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colloquial

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Entry Word: colloquial

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 used in or suitable for speech and not formal writing <the new kidʼs rudeness soon began—to use a colloquial expression—to rub me the wrong way>

Synonyms conversational, informal, nonliterary, unliterary, vernacular, vulgar

Related Words dialectal, dialectical, nonstandard, substandard, uneducated; slang, slangy

Near Antonyms educated, standard; correct, genteel, grammatical, proper

Antonyms bookish, formal, learned, literary

2 having the style and content of everyday conversation <colloquial English> — see chatty 1

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