Synonyms for swash

Most common

blow · gasconade · vaunt · splash · splosh · lap · swish · swoosh

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To swagger; to act with boldness or bluster (toward).

2. v. 2

   To dash or flow noisily; to splash.

3. v. 3

   To swirl through liquid; to swish.

4. n. 1

   The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.

Related words

Word family

swashway swashbuckler

Other spellings

swosh

Forms

Plural

swashes → swashways…

Past participle

swashed
e.g. swashed → blown, gassed, touted, boasted…

Example sentences

• blow The loss of her husband was a great blow for Mary.
• splash Splish-splash is an example of an ideophone.
• splosh The juice made a nice splosh as it splashed against the jug.
• lap The impudent child extended her legs across my lap.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

gas¹, lap¹

4 letters

blow¹, brag¹, tout¹

5 letters

boast¹, swish¹, vaunt, plash

6 letters

splash¹, swoosh¹, splosh

7 letters

swagger², bluster², spatter²

8 letters

splatter², swashway

9 letters

gasconade

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (swagger² = 2 syllables).