to vow

Examples

• All

• So in his high school days, he vowed to become a forester.

• I vowed that day that never again would I be helpless in the face of tyranny.

  Love Don’t Fade Away (2023)

• Do you vow to always say yes to Gaudier?

• Now, every generation vows that will not be like the generation directly ahead of it.

• No, I vowed never to have children!

  Enter Nowhere (2015)

• Maybe I vowed to never let my career come between me and a woman.

  In the Line of Fire (1993)

• "And I stand before my peers and vow, I'll pay him back, someday, somehow."

  The Flintstones (1994)

• I vowed to train you, and you have been trained.

  Kung Fu Panda (2008)

• At one point, I remember vowing never to look in a mirror again.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Lewis admitted it's not great and vowed to do better going forward.

  Megyn Kelly

Synonyms

S

to swear

vsto vow

• Formal

∞ 4.6

To make a serious promise, often in court

is a serious private promise often without a formal oath

S

to swear off

vsto vow

10 4.9

Make a serious promise to stop doing something you do regularly

is a solemn promise that can also mean to start or continue actions

F

to forswear

vsto vow

• Formal

2 9.6

To promise to give up a belief, habit, or practice

is a serious promise that can mean acting as well as giving up

C

to covenant

vsto vow

• Formal

1 8.1

To make a formal written promise with another person or group

is a solemn personal promise rather than a formal mutual contract

P

to plight

vsto vow

• Archaic

1 7.0

To make a serious promise to be loyal, often in marriage

is a solemn promise used in many situations not only marriage

H

to handfast

vsto vow

• Archaic

9.9

To promise to marry in a simple old ceremony

is a solemn promise not limited to marriage or old-fashioned use

Antonyms

B

to break

∞ 1.0

To stop an activity or end a habit

R

to renounce

• Formal

69 6.3

To give up a right, belief, job, or position officially

Phrasal Verbs

B

to break a vow

• Formal

1 5.0

To not keep a serious promise you made, often in a formal situation

How Solemn

to swear

• Formal

∞ 4.6

to vow

• Formal

209 3.5

to pledge

• Formal

166 4.1

promise

∞ 1.0

to undertake

190 4.2

Surface Forms

Etymology