You should swear on the Bible.
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Swear
//swɛə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "swear" (202 found)
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Closest matches (41)
curseaffirmabjureabuseacknowledgeadjureadminister an oathagreeallegeand candleassertassert under oathasseverateassureattestaveravoidavouchavowbear witness
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Verb(15 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (60)
Related words (101)
Adjective(35 words)
Verb(16 words)
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1 entriesTranslations
232 translations across 83 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὄμνυμι verb (to take an oath)
Arabic
4 entries- أَقْسَمَ verb (to take an oath)
- حلف verb (to take an oath)
- حَلَفَ verb (to take an oath)
- سَبَّ verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Armenian
3 entries- երդվել verb (to take an oath)
- երդվեցնել verb (to take an oath)
- հայհոյել verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Aromanian
1 entries- giur verb (to take an oath)
Asturian
1 entries- xurar verb (to take an oath)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- and içmək verb (to take an oath)
- söyüş söymək verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- yaman demək verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Belarusian
4 entries- кля́сціся verb (to take an oath)
- ла́яцца verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- мацюка́цца verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- пакля́сціся verb (to take an oath)
Bengali
1 entries- কসম করা verb (to take an oath)
Bulgarian
4 entries- закле́вам се verb (to take an oath)
- кълна́ се verb (to take an oath)
- псу́вам verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- руга́я verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Burmese
1 entries- ကျိန် verb (to take an oath)
Catalan
1 entries- jurar verb (to take an oath)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- جْنێودان verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- سوێند خواردن verb (to take an oath)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 咒罵 /咒骂 verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- 發誓 /发誓 verb (to take an oath)
- 罵人 /骂人 verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- 賭咒 /赌咒 verb (to take an oath)
Czech
2 entries- klít verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- přísahat verb (to take an oath)
Danish
2 entries- bande verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- sværge verb (to take an oath)
Dutch
4 entries- een eed afleggen verb (to take an oath)
- schelden verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- vloeken verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- zweren verb (to take an oath)
Esperanto
4 entries- blasfemi verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- fiparoli verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- parolaĉi verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- sakri verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Estonian
1 entries- ropendama verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Faroese
4 entries- banna verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- blóta verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- svørja verb (to take an oath)
- svørja verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Finnish
2 entries- kiroilla verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- vannoa verb (to take an oath)
French
3 entries- gronder verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- jurer verb (to take an oath)
- jurer verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Friulian
2 entries- zurâ verb (to take an oath)
- ğurâ verb (to take an oath)
Galician
2 entries- xurar verb (to take an oath)
- xurar verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Georgian
4 entries- გინება verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- დაფიცება verb (to take an oath)
- კრულვა verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- ფიცი verb (to take an oath)
German
3 entries- fluchen verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- schimpfen verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- schwören verb (to take an oath)
Greek
2 entries- βρίζω verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- ορκίζομαι verb (to take an oath)
Hebrew
2 entries- נשבע verb (to take an oath)
- קִלֵּל verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Hindi
2 entries- कोसना verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- गाली देना verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Hungarian
3 entries- esküszik verb (to take an oath)
- káromkodik verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- szitkozódik verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Icelandic
2 entries- blóta verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- sverja verb (to take an oath)
Ido
1 entries- jurar verb (to take an oath)
Istriot
1 entries- bas'ciamà verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Italian
3 entries- bestemmiare verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- giurare verb (to take an oath)
- insultare verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Japanese
4 entries- 契る verb (to take an oath)
- 怒鳴る verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- 悪態をつく verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- 罵る verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
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
2 entries- 맹세하다 verb (to take an oath)
- 욕을 하다 verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
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)
Lithuanian
1 entries- keiktis verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Low German
1 entries- swören verb (to take an oath)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- klěś verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Macedonian
2 entries- пцуе verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- се колне verb (to take an oath)
Maguindanao
1 entries- sapa verb (to take an oath)
Malayalam
3 entries- ആണയിടുക verb (to take an oath)
- തെറിപറയുക verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- 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)
Māori
1 entries- kangakanga verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- ulapva verb (to take an oath)
Norman
2 entries- juther verb (to take an oath)
- juther verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- banne verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- sverge verb (to take an oath)
- sverge verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- sverte verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- banna verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- banne verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- sverja verb (to take an oath)
- sverja verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Nǀuu
1 entries- ǁxʼaa verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Occitan
1 entries- jurar verb (to take an oath)
Old Norse
2 entries- bǫlva verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- sverja verb (to take an oath)
Persian
4 entries- دشنام دادن verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- سوگند خوردن verb (to take an oath)
- فحش دادن verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- قسم خوردن verb (to take an oath)
Polish
4 entries- bluzgać verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- bluznąć verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- kląć verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- kląć się verb (to take an oath)
Portuguese
3 entries- jurar verb (to take an oath)
- praguejar verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- xingar verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Romanian
3 entries- blestema verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- jura verb (to take an oath)
- înjura verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Russian
4 entries- брани́ться verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- вы́ругаться verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- кля́сться verb (to take an oath)
- матери́ться verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Sardinian
3 entries- giurare verb (to take an oath)
- giurài verb (to take an oath)
- zurare verb (to take an oath)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- kleti se verb (to take an oath)
- psovati verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- клети се verb (to take an oath)
Sicilian
4 entries- giurari verb (to take an oath)
- jastimiari verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- jurari verb (to take an oath)
- nciuriari verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Slovak
2 entries- kliať verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- 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
4 entries- blasfemar verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- devodar (desus.) verb (to take an oath)
- echar ternos verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- jurar verb (to take an oath)
Swahili
1 entries- apa verb (to take an oath)
Swedish
3 entries- svära verb (to take an oath)
- svära verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- svärja verb (to take an oath)
Tajik
4 entries- дашном додан verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- савганд ёд кардан verb (to take an oath)
- қасам хурдан verb (to take an oath)
- ҳақорат кардан verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Telugu
2 entries- ఒట్టు పెట్టు verb (to take an oath)
- ప్రమాణం చేయు verb (to take an oath)
Thai
2 entries- สบถ verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- สาบาน verb (to take an oath)
Turkish
4 entries- ant içmek verb (to take an oath)
- küfretmek verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- sövmek verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- yemin etmek verb (to take an oath)
Ukrainian
4 entries- кля́стися verb (to take an oath)
- клясти́ся verb (to take an oath)
- ла́ятися verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- матюка́тися verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Uzbek
1 entries- qasamyod qilmoq verb (to take an oath)
Venetan
1 entries- giurar verb (to take an oath)
Vietnamese
4 entries- chửi verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- chửi bậy verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- chửi thề verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- chửi tục verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
Walloon
1 entries- djurer verb (to take an oath)
Welsh
3 entries- melltithio verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- rhegi verb (to curse, to use offensive language)
- 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.
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Don't swear in public.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.