vocabular

adjective

vo·​cab·​u·​lar vō-ˈka-byə-lər 

və-

: of or relating to words or phraseology : verbal

Synonyms

• lexical
• linguistic
• linguistical
• rhetorical
• rhetoric
• verbal
• wordy

Examples of vocabular in a Sentence

the school banned the book for vocabular reasons, as some parents objected to the author's use of profanity

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from vocabulary

First Known Use

1608, in the meaning defined above