Thesaurus:language

Thesaurus:language

THESAURUS

language

English

Synonyms

• language

• leid (Scottish, chiefly poetic)

• lingo (colloquial)

• speech    [WS]

• tongue (idiomatic)

Hyponyms

• acrolect

• argot

• basilect

• cant

• chronolect

• cryptolect    [WS]

• dialect

• ecolect

• ethnolect

• idiolect

• idiom

• isolect

• jargon    [WS]

• creole

• lect

• matrilect

• mesilect

• mesolect

• mimolect

• paralect

• parlance

• patois

• patrilect

• pidgin

• similect

• slang

• sociolect

• topolect

• xenolect

•   —

• lingua franca

• vernacular

•   —

• dead language

• extinct language

• living language

• endangered language

•   —

• natural language

• constructed language

• sign language

• computer language    [WS]

•   —

• mother language

• mother tongue

• second language

Hypernyms

• medium

Meronyms

• expression

• grammar

• phrase    [WS]

• sign

• statement    [WS]

• symbol

• term    [WS]

• vocabulary

• word    [WS]

• wording    [WS]

Holonyms

• language family

Instances

• Category:en:Languages