One entry found for colloquial.

Entry Word: colloquial
Function: adjective
Text: 1 used in or suitable for speech and not formal writing <the new kid's rudeness soon began--to use a colloquial expression--to rub me the wrong way>
Synonyms conversational, informal, nonliterary, unliterary, vernacular, vulgar
Related Words dialectal, dialectical, nonstandard, substandard, uneducated; slang, slangy
Near Antonyms educated, standard; correct, genteel, grammatical, proper
Antonyms bookish, formal, learned, literary
2 having the style and content of everyday conversation <colloquial English> -- see CHATTY 1