Synonyms for jargon
ˈdʒɑr gən, -gɒnjar·gon

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1. jargon

   Synonyms:
   gibberish, jangle, slang, cant, lingo, patois, confused talk

   Antonyms:
   speech, conversation, literature, discourse, oration, eloquence

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1. slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacularnoun

   a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

   "they don't speak our lingo"

   Synonyms:
   cant, slang term, bevel, patois, slang, slang expression, vernacular, argot, pious platitude, lingo, camber, buzzword, chamfer, bank, jargoon

2. jargoon, jargonnoun

   a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon

   Synonyms:
   cant, patois, vernacular, argot, lingo, slang, jargoon

3. jargonnoun

   specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject

   Synonyms:
   vernacular, cant, argot, jargoon, slang, lingo, patois

Matched Categories

1. • Expressive Style
   • Non-standard Speech
   • Zircon

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1. jargonnoun

   Synonyms:
   gabble, gibberish, rigmarole, nonsense, balderdash, twaddle, palaver, flummery, moonshine, wish-wash, trash, stuff, unintelligible talk

2. jargonnoun

   Synonyms:
   slang, cant

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1. jargonnoun

   Synonyms:
   gibberish, drivel, babble, gabble, twaddle, bosh, cant, slang, flash, argot, dialect

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1. List of paraphrases for "jargon":

   lingo, parlance, vernacular, slang, terminology

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1. Stephen Evans:

   The data show that there is only a small difference between the groups in improvement, these improvements are not dramatic - they are not a' game changer' in the terrible jargon, but at least there is some genuine evidence of improvement. For the patients it is good news that few died, but the evidence therefore that remdesivir improves mortality in these patients is uncertain and limited.

2. Eric Bentley:

   Ours is the age of substitutes instead of language, we have jargon instead of principles, slogans and instead of genuine ideas, bright ideas.

3. Josh Billings:

   Like other occult techniques of divination, the statistical method has a private jargon deliberately contrived to obscure its methods from non-practitioners.

4. James Wilson:

   Sounds like they're using technical jargon to say they're slowing production, without saying they're slowing production.

5. David Pratt:

   Jargon allows us to camouflage intellectual poverty with verbal extravagance.