colloquial
- characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.
- involving or using conversation.
Origin of colloquial
Synonym study
Antonyms for colloquial
Related Words for colloquial
conversational, vernacular, chatty, common, dialectal, everyday, idiomatic, popular, street, demotic, jiveExamples from the Web for colloquial
Contemporary Examples of colloquial
A hypothetical history of how words become part of the colloquial lexicon.
There are no naked bodies (at least in the colloquial sense).
The lanky, scandal-scarred former Congressman and purveyor of the now colloquial sext, has lived and died by the tweet.
In Austria, schnaps is a colloquial term that historically references distilled fruit brandy.
To use an US Army colloquial term, he is a "No Go" for the cabinet post.
Historical Examples of colloquial
Colloquial exaggerated turn of phrase; almost "you could wipe them off the earth."
CyropaediaXenophon
He was as familiar with colloquial English as he was with his own tongue.
The Fiery TotemArgyll Saxby
Perrin was nettled, for he prided himself on his colloquial style.
White LiesCharles Reade
In this way he acquired a colloquial knowledge of that language.
Wilmot and TilleyJames Hannay
Mrs. Quabarl, to use a colloquial expression, was knocked off her perch.
colloquial
- of or relating to conversation
- denoting or characterized by informal or conversational idiom or vocabularyCompare informal