swear
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
utter obscenities or profanities
The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
Types & categories
- utter hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
Before God I swear I am innocent
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- oath derivation
- assertion derivation
- affirmation derivation
- affirmation derivation
- asserter derivation
- swearer derivation
- affirmable derivation
Sense 3 verb
promise solemnly; take an oath
Types & categories
- vow hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
make a deposition; declare under oath
Types & categories
- declare hypernym
Related & opposite
- oath derivation
- deposition derivation
- testifier derivation
Sense 5 verb
have confidence or faith in
We can trust in God
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | oath |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | swearer |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | blaspheme |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | utter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | oath |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assertion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | affirmation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | affirmation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | asserter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | swearer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | affirmable |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | declare |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hold |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | claim |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | attest |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | declare |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | protest |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | assure |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | swear off |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | swearer |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | vow |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | oath |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | deposition |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | testifier |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | declare |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | distrust |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | reliance |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | faith |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | reliance |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | reliant |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | believe |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | credit |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | lean |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | depend |