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

3 senses of vocabulary

Sense 1
vocabulary -- (a listing of the words used in some enterprise)
       => wordbook -- (a reference book containing words (usually with their meanings))

Sense 2
vocabulary, lexicon, mental lexicon -- (a language user's knowledge of words)
       => cognition, knowledge, noesis -- (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)

Sense 3
vocabulary -- (the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts); "he introduced a wide vocabulary of techniques")
       => frame of reference, frame -- (a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning)