Synonyms of swearing

swearing 1 of 2

noun

as in profanity

Related Words

• profanity
• cursing
• blasphemy
• insult
• sacrilege
• desecration
• affront
• irreverence
• impiety
• profanation
• violation
• defilement
• contamination
• pollution
• corruption
• trespass
• debasement
• sin

Dissimilar Words

• worship
• adoration
• purification
• reverence
• consecration
• glorification
• veneration
• sanctification

swearing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of swear

1

as in cursing

to use offensive or indecent language

no one is allowed to swear in this house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cursing
• cussing
• blaspheming
• damning
• railing
• ranting
• reviling
• fulminating
• imprecating
• execrating
• confounding
• anathematizing

2

as in vowing

to make a solemn declaration of intent

swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vowing
• promising
• pledging
• insisting
• agreeing
• covenanting
• ensuring
• declaring
• guaranteeing
• assenting
• giving one's word
• consenting
• undertaking
• affirming
• acceding
• betrothing
• affiancing
• trothing
• engaging
• asserting
• averring
• avowing
• plighting
• contracting
• warranting
• avouching

3

as in testifying

to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact

the sworn statement of the witness was presented as evidence

Synonyms & Similar Words

• testifying
• attesting
• witnessing
• verifying
• bearing witness
• deposing
• vowing
• promising
• vouching

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of swearing

Noun

Blanche’s swearing-in Monday took place behind closed doors at the White House, despite similar events previously being open to the press. — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

The 48-year-old chose the southwestern city, which has been hit hard by drug violence and attacks from rebel groups, as the site of his swearing-in. — Manuel Rueda, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026

Security became the main challenge of the swearing-in ceremony. — Astrid Suárez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

Josiah Peeler was charged with false swearing for allegedly lying to law enforcement. — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Even before the swearing-in ceremony, supporters flooded social media with the same partisan trademark fervor of veteran politicians, suggesting that while the faces may be new, political habits remain the same. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026

Another football player, Josiah Peeler, 18, was charged with false swearing. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

The other, Josiah Peeler, has been charged with false swearing. — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 29 July 2026

After turning heads with $600 boots at her husband, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s, swearing-in ceremony, Duwaji has once again captured the attention of the fashion-obsessed with a look inspired by the New York Knicks. — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 18 June 2026

Verb

As Sportico detailed last year, McEnroe remembers MSG employees asking Oakley to leave and Oakley responding by swearing at them. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Those reactions may lead you to respond by rolling your eyes, swearing at the steering wheel or flipping off the driver. — Jessica Griffin, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026

The premise isn’t all that deep, its a bunch of feral alley cats swearing a lot. — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Aug. 2026

Ormund buckles easily enough, dropping to his knee and swearing fealty to Daenerys. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026

Social media videos show drivers aghast at the lines or swearing at empty gas pumps and rising prices. — ABC News, 1 July 2026

The Atlanta Police Department later released bodycam footage to TMZ, which showed Poirier attempting to fight a police officer and swearing at airline employees. — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026

The trio signed the papers swearing their allegiance to the United States of America, not King George the Third. — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026

Knowing auto engineers that probably means lots of swearing and finally using a crowbar and lump hammer to make the thing fit. — New Atlas, 15 June 2026