oath

1. 1.

   profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

   “expletives were deleted”

   Synonymscursecurse wordexpletiveswearingswearwordcuss

   Broaderprofanity
2. 2.

   a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury

   Synonymsswearing

   Broadercommitment
3. 3.

   a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior

   “they took an oath of allegiance”

   Broaderpromise

   NarrowerbayatHippocratic oath

Other forms of oath

plural

oaths·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about oath

What does oath mean?

oath means "profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in oath?

oath has 1 syllable: oath. In IPA it is /ˈoʊθ/.

What is another word for oath?

Close synonyms include curse, curse word, expletive, swearing, swearword. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oath a common word?

oath is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.