Synonyms for
Dialects
Definition
Different forms of a language that are spoken in a particular area or by a particular group of people.
Synonyms & similar words
Synonyms by register
Formal
Literary
Antonyms
Common collocations
- regional dialects
- social dialects
- English dialects
- dialect continuum
- dialect map
- dialect survey
- dialect boundary
Word family
Usage note
Dialects refer to variations of a language spoken in a particular region or by a particular social group. While often used interchangeably with 'accent', dialect encompasses grammar and vocabulary as well.
Example sentences
- The dialects spoken in the countryside are different from the ones spoken in the city.
- I wish I could understand all the dialects of the world.
- My grandma speaks a dialect that you can only hear in her small village.
- The dialect of the older generation is slightly different from the younger generation.
- The teacher asked the students to write an essay about their local dialects.
Quotes
Language is the dress of thought; and as the noblest mien, or most graceful action, would be degraded and obscured by a garb appropriated to the gross employments of rustics or mechanics, so the most heroic sentiments will lose their efficacy, and the most splendid ideas drop their magnificence, if they are conveyed by words used commonly upon low and trivial occasions, debased by vulgar mouths, and contaminated by inelegant applications. - Samuel Johnson
The limits of my language mean the limits of my world. - Ludwig Wittgenstein
Language is the roadmap of a culture. It tells you where its people came from and where they are going. - Rita Mae Brown