I. adjective
of or relating to everyday speech
vernacular Welsh differs greatly from literary Welsh
Synonyms: colloquial, vulgar, vulgate
II. noun
1.
Synonyms: language 1, dialect, idiom, speech, tongue
Related Word: mother tongue
Idioms: native tongue
2.
Synonyms: dialect 2, argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, patter, slang
3.
a commonly spoken as opposed to a prestige variety of a language
literary Chinese and the various vernaculars
Synonyms: colloquial, patois, vulgate; compare dialect 2
Related Word: dialect, lingo, slang