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Synonyms of language

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Another word for language is speech. Other synonyms of language are tongue and jargon.

Synonyms and similar words for language

nounA sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.

  • jargonA language characteristic of a particular group.

nounThe particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.

  • wordingA choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context.

nounMore synonyms

  • computer languageA language that is used internally by computers, including programming languages, machine languages, query languages...
  • programming languageA code of reserved words and symbols used in computer programs, which give instructions to the computer on how to...
  • machine languageThe set of instructions that a particular computer is designed to execute; generated from an assembly language by an...
  • leid poetic
  • lingo colloquialLanguage, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.
  • speechA dialect, vernacular, or (dated) a language.
  • tongueA language.

Meaning of language

  1. noun A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
  2. noun The ability to communicate using words.
  3. noun A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.

Full definition of language

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Questions about synonyms of language

What is another word for language?
Language has 9 synonyms on Word.ws, such as speech, tongue and jargon.
What does language mean?
Language means a body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: language (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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