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.
  •colloquial (adjective)
  • conversational,
  • everyday,
  • casual,
  • informal.
  •native, colloquial (adjective)
  • indigenous,
  • ordinary,
  • popular,
  • plebian,
  • dialectal.

• n.

  •
  • diglossia,
  • basilect,
  • interlanguage,
  • acrolect,
  • interlingual,
  • creole.
  •
  • words.
  •coinage (noun)
  • coinage.
  •indigenous (noun)
  • ingrained,
  • inherent,
  • domesticated,
  • natural.
  •language (noun)
  • tongue,
  • brogue,
  • lingua franca.
  •mother tongue (noun)
  • native speech,
  • parent language.
  •native language (noun)
  • jive talk,
  • phraseology,
  • native tongue.
  •speech (noun)
  • oral communication.
  •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.

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.

Hyponym for Vernacular:

• n.

  • communication
    non-standard speech.