Synonyms of dialect

dialect

noun

ˈdī-ə-ˌlekt 

as in terminology

the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field

the promotional team for the new computer used a dialect full of acronyms that the press found difficult to follow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• terminology
• language
• vocabulary
• slang
• idiom
• patois
• argot
• jargon
• lingo
• shoptalk
• jive
• patter
• vernacular
• colloquial
• colloquialism
• speech
• pidgin
• regionalism
• shop
• cant
• parlance
• localism
• provincialism
• vernacularism
• slanguage
• journalese
• bureaucratese
• computerese
• educationese
• technobabble
• governmentese
• cyberspeak

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dialect

Owner and chef Stefania Marchesini, who fished professionally herself for 11 years, pays a premium to local fishermen, especially for soft-shell crabs known in the local dialect as moeche. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

What used to be two entirely separate compliance projects is starting to look like two dialects of the same emerging language. — Abdelahhad Barbour, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Coming from a village in a southern province, illiterate, and speaking only local dialect, women like her come to Beijing to live with their sons and daughters. — Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

Historians have gleaned information from journals, letters and diaries, about their dialect. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026