Thesaurus results for SWEAR

swear 1 of 2

verb

ˈswer

Definition of swear

as in to curse

to use offensive or indecent language no one is allowed to swear in this house

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as in to promise

to make a solemn declaration of intent swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth

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as in to testify

to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact the sworn statement of the witness was presented as evidence

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swear

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noun

as in curse

a disrespectful or indecent word or expression can't you express your frustration without using swears?

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Recent Examples of swear

Verb

Coyotec comes up with unexpected takes on topics and sometimes has to be told to stop swearing. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter shakes hands with Purdue Northwest students after swearing them in as interns with the High Tech Crime Unit on Wednesday, September 30, 2026. — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

Noun

Kennedy could be heard hurling swears at the Swedish team. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026 And Boring would be that much closer to its 90,000-rider pinkie-swear. — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for swear

Recent Examples of Synonyms for swear

Verb

In New York, the son of the league's former supervisor of officials was captured on television apparently cursing at Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
As the polit evolved, the group removed Sanon from text messages and even cursed him out.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of curse

Verb

The electric motors run on an 850-volt architecture that promises up to 400 miles of range, with up to 200 miles added in as little as 13 minutes of charging.

— Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2026
So fraternities promise that kind of friendship and loyalty, and also for young people, 18-year-olds, many of whom are unsure of themselves, fraternities and sororities say this is the way to be popular.

— Richard Hall, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of promise

Verb

Patrick Clancy, now divorced from Lindsay, testifies as the trial’s first witness.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
One wounded witness was jailed after failing to appear in court, while another initially invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination before a judge granted him immunity and ordered him to testify.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of testify

Noun

He’d just been followed down a country highway by an angry mob, which screamed cusses and gave him the finger.

— Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026
My grandmother extended a ladder up into this tough old cuss of a tree and climbed up, at some risk, to pick the bulging fruit.

— Jim Meddleton, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2024

Definition of cuss

Verb

Rushdie has spent almost 40 years under threat of death from Islamic extremists after the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against him, claiming Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses blasphemed Islam and mocked the Prophet Muhammad.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 July 2026
For his followers, blaspheming the Holocaust and celebrating Hitler became a way to signal contempt for the political religion of postwar liberalism.

— Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

Definition of blaspheme

Verb

Caputo vowed to prevent such pitfalls, with intelligence and financial oversight agencies helping to vet applicants' identities, criminal records and sources of funds.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Actor Mark Ruffalo, one of the deal’s most strident critics, has vowed to continue the fight.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of vow

Verb

Prosecutors assembled thousands of pages of text messages and emails, obtained bank and flight records, gathered corroborating witnesses, and collected video footage of freak-offs and the damning tape of Combs attacking Ventura.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
But every season thus far — not only including but especially this one — has concluded as a perverse, whack, and certainly damning portrait of American war games in an era of steep imperial decline.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of damn

Verb

Led by the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front, the militias of Ethiopia’s largest regions of Amhara and Oromia have also pledged their support.

— Cameron Hudson, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
The Country Music Association and Belmont have pledged to make a donation from proceeds from the show to Parton’s Imagination Library.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of pledge

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