Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun vernacular

2 senses of vernacular

Sense 1
slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular -- (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo")
       => non-standard speech -- (speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community)

Sense 2
vernacular -- (the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language))
       => non-standard speech -- (speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community)

Antonyms of adj vernacular

1 sense of vernacular

Sense 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")

INDIRECT (VIA informal) -> formal -- ((of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms; "the paper was written in formal English")

Similarity of adj vernacular

1 sense of vernacular

Sense 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")
       => informal (vs. formal) -- (used of spoken and written language)