Definition for Vernacular:

• ( Of language, idiom, word) of one\'s native country, native, indigenous, not of foreign origin or of learned formation; ( of disease) = ENDEMIC; ( n.) the language or dialect of the country, as Latin gave place to the v. Hence vernacularism( 4), vernacularity, vernacularization, nn., vernacularize( 3) v. t., vernacularly adv. [ Latin]

Synonyms for Vernacular:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • common,
  • vulgar.
  •colloquial (adjective)
  • conversational,
  • everyday,
  • colloquial,
  • informal,
  • idiomatic,
  • casual,
  • slang.
  •native, colloquial (adjective)
  • dialectal,
  • popular,
  • ingrained,
  • natural,
  • indigenous,
  • informal,
  • local,
  • domesticated,
  • vulgar,
  • ordinary,
  • common,
  • plebian,
  • inherent,
  • idiomatic.
  •regional (adjective)
  • dialectal.

• n.

  •
  • diglossia,
  • basilect,
  • interlanguage,
  • acrolect,
  • interlingual,
  • creole.
  •
  • words,
  • langue.
  •
  • lexicon,
  • terminology.
  •coinage (noun)
  • idiom,
  • coinage,
  • dialect.
  •indigenous (noun)
  • ingrained,
  • inherent,
  • native,
  • natural,
  • domesticated.
  •informal (noun)
  • everyday.
  •language (noun)
  • lingua franca,
  • langue,
  • brogue,
  • tongue.
  •mother tongue (noun)
  • native speech,
  • parent language.
  •native language (noun)
  • parlance,
  • idiom,
  • cant,
  • lingo,
  • dialect,
  • language,
  • patois,
  • argot,
  • jargon,
  • lingua franca,
  • patter,
  • native tongue,
  • slang,
  • tongue,
  • speech,
  • jive talk,
  • street talk,
  • phraseology.
  •speech (noun)
  • oral communication,
  • native tongue.
  •vernacular (noun)
  • common,
  • jargon,
  • patois,
  • argot,
  • cant,
  • slang,
  • lingo,
  • informal,
  • vulgar.
  •vulgarity (noun)
  • colloquialism,
  • brutishness,
  • roughness,
  • broadness,
  • repulsiveness,
  • tastelessness,
  • Rawness,
  • Earthiness,
  • commonness,
  • gaudiness,
  • sleaze,
  • clumsiness,
  • saltiness,
  • animality,
  • profanity,
  • vulgarity,
  • lowness,
  • barbarism,
  • tactlessness,
  • brazenness,
  • rankness,
  • outlandishness,
  • rudeness,
  • boorishness,
  • shamelessness,
  • ignominy,
  • indelicacy,
  • grossness,
  • offensiveness,
  • baseness,
  • coarseness,
  • gracelessness,
  • inelegance,
  • crudeness,
  • garishness,
  • depravity,
  • tawdriness,
  • crassness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • language,
  • langue.
  •
  • terminology.
  •
  • lexicon,
  • native.
  •
  • vocabulary.
  •Other relevant words:
  • home,
  • vulgar,
  • mother tongue,
  • simplicity,
  • austerity,
  • gibberish,
  • informal speech,
  • common,
  • homebred,
  • homegrown,
  • inherent,
  • substandard,
  • homespun,
  • understood,
  • domesticated,
  • spoken,
  • bourgeois,
  • nonstandard,
  • uneducated,
  • interlingual,
  • pidgin,
  • gradient,
  • camber,
  • nonliterary,
  • vocabulary,
  • hexaglot,
  • daily,
  • conventional,
  • frequent,
  • common speech,
  • boorish,
  • native tongue,
  • local,
  • burr,
  • accent,
  • acrolect,
  • nonformal,
  • ingrained,
  • openness,
  • acknowledged,
  • parochial,
  • domiciliary,
  • recognized,
  • stereotyped,
  • straightforwardness,
  • Familiar,
  • jargoon,
  • original,
  • dialectic,
  • plainness,
  • parlance,
  • popular,
  • coast,
  • stock,
  • vernaculars,
  • severity,
  • average,
  • plain,
  • lingua,
  • spoken language,
  • provincial,
  • autochthonal,
  • dead language,
  • pious platitude,
  • spareness,
  • unliterary,
  • tongue,
  • indigenous,
  • scoffing,
  • unbookish,
  • accustomed,
  • plebian,
  • well-trodden,
  • vulgate,
  • native,
  • wonted,
  • aboriginal,
  • mutual,
  • coarse,
  • leanness,
  • admitted,
  • polyglot,
  • patter,
  • topical,
  • jive talk,
  • soberness,
  • primitive,
  • regulation,
  • low,
  • basilect,
  • inclination,
  • directness,
  • matter-of-factness,
  • campy,
  • language,
  • candor,
  • brogue,
  • mumbo jumbo,
  • cant,
  • intramural,
  • usual,
  • langue,
  • Vernacularism,
  • earthy,
  • habitual,
  • style,
  • regional,
  • household word,
  • gobbledygook,
  • straightforward,
  • standard,
  • argot,
  • unaffectedness,
  • lingual,
  • communication,
  • bevel,
  • discourse,
  • pop,
  • received,
  • gobbledegook,
  • slope,
  • dam,
  • chamfer,
  • scatology,
  • vulgar language,
  • vocalizations,
  • easy,
  • lexicon,
  • verbal communication,
  • endemic,
  • prescriptive,
  • well-known,
  • diglossia,
  • dialogue,
  • natal,
  • Domiciliated,
  • regular,
  • household,
  • insular,
  • be expected,
  • natural,
  • general,
  • patois,
  • starkness,
  • naturalized,
  • plain speech,
  • crude,
  • bareness,
  • Domiciled,
  • buzzword,
  • crass,
  • slant,
  • small town,
  • classical language,
  • localized,
  • domestic,
  • simpleness,
  • plain words,
  • unstudied,
  • national,
  • informal language,
  • set,
  • philistine,
  • scurrilous,
  • trite,
  • normative,
  • autochthonous,
  • established,
  • phraseology,
  • pronunciation,
  • shop,
  • diction,
  • customary,
  • street talk,
  • speech,
  • manner of speaking,
  • lingo,
  • bilingual,
  • parent language,
  • trot,
  • embankment,
  • uncouth,
  • linguistic,
  • native language,
  • simple,
  • prevalent,
  • terminology,
  • creole,
  • rustic,
  • undignified,
  • confined,
  • words,
  • of course,
  • jog,
  • native speech,
  • limited,
  • idiolect,
  • public,
  • accredited,
  • foreign language,
  • naturalness,
  • native-born,
  • unaffected,
  • candour,
  • frankness,
  • bank,
  • baldness,
  • gross,
  • interlanguage,
  • kitschy,
  • household words,
  • prevailing,
  • expression,
  • phrasing,
  • diglot,
  • universal,
  • talk,
  • ordinary,
  • oral communication,
  • literary,
  • rough-cut,
  • dialectal,
  • Predominating,
  • prosaicness,
  • tilt,
  • Synonyms,
  • consuetudinary,
  • Accustomary,
  • commonplace,
  • current,
  • spoken communication,
  • colloquial speech,
  • everyday,
  • jargon,
  • prosiness,
  • homely,
  • plebeian,
  • indoor,
  • unwashed,
  • unpretentious.

Antonyms for Vernacular:

• adj.

  • native, colloquial
    different, extraordinary, refined, uncommon, abnormal.
  • Other antonyms:
    educated, grammatical, literary, bookish, correct, proper, learned, genteel, standard.

• n.

  • native language
    standard, quiet, silence.

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    educated, extraordinary, genteel, grammatical, latin, learned, lingo, literary, silence, standard, uncommon, undialectical, formal language.