Parlance and Speech

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Parlance

Parlance noun - A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.

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Speech is a synonym for parlance in language topic. In some cases you can use "Speech" instead a noun "Parlance", when it comes to topics like idiom, utterance. popular alternative

Speech

Speech noun - The stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication.

Usage example: wanting to develop a writing system for his people, Sequoya created a system of 86 symbols representing all the syllables of Cherokee speech

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Synonyms for Speech

Parlance is a synonym for speech in language topic. You can use "Parlance" instead a noun "Speech", if it concerns topics such as talk, utterance, formal talk to audience. popular alternative

Nearby Word: speechless

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human	human parlance	human speech
normal	normal parlance	normal speech
common	common parlance	common speech
prepared	prepared parlance	prepared speech
Other adjectives: formal, actual, modern.

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In Japanese parlance, that is a catch-all phrase that covers not only what is strictly the medical definition of the term, such as Speech Impediment, but also such things as social anxiety or autism.

Source: Ambiguous Disorder

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Speech and Parlance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/parlance/speech

Parlance & Speech. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/parlance/speech>.

Speech or Parlance. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/parlance/speech.

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