colloquial
AdjectiveUS[kuh-loh-kwee-uhl]/kəˈloʊkwiəl/4 syllables
Synonyms:
conversational
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation“wrote her letters in a colloquial style”“the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English”Synonyms: conversationalOpposite formalSimilar informal
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Col·lo′qui·al adjective
Origin: See Colloqui.
Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style. — Col·lo′wb-a1′>′qui·al·ly, adverb
His [Johnson's] colloquial talents were, indeed, of the highest order.— Thomas Babington Macaulay
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54