Thesaurus:swear word
English
Noun
Sense: word considered vulgar and obscene 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
Various
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.