Patois
Patois noun - The special terms or expressions of a particular group or field.
Usage example: the medical patois that the hospital staffers used among themselves was incomprehensible to me
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Synonyms for Patois
Provincialism and patois are semantically related in idiom topic. In some cases you can use "Provincialism" instead a noun "Patois".
Provincialism
Provincialism noun - A lack of sophistication.
Patois and provincialism are semantically related in idiom topic. You can use "Patois" instead a noun "Provincialism", if it concerns topics such as turn of phrase, regionalism, local speech.
Nearby Words: provincial, provinciality
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Related pairs
- tongue and patois
- tongue and provincialism
- speech and patois
- speech and provincialism
- localism and patois
- localism and provincialism
- idiom and patois
- idiom and provincialism
- dialect and patois
- dialect and provincialism
- idiosyncrasy and patois
- idiosyncrasy and provincialism
- vernacular and patois
- vernacular and provincialism
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Provincialism and Patois. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/patois/provincialism
Patois & Provincialism. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/patois/provincialism>.
Provincialism or Patois. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/patois/provincialism.
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