'Vocabulary' definitions:
Definition of 'vocabulary'
(from WordNet)
noun
A listing of the words used in some enterprise
noun
A language user's knowledge of words [syn: vocabulary, lexicon, mental lexicon]
noun
The system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts); "he introduced a wide vocabulary of techniques"
Definition of 'Vocabulary'
From: GCIDE
- Vocabulary \Vo*cab"u*la*ry\ (v[-o]*k[a^]b"[-u]*l[asl]*r[y^]), n.; pl. Vocabularies. [LL. vocabularium, vocabularius: cf. F. vocabulaire. See Vocable.]
- 1. A list or collection of words arranged in alphabetical order and explained; a dictionary or lexicon, either of a whole language, a single work or author, a branch of science, or the like; a word-book. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The "vocabulary" of this dictionary referred to within the definitions of certain collocations are those words serving as headwords for main entries, and distinguished from word combinations ("collocations") which follow the main part of certain entries. In the XML-tagged version, these headwords are marked by the tags
Synonyms of 'vocabulary'
From: Moby 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