LANGUAGE

n. 1 speech, tongue, idiom, parlance, dialect, idiolect, patois, jargon, cant, argot, vernacular, Colloq lingo How many languages do you speak? 2 communication, intercourse, interaction Karl von Frisch studied the language of the bees 3 jargon, lingua franca, vocabulary, terminology, vernacular, Colloq lingo In medical language, a head cold is called 'coryza' 4 wording, words, phrasing, phraseology, style, diction Guarantees, insurance policies, and other such things should be written in simple language