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Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb swear

5 senses of swear

Sense 1
curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate -- (utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street")
       => express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to -- (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse")

Sense 2
affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear -- (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent")
       => declare -- (state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with")

Sense 3
swear -- (promise solemnly; take an oath)
       => vow -- (make a vow; promise; "He vowed never to drink alcohol again")
          Phrasal Verb-> swear off#1

Sense 4
swear, depose, depone -- (make a deposition; declare under oath)
       => declare -- (state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with")

Sense 5
trust, swear, rely, bank -- (have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes")
       => believe -- (accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits")

Antonyms of adj sworn

2 senses of sworn

Sense 1
pledged, sworn -- (bound by or as if by an oath; "according to an early tradition became his sworn brother"; "sworn enemies")

INDIRECT (VIA committed) -> uncommitted -- (not bound or pledged)

Sense 2
sworn (vs. unsworn) -- (bound by or stated on oath; "now my sworn friend and then mine enemy"- Shakespeare)

unsworn (vs. sworn) -- (not bound by or stated on oath; "the witness stands unsworn"; "unsworn testimony")

Similarity of adj sworn

2 senses of sworn

Sense 1
pledged, sworn -- (bound by or as if by an oath; "according to an early tradition became his sworn brother"; "sworn enemies")
       => committed (vs. uncommitted) -- (bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude; "committed church members"; "a committed Marxist")

Sense 2
sworn (vs. unsworn) -- (bound by or stated on oath; "now my sworn friend and then mine enemy"- Shakespeare)
       => bound -- (bound by an oath; "a bound official")


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