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swag, n. (Slang) booty, boodle, loot, plunder, spoil.
swaggering, n. bl.u.s.tering, boasting, roistering.
swallow, v. ingurgitate; gulp, bolt, engorge, englut; ingulf, suck in, absorb, submerge, engulf, overwhelm; accept, believe, credit; appropriate, arrogate, monopolize, engross; bear, brook, tolerate, pocket.
swallowing, n. deglut.i.tion, ingurgitation, absorption. Antonym: aglut.i.tion.
swamp, n. marsh, mora.s.s, slough, quagmire, bog, fen, marish.
a.s.sociated Words: paludine, paludinous, paludism, paludose, pal.u.s.trine, draco, muck, effluvium, malaria, miasma.
swamp, v. engulf, overwhelm, submerge.
swampy, a. boggy, fenny, marshy, sloughy, slumpy, queachy.
swan, n. cob (male); cygnet (young).
swap, v. (Colloq.) exchange, trade.
swarm, v. teem.
swarming, a. teeming.
swas.h.i.+ng, a. heavy, violent, crus.h.i.+ng.
sway, n. dominion, domination, rule.
swear, v. blaspheme, curse, imprecate, use profane language.
swearing, n. profanity, oath, blasphemy, expletive, cursing, imprecation.
sweat, v. perspire; exude.
sweat, n. perspiration; exudation. a.s.sociated Words: sudoriferous, sudoral, sudorific, sudatory, diaph.o.r.etic, diaph.o.r.esis, perspiratory, empasm, bagnio, adioph.o.r.etic.
sweating-bath, n. sudatory, sudatorium, vapor-bath.
Swedish Parliament. Riksdag.
sweet, a. saccharine, honeyed, sugary, nectarean, ambrosial, nectareous; dulcet, melodious, harmonious, mellifluous, silvery, symphonious, tuneful; winsome, winning. Antonyms: bitter, acrid, tart, sour.
sweetbread, n. pancreas.
sweeten, v. dulcify, edulcorate; purify, disinfect, fumigate, deodorize.
sweetening, n. dulcification, edulcoration.
sweetheart, n. (male) lover, inamorato, beau, flame, spark, swain, suitor; (female) ladylove, mistress, inamorata, dulcinea, darling, flame, amaryllis.
sweets, n. pl. confectionery, sweetmeats.
sweet-smelling, a. fragrant, redolent, balmy, aromatic, savory, sweet-scented.
swell, v. distend, dilate, expand, bloat, puff up, tumefy, intumesce; increase, augment; heave, surge; protuberate; strut, swagger.
swell, n. swelling; augmentation, increase; protuberance, bulge; elevation, rise.
swell, a. (Slang) fas.h.i.+onable, elegant, distinguished, exquisite.--n. exquisite, fop, dandy.
swelled, a. swollen, tumid, enlarged, bloated, protuberant, turgid.
swelling, n. intumescence, turgescence, prominence, protuberance, b.u.mp, node, blain, distention. Antonyms: subsidence, detumescence.
swelling, a. turgent, tumefacient, tumid, turgid; grandiloquent, bombastic, grandiose.
swerve, v. deviate, deflect, diverge, turn aside.
swift, a. fleet, rapid, fast, speedy, quick.
swiftness, n. celerity, velocity, speed, rapidity, fleetness, quickness.
swill, n. hogwash, swillings, draff.
swimming, n. natation; dizziness, vertigo, giddiness; transnatation, supernatation. a.s.sociated Words: natatorial, natant, natatorious, natatorium, natatory.
swimming birds. Natatores.
swindle, n. See cheat.
swine, n. pl. hogs. a.s.sociated Word: porcine.
swing, v. oscillate, vibrate; sway, brandish, flourish, wave.
swing, n. swinging; free course, liberty, unrestraint, sweep.
swinging, n. oscillation, vibration.
swinging, a. oscillatory, oscillating, vibratory.
swipe, v. strike; (Slang) steal, pluck, s.n.a.t.c.h, purloin.
Swiss, n. Switzer, Helvetian.--a. Helvetic.
Swiss Federal Council. Bundesrath.
switch, v. whip, flog; shunt, s.h.i.+ft.
swollen, a. tumid, tumefied, bloated, purled up.
sword, n. rapier, saber, scimiter, brand, curtana, claymore, smallsword, glaive, broadsword, cutla.s.s, Damascus blade, spadroon, creese.
