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The synonyms of “Terminology” are: language, nomenclature, phraseology, terms, expressions, words, parlance, vocabulary
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “terminology” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| expressions | The act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing. Expressions of good will. |
| language | Language communication by word of mouth. He recorded the spoken language of the streets. |
| nomenclature | The term or terms applied to someone or something. The students found it hard to decipher the nomenclature of chemical compounds. |
| parlance | A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language. Dated terms that were once in common parlance. |
| phraseology | The manner in which something is expressed in words- G.S.Patton. Legal phraseology. |
| terms | Status with respect to the relations between people or groups. On good terms with her in laws. |
| vocabulary | A listing of the words used in some enterprise. He introduced a wide vocabulary of techniques. |
| words | The words that are spoken. She put her thoughts into words. |
| argot | A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves. Teenage argot. |
| bilingual | (of a text or an activity) written or conducted in two languages. Bilingual dictionaries. |
| buzzword | Stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition. The latest buzzword in international travel is ecotourism. |
| cant | A slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force. If they d stop canting about honest work they might get somewhere. |
| colloquialism | The use of colloquialisms. The colloquialisms of the streets. |
| derivation | Something derived; a derivative. Music of primarily Turkish derivation. |
| dialect | A particular version of a programming language. The Lancashire dialect seemed like a foreign language. |
| dictionary | A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them. The worm attempts to crack account passwords using a built in dictionary. |
| etymology | A history of a word. The decline of etymology as a linguistic discipline. |
| euphemism | An inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh. The jargon has given us downsizing as a euphemism for cuts. |
| fluently | With an ability to express oneself easily and articulately. He can converse fluently in Filipino. |
| glossary | An alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field. A glossary of Inuktitut words. |
| idiom | The style of a particular artist or school or movement. They were both working in a neo impressionist idiom. |
| innuendo | An indirect (and usually malicious) implication. She s always making sly innuendoes. |
| jargon | Specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject. Legal jargon. |
| language | Coarse or offensive language. The language of sociology. |
| lexicon | The complete set of meaningful units in a language. The size of the English lexicon. |
| lingo | A foreign language or local dialect. It doesn t matter if you can t speak the lingo. |
| literate | A literate person. Their parents were uneducated and barely literate. |
| multilingual | In or using several languages. A multilingual nation. |
| neologism | The coining or use of new words. |
| neology | A new word or phrase; = “neologism”. |
| nomenclature | The body or system of names used in a particular specialist field. The most important rule of nomenclature is that the name of a substance should be unambiguous. |
| parlance | A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language. Dated terms that were once in common parlance. |
| patois | A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves. The raunchy patois of inner city kids. |
| polyglot | (of a book) having the text translated into several languages. New Orleans has always been a polyglot city. |
| slang | Use slang or vulgar language. He watched ideological groups slanging one another. |
| translator | Someone who mediates between speakers of different languages. The translator of Hardy s poems into Icelandic. |
| vernacular | (of language) spoken as one’s mother tongue; not learned or imposed as a second language. Vernacular speakers. |
| word | The divine word of God the second person in the Trinity incarnate in Jesus. He gave his word. |
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