Definition of Colloquial

1. Adjective. Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation. "The broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English"

Exact synonyms: Conversational
Similar to: Informal
Derivative terms: Conversation

Definition of Colloquial

1. a. Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style.

Definition of Colloquial

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Colloquial

colloid cancer
colloid carcinoma
colloid corpuscle
colloid cyst
colloid degeneration
colloid goiter
colloid milium
colloid pseudomilium
colloid system
colloid theory of narcosis
collop
collops
colloque
colloques
colloquia
colloquial (current term)
colloquialism
colloquialisms
colloquialities
colloquiality
colloquially
colloquials
colloquies
colloquist
colloquists
colloquium
colloquiums
colloquy
collotype
collotypes

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