Antonyms for swear
swɛərswear

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1. swear

   To state (Latin sto, stand) is to set forth explicitly, formally, or particularly in speech or writing. Assert (Latin ad, to, and sero, bind) is strongly personal, signifying to state boldly and positively what the one making the statement has not attempted and may not attempt to prove. Affirm has less of egotism than assert (as seen in the word self-assertion), coming nearer to aver. It has more solemnity than declare, and more composure and dignity than asseverate, which is to assert excitedly. In legal usage, affirm has a general agreement with depose and testify; it differs from swear in not invoking the name of God. To assure is to state with such authority and confidence as the speaker feels ought to make the hearer sure. Certify is more formal, and applies rather to written documents or legal processes. Assure, certify, inform, apply to the person; affirm, etc., to the thing. Assert is combative; assure is conciliatory. I assert my right to cross the river; I assure my friend it is perfectly safe. To aver is to state positively what is within one's own knowledge or matter of deep conviction. One may assert himself, or assert his right to what he is willing to contend for; or he may assert in discussion what he is ready to maintain by argument or evidence. To assert without proof is always to lay oneself open to the suspicion of having no proof to offer, and seems to arrogate too much to one's personal authority, and hence in such cases both the verb assert and its noun assertion have an unfavorable sense; we say a mere assertion, a bare assertion, his unsupported assertion; he asserted his innocence has less force than he affirmed or maintained his innocence. Affirm, state, and tell have not the controversial sense of assert, but are simply declarative. To vindicate is to defend successfully what is assailed. Almost every criminal will assert his innocence; the honest man will seldom lack means to vindicate his integrity.

   Antonyms:
   contradict, contravene, controvert, deny, disprove, dispute, gainsay, oppose, refute, repudiate, retract, waive

   Synonyms:
   affirm, allege, assert, asseverate, assure, aver, avouch, avow, certify, claim, declare, depose, express, inform, maintain, predicate, pronounce, propound, protest, say, set forth, specify, state, tell, testify

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1. swear

   Synonyms:
   depose, affirm, testify, declare, blaspheme, curse

Matched Categories

1. • Declare
   • Vow

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1. curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecateverb

   utter obscenities or profanities

   "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"

   Synonyms:
   maledict, excommunicate, affirm, blaspheme, trust, swan, imprecate, anathemize, beshrew, bedamn, damn, aver, assert, avow, anathemise, cuss, curse, depose, depone, unchurch, bank, rely, verify

2. affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swearverb

   to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

   "Before God I swear I am innocent"

   Synonyms:
   vagabond, depose, put forward, ramble, support, range, trust, bank, stray, rove, roll, rely, say, cast, imprecate, avouch, insist, wander, control, corroborate, assert, confirm, affirm, swan, curse, blaspheme, tramp, avow, allege, verify, asseverate, aver, maintain, drift, sustain, substantiate, depone, roam, cuss

3. swearverb

   promise solemnly; take an oath

   Synonyms:
   rely, avow, bank, depose, swan, verify, assert, imprecate, trust, blaspheme, affirm, depone, aver, curse, cuss

4. swear, depose, deponeverb

   make a deposition; declare under oath

   Synonyms:
   affirm, blaspheme, trust, imprecate, depone, aver, assert, avow, force out, swan, cuss, curse, depose, bank, rely, verify

5. trust, swear, rely, bankverb

   have confidence or faith in

   "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes"

   Synonyms:
   depose, affirm, blaspheme, trust, imprecate, depone, swan, aver, confide, avow, entrust, hope, cuss, desire, curse, assert, intrust, commit, deposit, bank, rely, verify, believe

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1. swearverb

   Synonyms:
   blaspheme, curse, imprecate, use profane language

How to use swear in a sentence?

1. Ash Dahlke:

   I swear, every time you turn around in the Willcox basin area, a new field is being bladed for a pecan or pistachio orchard.

2. Kevin McCarthy:

   We can’t do anything. We can’t even swear in the other members until we elect a speaker.

3. Andrew Schulz:

   There’s a hilarious thing— I don’t even know if I should share this s—, but the final scene, they don’t even kiss, it’s CGI. Swear to God.

4. Judge Kavanaugh:

   I swear today, under oath, before the Senate and the nation, before my family, and God, I am innocent of this charge.

5. Marilyn Monroes:

   The highlight of my life was singing for the soldiers there, i stood out on an open stage, and it was cold, but I swear I didn't feel a thing except good.

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