swearword

Questions about swearword

What does swearword mean?

swearword means "profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger".

How many syllables are in swearword?

swearword has 3 syllables and divides as swe-ar-word under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for swearword?

Close synonyms include curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing. 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 swearword a common word?

swearword is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.