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Synonyms for sword
sɔrd, soʊrdsword
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Princeton's WordNet
sword, blade, brand, steelnoun
a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
Synonyms:
vane, stigma, brand, marque, trade name, steel, brand name, make, firebrand, blade, stain, mark, leaf blade
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
swordnoun
Synonyms:
rapier, saber, scimiter, brand, curtana, claymore, smallsword, glaive, broadsword, cutlass, damascus blade, spadroon, creeseAssociated words:
scabbard, sheathe, unsheathe, forte, hilt, sheath, foible, foil, fence, fencer, gladiatorial, gladiatorism, gladiature
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
SWORD
Synonyms:
Surveillance of Work-related and Occupational Respiratory Disease Survival With ORal D-sotalol
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #132 | make | |
| #834 | mark | |
| #974 | brand | |
| #1669 | steel | |
| #5556 | blade | |
| #6792 | sword | |
| #12545 | stain | |
| #13881 | swords | |
| #21417 | dagger | |
| #23781 | sabre | |
| #23782 | stigma | |
| #25528 | saber | |
| #31970 | sabres | |
| #35295 | marque | |
| #36717 | vane | |
| #38115 | jian | |
| #56320 | saif | |
| #82618 | firebrand | |
| #111049 | seif |
How to use sword in a sentence?
On the one hand you save on the operating costs, but your yield starts to fall because your corporate business is disappearing so it's a double-edged sword, on balance, the airline community is doing better as a result of the lower oil price.
That young mind now thinks it can change the world with the sword.
Having a sword of Damocles having over Assad's head is not necessarily a bad thing.
A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
She wasn't looking for a knight. She was looking for a sword.
Translations for sword
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- سيفArabic
- mečCzech
- sværdDanish
- SchwertGerman
- σπαθίGreek
- glavoEsperanto
- espadaSpanish
- شمشیرPersian
- miekkaFinnish
- épéeFrench
- claíomhIrish
- तलवारHindi
- kardHungarian
- սուրըArmenian
- pedangIndonesian
- spadaItalian
- חרבHebrew
- 剣Japanese
- ಕತ್ತಿKannada
- 검Korean
- gladioLatin
- zwaardDutch
- sverdNorwegian
- mieczPolish
- espadaPortuguese
- sabieRomanian
- мечRussian
- svärdSwedish
- வாள்Tamil
- కత్తిTelugu
- ดาบThai
- kılıçTurkish
- мечUkrainian
- تلوارUrdu
- thanh kiếmVietnamese
- שווערדYiddish
- 劍Chinese
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