Synonyms for tongue
tʌŋtongue

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1. tonguenoun

   A language.

   He was speaking in his native tongue.

   Synonyms:
   language, lingo

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1. 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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tongue

   Synonyms:
   discourse, speech, language, dialect, idiom

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. 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, applauder

2. natural language, tonguenoun

   a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

   Synonyms:
   knife, glossa, clapper, lingua, spit, natural language

3. tongue, 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, clapper

4. tonguenoun

   a manner of speaking

   "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue"

   Synonyms:
   natural language, glossa, lingua, spit, knife, clapper

5. spit, tonguenoun

   a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea

   Synonyms:
   spittle, expectoration, glossa, lingua, spit, spitting, saliva, clapper, natural language, knife

6. tonguenoun

   the tongue of certain animals used as meat

   Synonyms:
   natural language, glossa, lingua, spit, knife, clapper

7. tonguenoun

   the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot

   Synonyms:
   natural language, glossa, lingua, spit, knife, clapper

8. clapper, tongueverb

   metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side

   Synonyms:
   lingua, glossa, spit, knife, clapper, natural language, applauder

9. tongueverb

   articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments

10. tongueverb

    lick or explore with the tongue

Matched Categories

1. • Cape
   • Flap
   • Language
   • Lick
   • Manner Of Speaking
   • Music
   • Play
   • Projection
   • Variety Meat

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tonguenoun

   Synonyms:
   language, speech, idiom, dialect

2. tonguenoun

   Synonyms:
   talk, discourse

3. tonguenoun

   Synonyms:
   projection, projecting part

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. tonguenoun

   Associated words:
   lingual, glossal, sublingual, fur, tchick, barb, papillæ, lick, lap, hyoid, lincture, aglossal, frænum, fourchette, raphe

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1. List of paraphrases for "tongue":

   language, maternal, lingua, langue, mother-tongue

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tongue

   Synonyms:
   Lingua

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1. Greek Proverb:

   It is easier to talk than to hold one's tongue.

2. Author Unknown:

   Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue.

3. Brian Gatsman:

   We all like her nose; her lips are pretty, there are things we know are going to get better when we fix them, like the jaw reduction. But some things we can only do so much to improve upon. Her injury may have been the worst injury of any face transplant injury ever. We can’t necessarily make all of her muscles move again. Her tongue is not working well because she lost a lot of tongue muscle and nerves.

4. Euripides:

   My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged.

5. Rand Paul:

   I will have to get better at holding my tongue and holding my temper.