Grep of noun vernacular
black english vernacular
vernacular
Overview of noun vernacular
The noun vernacular has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular -- (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo")
2. vernacular -- (the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language))
Overview of adj vernacular
The adj vernacular has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. common, vernacular, vulgar -- (being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species")
Antonyms of adj vernacular
1 sense of vernacular
Sense 1
common, vernacular, vulgar
INDIRECT (VIA informal) -> formal
Similarity of adj vernacular
1 sense of vernacular
Sense 1
common, vernacular, vulgar
=> informal (vs. formal)
Attributes of adj vernacular
Familiarity of adj vernacular
vernacular used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1)
Grep of adj vernacular
vernacular
Overview of noun vernacular
The noun vernacular has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular -- (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo")
2. vernacular -- (the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language))
Overview of adj vernacular
The adj vernacular has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. common, vernacular, vulgar -- (being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species")
vernacular definition
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