Sword

/[sɔɹd]/

Synonyms for "sword" (106 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (22)

steel ax battler bayonet belligerent belted knight bickerer bilbo blade bravo brawler broadsword bully bullyboy claymore cold steel combatant competitor contender contestant

Noun(2 words)

blade brand

Strong matches (31)

Related words (53)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

19 relation types

More general

4 entries

arm artifact weapon weapon system

More specific

85 entries

Baselard Curtana Falchion Harpe Katzbalger Kriegsmesser Mameluke sword Shashka Swiss saber Szabla Viking sword Xiphos Zweihänder acinaces arming sword bilbo

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Synonyms

1 entries

steel

Related terms

1 entries

blade

at location

7 entries

collection container called scabbard hands of knight museum musuem sheath stone

capable of

2 entries

kill living thing kill person

coordinate

18 entries

bayonet claymore cutlass dagger epee falchion foil katana knife machete rapier saber sabre scimitar vorpal yatagan

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created by

1 entries

blacksmith

derived

119 entries

Amazon sword Newton's flaming laser sword Newton's laser sword Sword Beach arming sword at half-sword backsword balisword bastard sword bearing sword broad sword broadsword cloak-and-sworder coin-sword court sword double-edged sword

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has a

2 entries

sharp blade sharp edge

has context

4 entries

heraldiccharge tarot weaponry weaving

has property

1 entries

sharp

is a

8 entries

close combat weapon large edged weapon lethal weapon non projectile bladed weapon phallic symbol primitive weapon weapon weapon of war

made of

1 entries

steel

meronym

18 entries

basket chappe crossguard edge ferrule finger guard fuller grip guard hamon hilt knuckle guard peen block point pommel quillon

Showing 16 of 18 words.

part of

1 entries

armoury

related to

24 entries

arcana blade card fighting hand heraldry hilt knife knight knight weapon lay length long long knife long weapon loom

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similar

1 entries

bayonet

used for

16 entries

ceremony chopping up enemies cut off hand cutting decorate wall fence with fencing intimidating kill killing killing people looking cool maiming stabbing sticking wounding

Translations

353 translations across 222 languages.

Abkhaz

1 entries

аса noun (weapon)

Adyghe

1 entries

чатэ noun (weapon)

Afrikaans

1 entries

swaard noun (weapon)

Akkadian

1 entries

patrum noun (weapon)

Albanian

4 entries

pallë noun (weapon)
shkallmë noun (weapon)
shpatë noun (weapon)
thikare noun (weapon)

Amharic

1 entries

ሰይፍ noun (weapon)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

μάχαιρα noun (weapon)
ξίφος noun (weapon)
φάσγανον noun (weapon)
ῥομφαία noun (weapon)

Arabic

4 entries

حُسَام noun (weapon)
سيف noun (weapon)
سيف noun (weapon)
سَيْف noun (weapon)

Aragonese

1 entries

espata noun (weapon)

Aramaic

3 entries

סַיְפָּא noun (weapon)
ܣܝܦܐ noun (weapon)
ܣܝܦܐ noun (weapon)

Armenian

2 entries

թուր noun (weapon)
սուր noun (weapon)

Aromanian

4 entries

apalã noun (weapon)
cealãmi noun (weapon)
coardã noun (weapon)
lipidã noun (weapon)

Assamese

2 entries

তৰোৱাল noun (weapon)
হেংদাং noun (weapon)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries

ܣܲܝܦܵܐ noun (weapon)

Asturian

1 entries

espada noun (weapon)

Avar

1 entries

кӏалден noun (weapon)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

qılınc noun (weapon)

Balinese

3 entries

bérang noun (weapon)
kléwang noun (weapon)
pedang noun (weapon)

Baluchi

1 entries

زہم noun (weapon)

Bashkir

1 entries

ҡылыс noun (weapon)

Basque

1 entries

ezpata noun (weapon)

Belarusian

2 entries

меч noun (weapon)
ша́бля noun (weapon)

Bengali

4 entries

ছুরি noun (weapon)
তরোয়াল noun (weapon)
তলোয়ার noun (weapon)
তেগ noun (weapon)

Breton

2 entries

kleze noun (weapon)
klezeñv noun (weapon)

Bulgarian

2 entries

меч noun (weapon)
мечоно́сец noun (one who handles a sword)

Burmese

1 entries

ဓား noun (weapon)

Buryat

1 entries

һэлмэ noun (weapon)

Catalan

3 entries

espasa noun (weapon)
espasa noun (one who handles a sword)
glai noun (weapon)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

شِمشێر noun (weapon)
شیر noun (weapon)

Chakma

1 entries

𑄙𑄟 noun (weapon)

Chechen

2 entries

гӏалакх noun (weapon)
тур noun (weapon)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎭᏰᎳᏍᏗ ᎦᏅᎯᏓ noun (weapon)

Chinese

1 entries

劍 /剑 noun (weapon)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

劍 /剑 noun (weapon)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

刀 noun (weapon)
劍 /剑 noun (weapon)

Church Slavic

2 entries

мечь noun (weapon)
ⰿⰵⱍⱐ noun (weapon)

Chuukese

1 entries

ketinas noun (weapon)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries

tepozmāccuahuitl noun (weapon)

Cornish

1 entries

kledha noun (weapon)

Corsican

1 entries

spada noun (weapon)

Czech

1 entries

meč noun (weapon)

Dalmatian

1 entries

sputa noun (weapon)

Danish

1 entries

sværd noun (weapon)

Dari

2 entries

سَیْف noun (weapon)
شَمْشیر noun (weapon)

Daur

1 entries

selmii noun (weapon)

Dhivehi

1 entries

ކަނދި noun (weapon)

Dongxiang

1 entries

baojien noun (weapon)

Dutch

1 entries

zwaard noun (weapon)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

劍 /剑 noun (weapon)

Egyptian

1 entries

m-a:S-w-N34:Z1 noun (weapon)

Elfdalian

1 entries

swärd noun (weapon)

Esperanto

1 entries

glavo noun (weapon)

Estonian

1 entries

mõõk noun (weapon)

Evenki

1 entries

тутэкэ̄н noun (weapon)

Faroese

2 entries

mæki noun (weapon)
svørð noun (weapon)

Fijian

1 entries

iseleivau noun (weapon)

Finnish

4 entries

miekat noun (suit in cards)
miekka noun (weapon)
miekka noun (card of this suit)
miekkamies noun (one who handles a sword)

French

3 entries

glaive noun (weapon)
épée noun (weapon)
épéiste noun (one who handles a sword)

Friulian

1 entries

spade noun (weapon)

Gagauz

1 entries

kılıç noun (weapon)

Galician

2 entries

espada noun (weapon)
espadachín noun (one who handles a sword)

Georgian

4 entries

დაშნა noun (weapon)
ლახვარი noun (weapon)
მახვილი noun (weapon)
ხმალი noun (weapon)

German

4 entries

Schwert noun (weapon)
Schwertkämpfer noun (one who handles a sword)
Schwertkämpferin noun (one who handles a sword)
Schwärt noun (weapon)

Gothic

2 entries

𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 noun (weapon)
𐌼𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 noun (weapon)

Greek

4 entries

ξίφος noun (weapon)
ξιφομάχος noun (one who handles a sword)
ξιφοφόρος noun (one who handles a sword)
σπαθί noun (weapon)

Greenlandic

1 entries

pana noun (weapon)

Gujarati

2 entries

તલવાર noun (weapon)
શમશેર noun (weapon)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

劍 /剑 noun (weapon)

Hebrew

2 entries

חֶרֶב noun (weapon)
סַיִף noun (weapon)

Hindi

2 entries

तलवार noun (weapon)
शमशेर noun (weapon)

Hungarian

2 entries

kard noun (weapon)
kardforgató noun (one who handles a sword)

Hunsrik

1 entries

Schweert noun (weapon)

Icelandic

1 entries

sverð noun (weapon)

Ido

1 entries

espado noun (weapon)

Indonesian

1 entries

pedang noun (weapon)

Ingrian

1 entries

meekka noun (weapon)

Interlingua

2 entries

gladio noun (weapon)
spada noun (weapon)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

سِیْف noun (weapon)
شَمْشیر noun (weapon)

Irish

1 entries

claíomh noun (weapon)

Isoko

1 entries

ọgbọdọ noun (weapon)

Istriot

1 entries

spada noun (weapon)

Italian

4 entries

brando noun (weapon)
ghiado noun (weapon)
gladio noun (weapon)
spada noun (weapon)

Japanese

2 entries

刀 noun (weapon)
剣 noun (weapon)

Jarai

1 entries

đao noun (weapon)

Javanese

1 entries

pedhang noun (weapon)

Kaitag

1 entries

тур noun (weapon)

Kalmyk

4 entries

мишл noun (weapon)
селм noun (weapon)
чашк noun (weapon)
үлд noun (weapon)

Kannada

1 entries

ಕತ್ತಿ noun (weapon)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries

къылыч noun (weapon)

Karakalpak

1 entries

qılısh noun (weapon)

Kashubian

1 entries

miecz noun (weapon)

Kazakh

1 entries

қылыш noun (weapon)

Khakas

1 entries

хылыс noun (weapon)

Khmer

1 entries

ដាវ noun (weapon)

Kildin Sami

1 entries

мӣһкь noun (weapon)

Komi-Permyak

1 entries

шыпурт noun (weapon)

Korean

2 entries

검 noun (weapon)
칼 noun (weapon)

Kumyk

1 entries

къылыч noun (weapon)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

кылыч noun (weapon)

Ladino

2 entries

espada noun (weapon)
איספאדה noun (weapon)

Lao

1 entries

ດາບ noun (weapon)

Latgalian

1 entries

zūbyns noun (weapon)

Latin

4 entries

ferrum noun (weapon)
gladius noun (weapon)
machaera noun (weapon)
mūcrō noun (weapon)

Latvian

1 entries

zobens noun (weapon)

Ligurian

1 entries

spâ noun (weapon)

Limburgish

1 entries

zwerd noun (weapon)

Lingala

1 entries

mompanga noun (weapon)

Lithuanian

2 entries

kalavijas noun (weapon)
kardas noun (weapon)

Lombard

1 entries

spada noun (weapon)

Low German

1 entries

Sweerd noun (weapon)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

mjac noun (weapon)

Lü

3 entries

ᦎᦱᧁ noun (weapon)
ᦡᦱᧇ noun (weapon)
ᦶᦟᧁ noun (weapon)

Macedonian

2 entries

меч noun (weapon)
мечувалец noun (one who handles a sword)

Maguindanao

1 entries

sundang noun (weapon)

Malagasy

3 entries

antsifotsy noun (weapon)
sabatra noun (weapon)
viarara noun (weapon)

Malay

1 entries

pedang noun (weapon)

Malayalam

1 entries

വാള് noun (weapon)

Maltese

2 entries

sejf noun (weapon)
xabla noun (weapon)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠯᠣᡥᠣ noun (weapon)

Manx

1 entries

cliwe noun (weapon)

Maranao

3 entries

koyang noun (weapon)
miros noun (weapon)
pedang noun (weapon)

Marathi

2 entries

तलवार noun (weapon)
तलवारबाज noun (one who handles a sword)

Middle English

1 entries

sword noun (weapon)

Mongghul

1 entries

uldi noun (weapon)

Mongolian

4 entries

илд noun (weapon)
сэлэм noun (weapon)
ᠢᠯᠳᠦ noun (weapon)
ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠮ᠎ᠡ noun (weapon)

Māori

1 entries

hoari noun (weapon)

Nahuatl

1 entries

tepozmācuahuitl noun (weapon)

Nanai

2 entries

лохон noun (weapon)
пакан noun (weapon)

Navajo

1 entries

diltłish noun (weapon)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

upanga class 11/10 noun (weapon)

Nogai

1 entries

кылыш noun (weapon)

North Frisian

3 entries

Swiirt noun (weapon)
Swērt noun (weapon)
swird noun (weapon)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

şûr noun (weapon)

Northern Qiang

1 entries

hɑː noun (weapon)

Northern Thai

1 entries

ᨯᩣ᩠ᨷ noun (weapon)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

sverd noun (weapon)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

sverd noun (weapon)

Occitan

1 entries

espasa noun (weapon)

Odia

1 entries

ଖଡ୍ଗ noun (weapon)

Ojibwe

1 entries

ashaweshk noun (weapon)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

мечь noun (weapon)

Old English

4 entries

bil noun (weapon)
mēċe noun (weapon)
secg noun (weapon)
sweord noun (weapon)

Old French

1 entries

espee noun (weapon)

Old Irish

1 entries

claideb noun (weapon)

Old Norse

2 entries

mækir noun (weapon)
sverð noun (weapon)

Old Ruthenian

1 entries

мечъ noun (weapon)

Ossetian

2 entries

кард noun (weapon)
цирхъ noun (weapon)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

سیف noun (weapon)
شمشیر noun (weapon)
قلج noun (weapon)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

меч noun (weapon)

Papiamentu

1 entries

spada noun (weapon)

Pashto

1 entries

توره noun (weapon)

Pennsylvania German

3 entries

Dege noun (weapon)
Schwaert noun (weapon)
Schwart noun (weapon)

Piedmontese

1 entries

spa noun (weapon)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

Schweat noun (weapon)
Schwieet noun (weapon)

Pohnpeian

1 entries

kedlahs noun (weapon)

Polabian

1 entries

varo noun (weapon)

Polish

2 entries

miecz noun (weapon)
miecz noun (suit in cards)

Portuguese

3 entries

espada noun (weapon)
espadachim noun (one who handles a sword)
gládio noun (weapon)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਤਲਵਾਰ noun (weapon)

Quechua

1 entries

sawli noun (weapon)

Rohingya

1 entries

kiris noun (weapon)

Romagnol

1 entries

spêda noun (weapon)

Romanian

2 entries

sabie noun (weapon)
spadă noun (weapon)

Romansch

2 entries

spada noun (weapon)
speda noun (weapon)

Russian

4 entries

меч noun (weapon)
мечено́сец noun (one who handles a sword)
са́бля noun (weapon)
шпа́га noun (weapon)

Samogitian

1 entries

kalavėjs noun (weapon)

Sanskrit

3 entries

असि noun (weapon)
कृपाण noun (weapon)
खड्ग noun (weapon)

Sardinian

2 entries

ispada noun (weapon)
spada noun (weapon)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries

Swäid noun (weapon)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

claidheamh noun (weapon)
slòighre noun (weapon)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

mȁč noun (weapon)
ма̏ч noun (weapon)

Shan

1 entries

လႅဝ်း noun (weapon)

Shona

1 entries

munondo noun (weapon)

Shor

1 entries

қылыш noun (weapon)

Sicilian

1 entries

spata noun (weapon)

Sinhalese

1 entries

කඩුව noun (weapon)

Skolt Sami

2 entries

meäʹǩǩ noun (weapon)
mieʹǩǩ noun (weapon)

Slovak

1 entries

meč noun (weapon)

Slovene

2 entries

meč noun (weapon)
sablja noun (weapon)

Somali

1 entries

seef noun (weapon)

Southern Altai

1 entries

кылыш noun (weapon)

Spanish

4 entries

espada noun (weapon)
espada noun (one who handles a sword)
espadachín noun (one who handles a sword)
tizona noun (weapon)

Sudovian

1 entries

kalavian noun (weapon)

Swahili

1 entries

upanga class XI noun (weapon)

Swedish

1 entries

svärd noun (weapon)

Tagalog

1 entries

tabak noun (weapon)

Tai Dam

1 entries

ꪒꪱꪚ noun (weapon)

Tajik

2 entries

сайф noun (weapon)
шамшер noun (weapon)

Tamil

1 entries

வாள் noun (weapon)

Tatar

1 entries

кылыч noun (weapon)

Telugu

2 entries

కత్తి noun (weapon)
కృపాణము noun (weapon)

Thai

1 entries

ดาบ noun (weapon)

Tibetan

2 entries

དཔའ་དམ། noun (weapon)
རལ་གྲི noun (weapon)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ሴፍ noun (weapon)

Tocharian B

2 entries

apsāl noun (weapon)
kertte noun (weapon)

Tok Pisin

2 entries

bainat noun (weapon)
bainet noun (weapon)

Tongan

1 entries

heleta noun (weapon)

Turkish

1 entries

kılıç noun (weapon)

Turkmen

1 entries

gylyç noun (weapon)

Tuvan

1 entries

хылыш noun (weapon)

Ukrainian

1 entries

меч noun (weapon)

Unami

1 entries

kitshikàn noun (weapon)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

mječ noun (weapon)

Urdu

4 entries

تَلْوار noun (weapon)
سَیف noun (weapon)
شَمْشِیر noun (weapon)
شَمْشیر noun (weapon)

Urhobo

1 entries

abẹrẹn noun (weapon)

Uyghur

2 entries

شەمشەر noun (weapon)
قىلىچ noun (weapon)

Uzbek

2 entries

qilich noun (weapon)
shamshir noun (weapon)

Venetan

1 entries

spada noun (weapon)

Veps

1 entries

mek noun (weapon)

Vietnamese

2 entries

gươm noun (weapon)
kiếm noun (weapon)

Volapük

1 entries

gläv noun (weapon)

Võro

1 entries

myyk noun (weapon)

Walloon

1 entries

spêye noun (weapon)

Waray-Waray

1 entries

espada noun (weapon)

Welsh

1 entries

cleddyf noun (weapon)

West-Frisian

1 entries

swurd noun (weapon)

White Hmong

1 entries

ntaj noun (weapon)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

劍 /剑 noun (weapon)

Yaghnobi

1 entries

шамшер noun (weapon)

Yakut

1 entries

кылыс noun (weapon)

Yiddish

1 entries

שווערד noun (weapon)

Zazaki

1 entries

şımşêr (diq) noun (weapon)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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The police are really good at understanding "Someone stole my credit card and ran up a lot of charges." It's a lot harder to get them to buy into "Someone stole my magic sword."

Source: tatoeba (2072)

The pen is mightier than the sword.

Source: tatoeba (33795)

This sword has a strange history.

Source: tatoeba (57655)

All who take up the sword will perish by the sword.

Source: tatoeba (239040)

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