JARGON meaning: Specialized language used by experts

We found 40 dictionaries that define the word jargon:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

jargon: Merriam-Webster
jargon, jargon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
jargon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
jargon: Collins English Dictionary
jargon: Vocabulary.com
Jargon, jargon: Wordnik
jargon: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
jargon: Wiktionary
jargon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
jargon: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
jargon: Infoplease Dictionary
jargon: Dictionary.com
jargon: Online Etymology Dictionary
jargon: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Jargon (disambiguation), Jargon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Jargon: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
jargon: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
jargon: Rhymezone
Jargon (m), jargon, jargon (het), jargon (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
jargon: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
jargon: FreeDictionary.org
jargon: Mnemonic Dictionary
jargon: TheFreeDictionary.com
jargon: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)

Jargon: Glossary of English Grammar Terms
ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
jargon: Legal dictionary

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)

jargon: CCI Computer
Jargon (pidgin): Encyclopedia
jargon: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)

jargon: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Jargon: MedFriendly Glossary
online medical dictionary (No longer online)
jargon: Medical dictionary
Jargon: Brain Injury

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

Jargon: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See jargoned as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
▸ noun:  (countable) A language characteristic of a particular group.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
▸ verb:  To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.
▸ noun:  Alternative form of jargoon (“A variety of zircon”) [A variety of zircon.]

Similar:

vernacular, lingo, slang, cant, argot, patois, jargoon, notation, standardese, term of art, more...

Opposite:

plain language, layman's terms

Types:

buzzword, acronym, lingo, slang, terminology, technical language, professional jargon, more...

Phrases:

Chinook Jargon, jargon aphasia, Jargon File, mathematical jargon, delaware jargon, more...

Adjectives:

technical, legal, medical, professional, own, scientific, modern, current, unintelligible, academic, political

Colors:

charcoal, graphite, pewter, smoke, gunmetal, more...