Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "swab" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

cotton swab fire swab swab down swab hitch swab jockey

Context

medicine piece of absorbent material slang

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

apply cleaning device cleaning equipment cleaning implement implement mop mop up put on wipe up

Type Of (IsA)

cleaning implement implement

Manner Of

wipe up

Related Terms

absorbent apply body clean epaulet fluid gauze material medicine mop naval officer sailor sample ship soft swabby wound

Synonym Network

dab swabby

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.