Definition for Nonstandard:

• ( linguistics) not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community; " a nonstandard dialect is one used by uneducated speakers or socially disfavored groups"; " the common core of nonstandard words and phrases in folk speech"- A. R. Dunlap

Synonyms for Nonstandard:

• adj.

  •aberrant (adjective)
  • abnormal,
  • atypical,
  • strange,
  • deviant,
  • different.

• n.

  •
  • offbeat,
  • remarkable,
  • odd,
  • unusual,
  • unique,
  • special,
  • notable,
  • exotic,
  • surprising.
  •
  • disyllabic,
  • figurative,
  • cognate,
  • creole,
  • dead,
  • figuratively,
  • idiomatic,
  • agglutinative,
  • classical,
  • extinct.
  •nonstandard (noun)
  • deficient,
  • substandard,
  • nonnormative,
  • inferior,
  • unacceptable,
  • unaccepted,
  • bad.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • colloquial.
  •Other relevant words:
  • dangerous,
  • big,
  • mercurial,
  • anomalous,
  • pathetic,
  • jerky,
  • unliterary,
  • various,
  • untypical,
  • sorry,
  • impulsive,
  • jagged,
  • tough,
  • everyday,
  • rough,
  • unequal,
  • choppy,
  • unorthodox,
  • variable,
  • pluralistic,
  • variform,
  • varying,
  • speculative,
  • sporadic,
  • defective,
  • Deviating,
  • hard,
  • diversified,
  • divergent,
  • forged,
  • nonconformist,
  • ragged,
  • spasmodic,
  • motley,
  • unstudied,
  • capricious,
  • unstable,
  • insecure,
  • changeable,
  • vernacular,
  • unsteady,
  • erratic,
  • divaricate,
  • inconstant,
  • variegated,
  • unexpected,
  • immoral,
  • unsystematic,
  • disorderly,
  • inconsistent,
  • spoken,
  • nonuniform,
  • mutable,
  • informal,
  • uncharacteristic,
  • unfit,
  • Familiar,
  • wavering,
  • common,
  • uneducated,
  • irregular,
  • risky,
  • unsound,
  • conversational,
  • uneven,
  • malformed.

Paraphrases for Nonstandard:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    non-traditional, atypical.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    unconventional.

Antonyms for Nonstandard:

• adj.

  • aberrant
    normal, regular, usual, same, true.
  • all
    standard.
  • ungrammatical
    well-formed, grammatical.
  • Other antonyms:
    regulation, classic, canonic, standardized, definitive, authoritative, modular, casebook, classical, textbook, standardised, received, acceptable, criterional, basic, stock, canonical, criterial.