Vocabulary

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English

Noun

Vocabulary (plural vocabularies)
  1. A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
  2. The collection of words a person knows and uses.
    My Russian vocabulary is very limited.
  3. The stock of words used in a particular field.
    The vocabulary of social sciences is often incomprehensible to ordinary people.
  4. The words of a language collectively.
    The vocabulary of any language is influenced by contacts with other cultures.

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Adjectives for Vocabulary

lurid; workable; adequate; copious; fundamental; enormous; scientific; picturesque; fashionable; full; varied; working; reading; reserve; valuable; speaking; built-up; stimulated; choice; wide; notable; well-balanced; normal; brilliant; scant; lively; rich; racy; saucy; unusual.

Thesaurus

argot, biographical dictionary, cant, chemical dictionary, desk dictionary, dialect dictionary, dictionary, dictionary of quotations, electronics dictionary, etymological dictionary, foreign-language dictionary, gazetteer, general dictionary, geological dictionary, gibberish, gloss, glossary, gobbledygook, gradus, jargon, language, lexicon, lexis, lingo, mumbo jumbo, nomenclator, onomasticon, palaver, patois, patter, phrase book, phraseology, polyglot dictionary, promptorium, rhyming dictionary, scatology, science dictionary, slang, slang dictionary, specialized dictionary, stock of words, synonym dictionary, synonymy, taboo language, terminology, thesaurus, treasury of words, unabridged dictionary, verbal, verbiage, vernacular, vocabular, vulgar language, word list, wordage, wordbook, wordhoard, words

Etymology

Late Latin vocabularium, vocabularius: French vocabulaire. See vocable.

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