Native language
Native language noun - The language that a person has spoken from earliest childhood.
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Synonyms for Native language
Speech and native language are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Speech" instead a noun phrase "Native language".
Speech
Speech noun - A usually formal discourse delivered to an audience.
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Synonyms for Speech
Native language and speech are semantically related. You can use "Native language" instead a noun "Speech".
Nearby Word: speechless
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- tongue and native language
- tongue and speech
- idiom and native language
- idiom and speech
- dialect and native language
- dialect and speech
- vernacular and native language
- vernacular and speech
- patois and native language
- patois and speech
- language and native language
- language and speech
- cant and native language
- cant and speech
Both terms in one sentence
- Siahl's actual speech (based on translations — he spoke in his native language) was far more pessimistic than the New Age version.
Source: Beam Me Up Scotty / Politics -
He may (or may not) have adopted the culture and speech of the country that he lives in, but he may also occasionally speak in his native language.
Source: Death by Racism - In the Battlefield series of multiplayer shooters, the player has the option to have non-English-speaking armies speak in their native language or have their speech "translated" into perfect English.
Source: Translation Convention
Cite this Source
Speech and Native language. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/native_language/speech
Native language & Speech. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/native_language/speech>.
Speech or Native language. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/native_language/speech.
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