as in colloquial
used in or suitable for speech and not formal writing
writes essays in a very easy-to-read, vernacular style
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as in idiom
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Recent Examples of vernacular
Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025
The new cast for Reacher Season 3 includes Sonya Cassidy as Susan Duffy, who brings a no-nonsense and very blunt East Coast vernacular to the role of DEA Agent Susan Duffy.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
In the 53 years since the Baker Act took effect, the statute authored by late lawmaker Maxine Baker has entered the Florida vernacular as a verb.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
In the vernacular world of bobs—the Italian bob, the French bob, the Baroque bob—Knightley’s haircut is of the straight razor cut variety.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025
The new cast for Reacher Season 3 includes Sonya Cassidy as Susan Duffy, who brings a no-nonsense and very blunt East Coast vernacular to the role of DEA Agent Susan Duffy.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
Dishes like orange chicken and General Tso’s chicken became part of the greater American culinary vernacular in the woks of the Panda restaurants.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
In the 53 years since the Baker Act took effect, the statute authored by late lawmaker Maxine Baker has entered the Florida vernacular as a verb.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vernacular
Adjective
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Because back nine is close to backside, and backside is just far too colloquial.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Russ Scholl, a ski instructor at Breckenridge Ski Resort, has published a 133-square grid of funky colloquial phrases for different types of snow.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Ultimately, Andrews and his actors find Chekhov by abandoning the paraphernalia of the writer’s universe and groping, in their own idiom, across a perilously empty stage, toward one another.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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Which is fitting for a composer who, even when developing a homegrown idiom of his own, was criticized for sounding too European.—
Joshua Barone,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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There was no third option in this binomial exercise.—
Chantel Jennings,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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She is credited with naming and cataloging hundreds of native plants in the Hudson River Valley using Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus’ then-new binomial system of botanical nomenclature.—
Jessica Damiano,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Mar. 2024
Noun
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This could involve helping systems learn colloquialisms and proper usages of terms.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Mar. 2025
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You would be forgiven for assuming this a playful colloquialism, perhaps revealing a tenderness to the hunt.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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The name of this outdoorsy retreat in British Columbia is a bit of a misnomer.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2025
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This is to say that ‘good form’ is a misnomer.—
Liam Tharme,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In aerospace parlance, such low-flying spacecraft are referred to as Very-low Earth Orbit, or VLEO, satellites.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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Even among digital natives – youthful, tech-savvy users who are well versed in the casual parlance of text messaging – a text plastered with shortcuts still felt undercooked.—
David Fang,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The medication was first approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration in 1982 under its original brand name, Accutane.—
Caroline C. Boyle,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2025
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The study did not release the brand names of the gums that were tested.—
Gretchen Eichenberg,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The shift toward regionalism and local priorities over global cooperation adds further strain, complicating transactions across international borders and increasing the demand for more flexible payment infrastructures.—
Victor Orlovski,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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In its day the novel did not in fact seem to reflect a number of contemporary concerns—politics, regionalism, the search for equality and social justice—or to address historical realities.—
Rachel Cusk,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Vernacular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vernacular. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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