You should swear on the Bible.
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Swear
/swɛə(ɹ)/
Synonyms for "swear" (167 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Strong matches (50)
Related words (83)
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More general
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9 entriesCollocations
10 entriescurse wordformal oathfour-letter wordprofane languagesolemn vowswear jarswear wordswearing insworn affidavitsworn statement
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
117 translations across 76 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὄμνυμι verb (to take an oath)
Arabic
3 entries- أَقْسَمَ verb (to take an oath)
- حلف verb (to take an oath)
- حَلَفَ verb (to take an oath)
Armenian
2 entries- երդվել verb (to take an oath)
- երդվեցնել verb (to take an oath)
Aromanian
1 entries- giur verb (to take an oath)
Asturian
1 entries- xurar verb (to take an oath)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- and içmək verb (to take an oath)
Belarusian
4 entries- кля́сціся verb (to take an oath)
- пакля́сціся verb (to take an oath)
- прысяга́ць verb (to take an oath)
- прысягну́ць verb (to take an oath)
Bengali
1 entries- কসম করা verb (to take an oath)
Bulgarian
2 entries- закле́вам се verb (to take an oath)
- кълна́ се verb (to take an oath)
Burmese
1 entries- ကျိန် verb (to take an oath)
Catalan
1 entries- jurar verb (to take an oath)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- سوێند خواردن verb (to take an oath)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 發誓 /发誓 verb (to take an oath)
- 賭咒 /赌咒 verb (to take an oath)
Czech
1 entries- přísahat verb (to take an oath)
Danish
1 entries- sværge verb (to take an oath)
Dutch
2 entries- een eed afleggen verb (to take an oath)
- zweren verb (to take an oath)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĵuri verb (to take an oath)
Faroese
1 entries- svørja verb (to take an oath)
Finnish
1 entries- vannoa verb (to take an oath)
French
1 entries- jurer verb (to take an oath)
Friulian
2 entries- zurâ verb (to take an oath)
- ğurâ verb (to take an oath)
Galician
1 entries- xurar verb (to take an oath)
Georgian
2 entries- დაფიცება verb (to take an oath)
- ფიცი verb (to take an oath)
German
1 entries- schwören verb (to take an oath)
Greek
1 entries- ορκίζομαι verb (to take an oath)
Hebrew
1 entries- נשבע verb (to take an oath)
Hungarian
1 entries- esküszik verb (to take an oath)
Icelandic
1 entries- sverja verb (to take an oath)
Ido
1 entries- jurar verb (to take an oath)
Italian
1 entries- giurare verb (to take an oath)
Japanese
2 entries- 契る verb (to take an oath)
- 誓う verb (to take an oath)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- jura verb (to take an oath)
Khmer
3 entries- សច្ចា verb (to take an oath)
- សាបាន verb (to take an oath)
- ស្បថ verb (to take an oath)
Korean
1 entries- 맹세하다 verb (to take an oath)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- каргануу verb (to take an oath)
Lao
1 entries- ສະບານ verb (to take an oath)
Latin
1 entries- iūrō verb (to take an oath)
Low German
1 entries- swören verb (to take an oath)
Macedonian
1 entries- се колне verb (to take an oath)
Maguindanao
1 entries- sapa verb (to take an oath)
Malayalam
2 entries- ആണയിടുക verb (to take an oath)
- സത്യം ചെയ്യുക verb (to take an oath)
Maltese
1 entries- naħlef verb (to take an oath)
Maranao
1 entries- sapa' verb (to take an oath)
Mauritian Creole
1 entries- zoure verb (to take an oath)
Megleno-Romanian
1 entries- jur verb (to take an oath)
Mongolian
2 entries- амлах verb (to take an oath)
- ᠠᠮᠠᠯᠠᠬᠤ verb (to take an oath)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- ulapva verb (to take an oath)
Norman
1 entries- juther verb (to take an oath)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sverge verb (to take an oath)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- sverja verb (to take an oath)
- sverje verb (to take an oath)
Occitan
1 entries- jurar verb (to take an oath)
Old Norse
1 entries- sverja verb (to take an oath)
Persian
2 entries- سوگند خوردن verb (to take an oath)
- قسم خوردن verb (to take an oath)
Polish
4 entries- kląć się verb (to take an oath)
- przyrzec verb (to take an oath)
- przyrzekać verb (to take an oath)
- przysiąc verb (to take an oath)
Portuguese
1 entries- jurar verb (to take an oath)
Romanian
1 entries- jura verb (to take an oath)
Russian
4 entries- кля́сться verb (to take an oath)
- покля́сться verb (to take an oath)
- присяга́ть verb (to take an oath)
- присягну́ть verb (to take an oath)
Sardinian
3 entries- giurare verb (to take an oath)
- giurài verb (to take an oath)
- zurare verb (to take an oath)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kleti se verb (to take an oath)
- клети се verb (to take an oath)
Sicilian
2 entries- giurari verb (to take an oath)
- jurari verb (to take an oath)
Slovak
1 entries- prisahať verb (to take an oath)
Slovene
2 entries- prisegati verb (to take an oath)
- priseči verb (to take an oath)
Southern Altai
1 entries- карганар verb (to take an oath)
Spanish
2 entries- devodar (desus.) verb (to take an oath)
- jurar verb (to take an oath)
Swahili
1 entries- -apa verb (to take an oath)
Swedish
2 entries- svära verb (to take an oath)
- svärja verb (to take an oath)
Tajik
2 entries- савганд ёд кардан verb (to take an oath)
- қасам хурдан verb (to take an oath)
Telugu
2 entries- ఒట్టు పెట్టు verb (to take an oath)
- ప్రమాణం చేయు verb (to take an oath)
Thai
1 entries- สาบาน verb (to take an oath)
Turkish
2 entries- ant içmek verb (to take an oath)
- yemin etmek verb (to take an oath)
Ukrainian
4 entries- кля́стися verb (to take an oath)
- клясти́ся verb (to take an oath)
- покля́стися verb (to take an oath)
- поклясти́ся verb (to take an oath)
Uzbek
1 entries- qasamyod qilmoq verb (to take an oath)
Venetan
1 entries- giurar verb (to take an oath)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thề verb (to take an oath)
Walloon
1 entries- djurer verb (to take an oath)
Welsh
1 entries- tyngu verb (to take an oath)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
They won't believe me even if I swear it is true.
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I swear, John. As of today, I quit smoking.
Source: tatoeba (52840)
Don't swear in public.
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