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

To that end, the film gets a lot of mileage out of Austin Abrams’s performance — the nerves, the bewilderment, the scrounging, the swearing. — Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026

His dad held the Bible as Blair posed with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, for a ceremonial swearing-in, a hallmark for new members of Congress. — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

His swearing-in, scheduled for January 14, 2024, was delayed for hours amid disputes in Congress over the seating of legislators and the status of Semilla. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026

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

Verb

Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher went on one of his bad-boy tirades during a performance at the 1996 show by swearing, wandering the stage and making lewd gestures during his brother Noel’s guitar solo. — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026

After founding Jala in Florida five years ago, swearing it would not be a cookie-cutter Indian restaurant, Maax has decided to open a location in the KC metro. — Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026

Kito showed Becerra a picture of the then-congressman swearing him in as a neighborhood council president more than a decade ago. — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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