Synonyms for swan
swɒnswan

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1. swanverb

   stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult

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, curse, blaspheme, tramp, avow, allege, verify, asseverate, aver, maintain, drift, sustain, substantiate, depone, roam, swear, cuss

3. roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabondverb

   move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

   "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"

   Synonyms:
   roam, project, hustle, wrap, verify, spue, redact, affirm, drift, draw, cast off, wave, array, assert, wander, cheat on, mold, float, cast, put, twine, slog, turn over, avow, cheat, throw away, frame, place, roll up, seethe, pasture, crop, vomit up, browse, chuck, mould, roll, throw up, contrive, retch, purge, rate, betray, tramp, disgorge, swear, plod, meander, flap, blow, lay out, pad, shed, wheel, shake off, barf, graze, weave, stray, wind, range, vagabond, rank, grade, couch, thread, pluck, freewheel, rove, be adrift, ramble, regurgitate, cuckold, throw off, straddle, throw, cat, vomit, ramble on, revolve, order, hurtle, spew, honk, roll out, regorge, drop, set out, aver, run, jog, hurl, trudge, err, upchuck, footslog, be sick, undulate, digress, sick, divagate, puke

4. swanverb

   sweep majestically

   "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"

   Synonyms:
   aver, rove, affirm, stray, ramble, cast, range, roam, assert, avow, roll, drift, wander, swear, tramp, vagabond, verify

Matched Categories

1. • Declare
   • Sweep
   • Travel

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1. swannoun

   Synonyms:
   cob (male), cygnet (young)

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1. List of paraphrases for "swan":

   swans, trumpeter, cygnus, swann, trumpet, tundra

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1. Yuji Nishiyama:

   Uncertainty about nuclear operations makes management more cautious in its decision-making and therefore the speed of dividend restoration could be slowed, and they may feel the need to have more equity to cope with black swan events, resulting in potential capital raising and less lucrative shareholder returns.

2. Burmese Proverb:

   A swan is out of place among crows, a lion among bulls, a horse among asses, and a wise man among fools.

3. David Barber:

   The law states that the queen can own any swan swimming in open waters if she so wishes, but she mainly exercises that right on the River Thames, today swan upping is about conservation and education.

4. The Hitopadesa:

   Shall He to thee His aid refuse Who clothes the swan in dazzling white, Who robes in green the parrot bright, The peacocks decks in rainbow hues?*

5. Zhang Hanwen:

   This isn't to say we conclusively disproved any human involvement, in our scenario, modern humans settled on each landmass after proboscidean extinction risk had already escalated. An ingenious, highly adaptable social predator like our species could be the perfect black swan occurrence to deliver the coup de grâce.