Thesaurus:swear word

Thesaurus

swear word

English

Noun

Sense: word considered taboo and impolite or offensive

Synonyms

• bad word
• curse
• curse word
• cuss    [⇒ thesaurus]
• cussword
• dirty word
• expletive
• foul word
• four-letter word
• malediction
• oath
• obscenity
• profanity
• swear    [⇒ thesaurus]
• vulgarity

Hypernyms

• word    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• billingsgate
• blasphemy
• vulgar
• vituperation

See also

• Thesaurus:swear (verb)
• Thesaurus:swearing (noun)

Further reading

• “908. malediction” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “swear word” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.