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| Main Entry: | swear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare under oath |
| Synonyms: | affirm, assert, attest, avow, covenant, cross one's heart, depend on, depose, give one's word, give witness, have confidence in, maintain, make an affidavit, pledge oneself, plight, promise, rely on, say so, state, state under oath, swear by, swear to God, swear up and down, take an oath, testify, trust, vouch, vow, warrant |
| Main Entry: | swear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak profanely; be vulgar |
| Synonyms: | blaspheme, curse, execrate, flame*, be foul-mouthed, bedamn, cuss, imprecate, take name in vain, talk dirty, use bad language, utter profanity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affirm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare the truth of something |
| Synonyms: | assert, asseverate, attest, aver, avow, certify, cinch, clinch, confirm, declare, guarantee, ice*, insist, maintain, nail down*, okay, predicate, profess, pronounce, ratify, repeat, set, state, swear, testify, vouch, witness, avouch, cross heart, have a lock on, lock up, put on ice, rubber-stamp, say so, swear on bible, swear up and down |
| Antonyms: | deny, negate, nullify, veto |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | insist, declare, maintain |
| Synonyms: | advance, affirm, allege, argue, asservate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, butt in*, cite, claim, contend, defend, horn in, justify, mouth off*, pop off*, predicate, press, proclaim, profess, pronounce, protest, put forward, say, shoot off one's mouth, shoot one's wad, stand up for, state, stress, swear, uphold, vindicate, warrant |
| Antonyms: | deny, reject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | affirm, vouch for |
| Synonyms: | adjure, announce, argue, assert, authenticate, aver, bear out, bear witness, certify, confirm, corroborate, countersign, declare, demonstrate, display, exhibit, indicate, prove, ratify, seal, show, substantiate, support, sustain, swear, testify, uphold, verify, warrant, witness, asservate, give evidence |
| Antonyms: | deny |
| Main Entry: | avow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | state; profess |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, admit, affirm, allow, assert, aver, avouch, concede, confess, cross one's heart, declare, grant, maintain, own up, proclaim, swear, swear on bible, swear up and down |
| Antonyms: | censure, condemn, deny, disclaim, disown, dispute, renounce, repudiate |
| Main Entry: | certify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare as true |
| Synonyms: | accredit, approve, ascertain, assure, attest, authenticate, authorize, aver, avow, commission, confirm, corroborate, endorse, guarantee, license, notify, okay, profess, reassure, sanction, show, state, swear, testify, validate, verify, vouch, witness, rubber-stamp |
| Antonyms: | contradict, counteract, deny, disavow, discredit, invalidate, reject, repudiate |
| Main Entry: | covenant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree |
| Synonyms: | bargain, concur, contract, engage, pledge, plight, promise, stipulate, swear, undertake, vow |
| Antonyms: | break, disagree |
| Main Entry: | damn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, denounce |
| Synonyms: | abuse, attack, ban, banish, blaspheme, blast, castigate, censure, confound, convict, criticize, curse, darn, doom, excommunicate, excoriate, execrate, expel, flame, jinx, objurgate, pan*, penalize, proscribe, punish, revile, sentence, slam, swear, anathematize, cast out, complain of, cry down, cuss, denunciate, drat, fulminate against, imprecate, inveigle against, object to, thunder against |
| Notes: | a dam is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water while damn is used as an expletive meaning cursed, condemned to hell |
| Antonyms: | bless, cherish, commend, elevate, exalt, favor, glorify, laud, praise, promote |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guarantee |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pledge, promise |
| Synonyms: | affirm, angel, answer for, assure, attest, aver, back, bankroll, certify, confirm, endorse, ensure, evidence, evince, guaranty, insure, juice*, maintain, mortgage, protect, prove, reassure, secure, stake, support, swear, testify, vouch for, wager, warrant, witness, be surety for, bind oneself, cosign, get behind*, give bond, grubstake, make bail, make certain, make sure, pick up the check, pick up the tab, sign for, stand behind*, stand up for* |
| Antonyms: | break |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | order and expect; claim |
| Synonyms: | assert, asseverate, aver, contend, demand, hold, importune, maintain, persist, press, reiterate, repeat, request, require, swear, urge, vow, be firm, lay down the law, stand firm, take a stand |
| Antonyms: | endure, forget, tolerate |
| Main Entry: | notarize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | certify |
| Synonyms: | attest, authenticate, document, endorse, register, swear, validate, verify, witness, sign and seal |
| Main Entry: | pledge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guarantee; give word of honor |
| Synonyms: | contract, covenant, engage, hock*, hook*, mortgage, pawn, plight, promise, soak*, swear, undertake, vouch, vow, give word, sign for |
| Antonyms: | break, disobey, falsify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | profane |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defile, desecrate |
| Synonyms: | abuse, befoul, blaspheme, contaminate, curse, damn, darn, debase, despoil, flame, misuse, mock, pervert, pollute, prostitute, revile, scorn, swear, trash, vice, violate, vitiate, voodoo*, be evil, commit sacrilege, commit sin, cuss, do wrong, hoodoo, mudsling, put double whammy on, talk dirty, tar |
| Antonyms: | cleanse, purify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | testify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vouch for; give testimony |
| Synonyms: | affirm, announce, argue, assert, attest, bear witness, bespeak, betoken, certify, corroborate, cross one's heart, declare, demonstrate, depone, depose, evince, give evidence, give facts, give one's word, indicate, make evident, mount, point to, prove, say so, show, sing*, stand up for, state, swear, swear to, swear up and down, token, warrant, witness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a solemn promise |
| Synonyms: | affirm, assure, consecrate, covenant, cross one's heart, declare, dedicate, devote, give word of honor, pledge, plight, promise, swear, swear up and down, testify, undertake solemnly, vouch, warrant |
| Antonyms: | disavow |
| Main Entry: | warrant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guarantee, justify, authorize |
| Synonyms: | affirm, answer for, approve, argue, assert, assure, attest, back, bear out, call for, certify, claim, commission, contend, declare, defend, delegate, demand, empower, endorse, ensure, entitle, excuse, explain, guaranty, insure, license, maintain, necessitate, permit, pledge, privilege, promise, require, sanction, secure, sponsor, state, stipulate, swear, undertake, underwrite, uphold, vindicate, vouch for, vow, avouch, give grounds for, stand behind, take an oath |
| Main Entry: | blaspheme |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curse |
| Synonyms: | revile, swear, cuss, talk dirty |
| Main Entry: | four-letter word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obscene word |
| Synonyms: | curse, dirty word, expletive, oath, obscenity, profanity, swear, vulgarity, bad word, cuss, cuss word, naughty word, profane oath, swearword |
| Main Entry: | swear word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foul word |
| Synonyms: | bad language, bad word, curse, cursing, cuss word, cussing, dirty word, expletive, filthy language, filthy word, foul language, four-letter word, malediction, naughty word, oath, obscenity, profanity, swear, swearing, swearword, tinker's cuss, vulgar language |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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