With every broken vow, you bring our ideal closer to destruction.
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Vow
//vaʊ//
Synonyms for "vow" (67 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (33)
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9 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
8 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
Translations
194 translations across 58 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ὅρκος noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- ὄμνυμι verb (to make a vow)
Arabic
3 entries- ندر noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- نَذْر noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- نَذَرَ verb (to make a vow)
Armenian
2 entries- երդում noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- ուխտ noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Asturian
1 entries- votu noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Belarusian
4 entries- заро́к noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- кля́тва noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- кляцьба́ noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- прыся́га noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Bulgarian
4 entries- кле́тва noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- обет noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- закле́вам се verb (to make a vow)
- закълна́ се verb (to make a vow)
Catalan
3 entries- vot noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- jurar verb (to make a vow)
- prometre solemnement verb (to make a vow)
Chinese
3 entries- 愿 noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- 下愿 verb (to make a vow)
- 发愿 verb (to make a vow)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 保證 /保证 noun (a declaration or assertion)
- 誓約 /誓约 noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- 誓言 noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- 宣誓 verb (to declare publicly that one made a vow)
Czech
3 entries- přísaha noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- slib noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- přísahat verb (to make a vow)
Danish
3 entries- løfte noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- love verb (to make a vow)
- sværge verb (to make a vow)
Dutch
4 entries- eed noun (a declaration or assertion)
- gelofte noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- gelofte afleggen verb (to make a vow)
- zweren verb (to make a vow)
Erzya
1 entries- варамс verb (to make a vow)
Esperanto
3 entries- voto noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- ĵuro noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- ĵuri verb (to make a vow)
Estonian
2 entries- lubadus noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- lubama verb (to make a vow)
Finnish
4 entries- lupaus noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- lupaus noun (a declaration or assertion)
- vakuutus noun (a declaration or assertion)
- vala noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
French
3 entries- voeu noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- vœu noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- jurer verb (to make a vow)
Gagauz
2 entries- emin noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- söz noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Galician
1 entries- voto noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Georgian
4 entries- აღთქმა noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- განცხადება noun (a declaration or assertion)
- ფიცი noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- აღთქმა verb (to make a vow)
German
4 entries- Eid noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- Eid noun (a declaration or assertion)
- Gelöbnis noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- Gelübde noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Greek
2 entries- διαβεβαίωση noun (a declaration or assertion)
- όρκος noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Hebrew
1 entries- נֶדֶר noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Hindi
4 entries- प्रण noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- प्रतिज्ञा noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- मन्नत noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- वचन noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Hungarian
4 entries- fogadalom noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- esküszik verb (to make a vow)
- fogad verb (to make a vow)
- megesküszik verb (to make a vow)
Icelandic
2 entries- strengja heit verb (to make a vow)
- strengja heit verb (to declare publicly that one made a vow)
Ido
2 entries- vovo noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- vovar verb (to make a vow)
Italian
4 entries- voto noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- voto noun (a declaration or assertion)
- giurare verb (to make a vow)
- votare verb (to make a vow)
Japanese
4 entries- 誓い noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- 誓約 noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- 契る verb (to make a vow)
- 誓う verb (to make a vow)
Kazakh
1 entries- серт noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Korean
3 entries- 맹세 noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- 서약 noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- 맹세하다 verb (to make a vow)
Latin
3 entries- vōtum noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- iurō verb (to make a vow)
- vōveō verb (to make a vow)
Latvian
2 entries- apsolījums noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- apsolīt verb (to make a vow)
Lithuanian
2 entries- įžadas noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- pažadėti verb (to make a vow)
Macedonian
3 entries- заклетва noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- заколне verb (to make a vow)
- колне verb (to make a vow)
Middle Korean
1 entries- 벼기다 verb (to make a vow)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- nadhiri noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- løfte noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- love verb (to make a vow)
- sverge verb (to make a vow)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- lova verb (to make a vow)
- sverja verb (to make a vow)
- sverje verb (to make a vow)
Old English
1 entries- behāt noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- آند noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- سوگند noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Piedmontese
1 entries- voidé verb (to make a vow)
Polish
2 entries- przysięga noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- ślub noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Portuguese
2 entries- bodo noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- voto noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Romanian
1 entries- jurământ noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Russian
4 entries- завере́ние noun (a declaration or assertion)
- заро́к noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- кля́тва noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- обе́т noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Sanskrit
1 entries- व्रत noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- prisega noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- zakletva noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- заклетва noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- присега noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Slovak
3 entries- prísaha noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- sľub noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- prisahať verb (to make a vow)
Slovene
3 entries- prisega noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- prisegati verb (to make a vow)
- priseči verb (to make a vow)
Spanish
4 entries- manda noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- promesa noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- voto noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- devodar (disused) verb (to make a vow)
Swahili
1 entries- nadhiri noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Swedish
3 entries- löfte noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- lova verb (to make a vow)
- svära verb (to make a vow)
Tocharian B
1 entries- wrat noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Turkish
3 entries- yemin noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- ant içmek verb (to make a vow)
- yemin etmek verb (to make a vow)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎐𐎄𐎗 noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Ukrainian
4 entries- кля́тва noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- клятьба́ noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- обі́т noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- прися́га noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
Vietnamese
4 entries- lời nguyền noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- lời thề noun (a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
- phát nguyện verb (to make a vow)
- tuyên thệ verb (to declare publicly that one made a vow)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
If I wanted to stop speaking to all the people I despise, I would have to take a vow of silence.
Source: tatoeba (1528127)
For you, against myself I'll vow debate, for I must ne'er love him whom you do hate.
Source: tatoeba (2354835)
By the God of the Hungarians we vow, we vow, that we will be slaves no longer!
Source: tatoeba (5659313)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.