Synonyms for vernacular

Noun

1. cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular, non-standard speech

usage: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

2. vernacular, non-standard speech

usage: the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)

Adjective

1. common, vernacular, vulgar, informal (vs. formal)

usage: 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"