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Synonyms for swear
swɛərswear
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
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, testifyAntonyms:
contradict, contravene, controvert, deny, disprove, dispute, gainsay, oppose, refute, repudiate, retract, waive
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
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, verifyaffirm, 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, cussswearverb
promise solemnly; take an oath
Synonyms:
rely, avow, bank, depose, swan, verify, assert, imprecate, trust, blaspheme, affirm, depone, aver, curse, cussswear, 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, verifytrust, 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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
swearverb
Synonyms:
utter an oath, take oath, take an oathswearverb
Synonyms:
declare (solemnly), avow, affirm, depose, testify, state, sayswearverb
swearverb
Synonyms:
administer an oath to, put under oath
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
swearverb
Synonyms:
blaspheme, curse, imprecate, use profane language
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#111 | state | |
#148 | support | |
#333 | control | |
#496 | say | |
#605 | range | |
#723 | tell | |
#875 | bank | |
#1069 | believe | |
#1086 | hope | |
#1365 | express | |
#1495 | trust | |
#2022 | claim | |
#2394 | cast | |
#2422 | maintain | |
#2595 | roll | |
#3358 | confirm | |
#3816 | deposit | |
#3823 | specify | |
#4015 | desire | |
#4105 | commit | |
#4348 | promise | |
#4675 | verify | |
#5526 | inform | |
#5728 | damn | |
#6623 | rely | |
#7148 | protest | |
#7231 | assure | |
#9348 | declare | |
#10368 | swan | |
#11256 | sustain | |
#11618 | curse | |
#11779 | drift | |
#13093 | assert | |
#13593 | certify | |
#13628 | swear | |
#13994 | insist | |
#14725 | oath | |
#16270 | testify | |
#17234 | rove | |
#17542 | wander | |
#18651 | stray | |
#18685 | predicate | |
#19474 | affirm | |
#24560 | vow | |
#25040 | tramp | |
#25519 | roam | |
#27225 | swearing | |
#28483 | pronounce | |
#29145 | juror | |
#34397 | allege | |
#38590 | ramble | |
#39205 | aver | |
#39367 | entrust | |
#39493 | vagabond | |
#39584 | substantiate | |
#53412 | cuss | |
#63389 | jure | |
#65919 | corroborate | |
#69751 | confide | |
#89649 | depose | |
#119253 | intrust | |
#136159 | blaspheme | |
#170258 | avow | |
#177665 | propound | |
#192471 | excommunicate |
How to use swear in a sentence?
There ought to be a room in every house to swear in.
Langston Hughes, uThe Black Man Speaksu:
I swear to the LordI still can't seeWhy Democracy meansEverybody but me.
A footman may swear; but he cannot swear like a lord. He can swear as often: but can he swear with equal delicacy, propriety, and judgment?
Well, I think it's ridiculous, I mean we're having such a great time, sometimes we'll do it for fun, and they'll start screaming at me, 'do the swear-in, do the swear-in!'.
... Kneeling before the death cult flag with a knife in his hand and a machete before him one of those arrested said this: 'I swear to almighty Allah, we will carry out the first implementation for the soldiers of the caliphate in Australia', he went on to say ... 'I swear to almighty Allah, blond people, there is no room for blame between you and us. We only are ... stabbing the kidneys and striking the necks’.
Translations for swear
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- حلف, شتم, أقسمArabic
- псувам, заклевам сеBulgarian
- jurarCatalan, Valencian
- klít, přísahatCzech
- rhegi, tyngu, melltithioWelsh
- sværgeDanish
- schimpfen, schwören, fluchenGerman
- βρίζω, ορκίζομαιGreek
- ĵuri, sakriEsperanto
- maldecir, blasfemar, renegar, jurar, [[echar]] [[terno]]sSpanish
- سوگند خوردن, دشنام دادنPersian
- vannoa, kiroillaFinnish
- banna, svørja, blótaFaroese
- gronder, jurerFrench
- xurarGalician
- נשבעHebrew
- esküszik, szitkozódik, káromkodikHungarian
- երդվել, երդվեցնել, հայհոյելArmenian
- sverja, blótaIcelandic
- giurare, insultare, bestemmiareItalian
- 契る, 怒鳴る, 誓う, ののしる, 悪態Japanese
- 맹세, 욕을Korean
- سوێن خواردن, جوێن دانKurdish
- iūroLatin
- пцуе, се колнеMacedonian
- naħlefMaltese
- sverte, sverge, banneNorwegian
- zweren, een eed afleggen, vloekenDutch
- sverja, banna, sverte, sverje, banne, svertaNorwegian Nynorsk
- jurarOccitan
- przeklinać, zaklinać, przysięgać, przyrzekać, kląćPolish
- praguejar, xingar, jurarPortuguese
- jura, înjuraRomanian
- вы́ругаться, присяга́ть, матери́ться, присягну́ть, руга́ться, кля́сться, покля́сться, брани́ться, скверносло́витьRussian
- giurài, zurare, giurareSardinian
- svära, svärjaSwedish
- yaminiSwahili
- சத்தியம்Tamil
- ఒట్టు పెట్టు, ప్రమాణం చేయుTelugu
- küfretmek, ant içmek, yemin etmek, sövmekTurkish
- лаятисяUkrainian
- thềVietnamese
- djurerWalloon
- 发誓Chinese
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