oathEnglishOxford English Thesaurusoath noun 1 an oath of allegiance to the king: vow, sworn statement, promise, pledge, avowal, affirmation, attestation, word of honour, word, bond, guarantee, guaranty; archaic troth. 2 he uttered a stream of unrepeatable oaths: swear word, profanity, expletive, four-letter word, dirty word, obscenity, imprecation, curse, malediction, blasphemy; vulgarism, vulgarity; swearing, bad/foul language, strong language; informal cuss, cuss word.oath Oxford Dictionary of English