GRE vocabulary
vernacular
the everyday language or dialect of ordinary people
In a sentence
Vernacular in a sentence
Here is an example sentence showing vernacular in a sentence.
The poet wrote in the vernacular rather than in scholarly Latin.
Synonyms
dialectidiomcolloquial speechtongue
Antonyms
formal languagestandard
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Common questions
Questions about “vernacular”
Vernacular (noun) means the everyday language or dialect of ordinary people
Here is vernacular used in an example sentence: "The poet wrote in the vernacular rather than in scholarly Latin."
Common synonyms for vernacular include dialect, idiom, colloquial speech, tongue.
Antonyms of vernacular include formal language, standard.
Vernacular is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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