Thesaurus:jargon

Thesaurus

jargon

English

Noun

Sense: a technical terminology unique to a particular subject

Synonyms

• argot
• intalk
• jargon
• language    [⇒ thesaurus]
• lingo
• parlance
• phraseology
• sublanguage
• terminology

Antonyms

• vernacular

Hyponyms

• bureaucratese
• cant
• computerese
• consultantese
• headlinese
• corporatese
• legalese
• managementese
• signalese
• Nerdic
• econobabble
• edu-babble
• psychobabble
• technobabble
• artspeak
• cyberspeak
• lawyerspeak
• medspeak
• weather speak
• cybertalk
• slang

Hypernyms

• language    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• term    [⇒ thesaurus]
• buzzword
• catchphrase
• term of art

Holonyms

• terminology
• vocabulary
• language    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:nonsense
• Category:Jargon

Further reading

• “563. neologism” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “jargon” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• "jargon" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.