acrolects

noun

plural of acrolect
as in colloquials

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acrolects
  1. dialects
  2. idioms
  3. mother tongues
  4. cants
  5. jargons
  6. patter
  7. tongues
  8. patois
Noun
  • That leaves countless other languages and dialects, even those spoken by tens of millions of people, by the wayside.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
  • With so many speakers in different places, Spanish has developed ten different main dialects.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of dialects
Noun
  • There are plenty of idioms to describe Andrean outside hitter Aleece Ehler’s freshman season.
    — Noah Poser, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
  • On the one hand, the translation serves as a source for the idioms of nineteenth-century English; on the other, as evidence of the ideas that the translator held about a Colombian woman writer.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
Definition of idioms
Noun
  • Work with people of different ages, backgrounds, perspectives, and mother tongues.
    — Rachel Konrad, Time, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Each actress nails the comedic timing – and the accented English that flows with the cadence of their mother tongues.
    — Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
Definition of mother tongues
Noun
  • The fairway cants to the right.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
Definition of cants
Noun
  • Tech jargons aside, Guo believes that the reset will help the brand home in on what really matters.
    — Denni Hu, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of jargons
Noun
  • These activities can improve information recall, patter recognition, and decision making.
    — Connie Etermadi, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Bugs, with his carrot-chomping patter, naturally brought out the character’s talkative side in their occasional matchups.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of patter
Noun
  • As the bullying escalates and tensions boil over, tongues loosen, forcing the truth out into the open.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The women in the WNBA should no more be required to hold their tongues than the men who play in the NBA.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of tongues
Noun
  • Jamaica’s official language and civilizational ideal was the Queen’s English, but the island’s lingua franca was the marvelous variant of that tongue called patois.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
  • In truth, plenty of New Yorkers are both privileged and come from elsewhere, but still fall into the rhythm and the patois that has long defined the city.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026
Definition of patois
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“Acrolects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acrolects. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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