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Synonyms of swear in English:
swear
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verb
1‘the godparents will then swear that they believe in the creed and the commandments’
SYNONYMS
promise, vow, promise under oath, solemnly promise, pledge oneself, give one's word, take an oath, swear an oath, swear on the Bible, give an undertaking, undertake, affirm, warrant, state, assert, declare, aver, proclaim, pronounce, profess, attest, guarantee
Law depose, make a deposition, bind oneself
rare asseverate
2‘she swore that she would never go back to her aunt's house’
SYNONYMS
insist, avow, be emphatic, pronounce, declare, assert, maintain, contend, aver, emphasize, stress
3‘Kate spilled wine on her jeans and swore’
SYNONYMS
curse, blaspheme, utter profanities, utter oaths, be foul-mouthed, use bad language, use foul language, be blasphemous, take the Lord's name in vain, swear like a trooper, damn
informal cuss, turn the air blue, eff and blind
archaic execrate
Phrases
- swear off
‘he swore off drink, tobacco, and gambling’
SYNONYMS
renounce, forswear, forgo, abjure, abstain from, go without, shun, avoid, eschew, steer clear of, give a wide berth to, have nothing to do with
give up, dispense with, stop, cease, finish, discontinue, break off, drop
informal kick, quit, jack in
ANTONYMS
take up
1‘I swear by the Blessed Virgin that it fell into the sea’
SYNONYMS
invoke, appeal to, call as one's witness
2‘many of the locals swear by these computers’
SYNONYMS
express confidence in, have faith in, put one's faith in, trust, have every confidence in, believe in
set store by, value
informal rate
‘he was sworn in as the country's fifteenth Prime Minister’
SYNONYMS
install, instate, induct, invest, inaugurate, introduce, admit into office, institute, initiate
appoint, put in, create
ordain, consecrate, anoint
enthrone, crown
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