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Definitions for Jargon

[1] the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon.
[2] unintelligible or meaningless talk or writing; gibberish.
[3] any talk or writing that one does not understand.
[4] pidgin.
[5] language that is characterized by uncommon or pretentious vocabulary and convoluted syntax and is often vague in meaning.
[6] to speak in or write jargon; jargonize.
[7] a colorless to smoky gem variety of zircon.
[8] specialized language concerned with a particular subject, culture, or profession
[9] language characterized by pretentious syntax, vocabulary, or meaning
[10] gibberish
[11] another word for pidgin
[12] (intr) to use or speak in jargon
[13] mineralogy rare a golden yellow, smoky, or colourless variety of zircon

Words related to Jargon

patois, vocabulary, argot, idiom, vernacular, lingo, parlance, slang, lexicon, abracadabra, nonsense, cant, colloquialism, twaddle, bunk, speech, usage, palaver, bombast, patter

Words nearby Jargon

jardiniere, jardinière, jared, jaredite, jarful, jargon, jargon aphasia, jargonize, jarhead, jarisch-herxheimer reaction, jarl

Origin of Jargon

21760–70; < French < Italian giargone ≪ Persian zargūn gold-colored

Other words from Jargon

jar·gon·y , jar·gon·is·tic , adjective
jar·gon·ist , jar·gon·eer , noun

Word origin for Jargon

C18: from French, from Italian giargone, ultimately from Persian zargūn of the golden colour; see zircon

Synonyms for Jargon

argot, idiom, lingo, parlance, patois, slang, vernacular, vocabulary, abracadabra, balderdash, banality, bombast, bunk, buzzwords, cant, colloquialism, doublespeak, drivel, fustian, gibberish, insipidity, lexicon, neologism, newspeak, nonsense, palaver, patter, rigmarole, slanguage, speech, tongue, twaddle, usage, cliché, commonplace term, hackneyed term, mumbo jumbo, overused term, shoptalk, stale language, street talk, trite language