vocabular

adjective

vō-ˈka-byə-lər How to pronounce vocabular (audio)
Definition of vocabularnext
as in linguistic
of or relating to words or language the school banned the book for vocabular reasons, as some parents objected to the author's use of profanity

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  1. linguistic
  2. verbal
  3. communicative
  4. lexical
Adjective
  • This meant that the writing was image-based rather than linguistic.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
  • At MoMA, the effect of these languages sounding together extends the metaphor of Daphne’s silencing to the suppression and eradication of thousands of linguistic systems and, with it, their cultures.
    Mariana Fernández, ARTnews.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of linguistic
Adjective
  • Thompson and Montgomery got into a verbal argument in the parking lot just outside of the Lounge, police stated in the announcement.
    Fox19 Digital Staff, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
  • By expanding this approach to online chats or chatbots, customers can ask questions and receive verbal human-like responses.
    Ilya Lashch, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of verbal
Adjective
  • Someone who isn't communicative and can't face difficult discussions might resort to passive aggressiveness instead of self-reflection.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • And being more communicative even in my family, being more open, vulnerable and being a little better with my words of affirmation. Martin: Did your parents embrace that part of American culture?
    Rachel Martin, NPR, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of communicative
Adjective
  • Practically, then, the translator reads with an eye to understanding the affordances offered by a text—to re-creating its potentialities, rather than merely offering a lexical equivalent.
    Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
  • That lexical undercurrent was at play this week as more than 4,000 researchers, social scientists, and others concerned with the issues of aging gathered here to talk about themes of loneliness, dementia, Medicare, and ...
    Clara Germani, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of lexical
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“Vocabular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vocabular. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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