jargon C2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ɡən/ UK /ˈdʒɑː.ɡən/ See IPA manual Freq #27751 Meanings 1 noun Special words and phrases used by a particular profession or group that others find hard to understand. The report was full of legal jargon that ordinary readers couldn't follow. 2 noun Speech that sounds confused or makes no sense; gibberish. To an outsider, the technicians' conversation was meaningless jargon. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · special words and phrases... lingoargot 2 noun · speech that sounds confused... gibberish More languageparlancephraseologysublanguageterminologyvernacular ↔ Opposites vernacular Word family Forms jargons Derived forms blargoncyberjargoneurojargonjargonaljargonaphasiajargonautjargoneerjargonerjargonesejargonesquejargonicjargonisation Related forms nonsense Common collocations impenetrable jargon Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English jargoun, jargon, from Old French jargon, a variant of gargon, gargun (“chatter; talk; language”). jargoun Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # jargon **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ɡən/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈdʒɑː.ɡən/ **Frequency rank:** 27751 ## Meanings 1. Special words and phrases used by a particular profession or group that others find hard to understand. 2. Speech that sounds confused or makes no sense; gibberish. ## Examples - The report was full of legal jargon that ordinary readers couldn't follow. - To an outsider, the technicians' conversation was meaningless jargon. ## Synonyms - language - parlance - phraseology - sublanguage - terminology - vernacular ## Antonyms - vernacular ## Derived Forms - blargon - cyberjargon - eurojargon - jargonal - jargonaphasia - jargonaut - jargoneer - jargoner - jargonese - jargonesque - jargonic - jargonisation ## Related Forms - nonsense ## Roots and Affixes - Root: jargoun ## Etymology From Middle English jargoun, jargon, from Old French jargon, a variant of gargon, gargun (“chatter; talk; language”). ## AI Etymology Jargon is from Middle English jargoun, jargon, from Old French jargon, a variant of gargon, gargun (“chatter; talk; language”). Important recorded forms include jargoun (Middle English). Current senses include special words and phrases used by a particular profession or group that others find hard to understand and speech that sounds confused or makes no sense; gibberish. The wider family includes derived forms such as blargon, cyberjargon, eurojargon, jargonal, and jargonaphasia; related words such as nonsense. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown