First you have to build up your vocabulary.
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Vocabulary
//vəʊˈkabjʊləɹɪ//
Synonyms for "vocabulary" (70 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
8 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
4 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
278 translations across 68 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- woordeskat noun (set of words a person knows)
- woordeskat noun (words of a language collectively)
Arabic
4 entries- ذَخِيرَة لُغَوِيَّة noun (set of words a person knows)
- ذَخِيرَة لُغَوِيَّة noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- مَسارِد noun (list of words)
- مَسْرَد noun (list of words)
Armenian
3 entries- բառապաշար noun (set of words a person knows)
- բառապաշար noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- բառապաշար noun (words of a language collectively)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- söz ehtiyatı noun (set of words a person knows)
Belarusian
4 entries- запа́с слоў noun (set of words a person knows)
- ле́ксіка noun (set of words a person knows)
- лексіко́н noun (set of words a person knows)
- сло́ўнікавы запа́с noun (set of words a person knows)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ле́ксика noun (set of words a person knows)
- ре́чник noun (list of words)
- ре́чников съста́в noun (words of a language collectively)
- сло́вно бога́тство noun (set of words a person knows)
Burmese
2 entries- ဝေါဟာရ noun (list of words)
- ဝေါဟာရ noun (set of words a person knows)
Catalan
1 entries- vocabulari noun (words of a language collectively)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 字彙 /字汇 noun (set of words a person knows)
- 字彙 /字汇 noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- 字彙 /字汇 noun (words of a language collectively)
- 詞匯 /词汇 noun (set of words a person knows)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- qamus noun (set of words a person knows)
Czech
2 entries- slovní zásoba noun (set of words a person knows)
- slovník noun (list of words)
Danish
4 entries- ordforråd noun (list of words)
- ordforråd noun (set of words a person knows)
- ordforråd noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- ordforråd noun (words of a language collectively)
Dutch
4 entries- terminologie noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- vakterminologie noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- vocabulaire noun (set of words a person knows)
- vocabulaire noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
Esperanto
2 entries- vortaro noun (list of words)
- vortprovizo noun (set of words a person knows)
Estonian
4 entries- erialasõnavara noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- oskussõnavara noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- sõnavara noun (set of words a person knows)
- sõnavara noun (words of a language collectively)
Faroese
2 entries- orðatilfar noun (words of a language collectively)
- orðfeingi noun (words of a language collectively)
Finnish
4 entries- sanasto noun (list of words)
- sanasto noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- sanasto noun (words of a language collectively)
- sanavarasto noun (set of words a person knows)
French
4 entries- lexique noun (set of words a person knows)
- lexique noun (words of a language collectively)
- vocabulaire noun (list of words)
- vocabulaire noun (set of words a person knows)
Galician
4 entries- vocabulario noun (list of words)
- vocabulario noun (set of words a person knows)
- vocabulario noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- vocabulario noun (words of a language collectively)
Georgian
4 entries- ლექსიკა noun (list of words)
- ლექსიკა noun (set of words a person knows)
- ლექსიკა noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- ლექსიკა noun (words of a language collectively)
German
4 entries- Glossar noun (list of words)
- Vokabular noun (set of words a person knows)
- Vokabular noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- Vokabular noun (words of a language collectively)
Greek
2 entries- λεξιλόγιο noun (list of words)
- λεξιλόγιο noun (set of words a person knows)
Hawaiian
2 entries- huina ʻōlelo noun (set of words a person knows)
- papa ʻōlelo noun (list of words)
Hebrew
3 entries- אוֹצַר מִלִּים noun (set of words a person knows)
- אוֹצַר מִלִּים noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- אוֹצַר מִלִּים noun (words of a language collectively)
Hindi
4 entries- शब्दकोश noun (words of a language collectively)
- शब्दावली noun (list of words)
- शब्दावली noun (set of words a person knows)
- शब्दावली noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
Hungarian
4 entries- glosszárium noun (list of words)
- szójegyzék noun (list of words)
- szókincs noun (set of words a person knows)
- szókincs noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
Icelandic
2 entries- orðaforði noun (set of words a person knows)
- orðaforði noun (words of a language collectively)
Indonesian
2 entries- kosakata noun (list of words)
- perbendaharaan kata noun (list of words)
Ingrian
1 entries- slovari noun (words of a language collectively)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- واژِگان noun (list of words)
- واژِگان noun (set of words a person knows)
Irish
1 entries- foclóirín noun (list of words)
Italian
4 entries- vocabolario noun (list of words)
- vocabolario noun (set of words a person knows)
- vocabolario noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- vocabolario noun (words of a language collectively)
Japanese
4 entries- 用語 noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- 語彙 noun (set of words a person knows)
- 語彙 noun (words of a language collectively)
- 語彙集 noun (list of words)
Kazakh
1 entries- сөз байлығы noun (set of words a person knows)
Khmer
3 entries- វាក្យសព្ទ noun (list of words)
- វាក្យសព្ទ noun (set of words a person knows)
- វាក្យសព្ទ noun (words of a language collectively)
Korean
4 entries- 어휘 noun (words of a language collectively)
- 어휘력 noun (set of words a person knows)
- 어휘집 noun (list of words)
- 용어 noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- сөзкурам noun (set of words a person knows)
Lao
2 entries- ຄຳສັບ noun (list of words)
- ຄຳສັບ noun (set of words a person knows)
Latvian
1 entries- vārdu krājums noun (set of words a person knows)
Lithuanian
1 entries- žodynas noun (set of words a person knows)
Macedonian
1 entries- вокабула́р noun (words of a language collectively)
Malay
4 entries- kosa kata noun (list of words)
- kosa kata noun (set of words a person knows)
- kosa kata noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- kosa kata noun (words of a language collectively)
Marathi
1 entries- शब्दसंग्रह noun (list of words)
Mongolian
1 entries- толь бичиг noun (list of words)
Māori
1 entries- rārangi kupu noun (list of words)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- ordforråd noun (set of words a person knows)
- ordforråd noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- ordforråd noun (words of a language collectively)
- ordliste noun (list of words)
Old English
2 entries- no such word attested noun (set of words a person knows)
- perhaps closest is wordhord noun (set of words a person knows)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- لغت noun (list of words)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Wieedaschauz noun (list of words)
- Wieedaschauz noun (set of words a person knows)
Polish
4 entries- leksyka noun (words of a language collectively)
- nomenklatura noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- słownictwo noun (list of words)
- słownictwo noun (set of words a person knows)
Portuguese
4 entries- terminologia noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- vocabulário noun (list of words)
- vocabulário noun (set of words a person knows)
- vocabulário noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
Romanian
4 entries- glosar noun (list of words)
- lexic noun (words of a language collectively)
- vocabular noun (list of words)
- vocabular noun (set of words a person knows)
Russian
4 entries- вокабуля́р noun (set of words a person knows)
- вокабуля́р noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- вокабуля́р noun (words of a language collectively)
- вокабуля́рий noun (list of words)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- briathrachas noun (list of words)
- briathrachas noun (set of words a person knows)
- briathrachas noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- briathrachas noun (words of a language collectively)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- vokabùlār noun (words of a language collectively)
- вокабу̀ла̄р noun (words of a language collectively)
Slovak
1 entries- slovná zásoba noun (set of words a person knows)
Slovene
2 entries- besedišče noun (set of words a person knows)
- besedni zaklad noun (set of words a person knows)
Spanish
4 entries- léxico noun (words of a language collectively)
- vocabulario noun (list of words)
- vocabulario noun (set of words a person knows)
- vocabulario noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
Swahili
4 entries- msamiati noun (list of words)
- msamiati noun (set of words a person knows)
- msamiati noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- msamiati noun (words of a language collectively)
Swedish
4 entries- ordförråd noun (set of words a person knows)
- ordförråd noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- ordförråd noun (words of a language collectively)
- ordlista noun (list of words)
Tagalog
4 entries- sansalitaan noun (set of words a person knows)
- sansalitaan noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- sansalitaan noun (words of a language collectively)
- talasalitaan noun (list of words)
Thai
4 entries- คำศัพท์ noun (list of words)
- คำศัพท์ noun (set of words a person knows)
- คำศัพท์ noun (words of a language collectively)
- วงศัพท์ noun (set of words a person knows)
Turkish
4 entries- kelime hazinesi noun (set of words a person knows)
- kelime kadrosu noun (set of words a person knows)
- söz dağarcığı noun (set of words a person knows)
- söz hazinesi noun (set of words a person knows)
Udmurt
1 entries- кылолык noun (words of a language collectively)
Ukrainian
4 entries- вокабуля́р noun (set of words a person knows)
- вокабуля́р noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- вокабуля́р noun (words of a language collectively)
- запа́с слів noun (set of words a person knows)
Vietnamese
3 entries- từ vựng noun (list of words)
- từ vựng noun (set of words a person knows)
- từ vựng noun (words of a language collectively)
Welsh
4 entries- geirfa noun (list of words)
- geirfa noun (set of words a person knows)
- geirfa noun (stock of words used in a particular field)
- geirfa noun (words of a language collectively)
Yiddish
2 entries- וואָקאַבולאַר noun (list of words)
- וואָקאַבולאַר noun (set of words a person knows)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
You need a large vocabulary to read that book.
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This article contains tips for those who are eager to increase their vocabulary.
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Emotion counts above vocabulary in verbal communication.
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Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.
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