Thesaurus:cryptolect
English
Noun
Sense: a secret, coded language used by a particular subculture or group
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
- antilanguage
- argot
- intalk
- jargon [⇒ thesaurus]
- lingo
- argot
- acolutholect
- acrolect
- basilect
- chronolect
- communalect
- dialect
- doculect
- ecolect
- ethnolect
- familect
- genderlect
- geolect
- hyperlect
- idiolect
- isolect
- matrilect
- medialect
- mesilect
- mesolect
- mimolect
- monolectal
- natiolect
- panlectal
- paralect
- patrilect
- polylectal
- pubilect
- regiolect
- regionalect
- similect
- sociolect
- topolect
- xenolect
See also
- Thesaurus:jargon
- Thesaurus:slang
- Category:Cant by language
Further reading
- “563. neologism” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “cryptolect” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.