lưỡiVietnamese
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