communicate

communicate

verb

Definition of COMMUNICATE

1

to cause (something) to pass from one to another <the infected cook unknowingly communicated the disease to hundreds of people>

Synonyms conduct, convey, give, impart, spread, transfer, transfuse, transmit

Related Words deliver, hand over, surrender, turn over; broadcast, diffuse, disseminate, propagate; hand down, hand on; contaminate, infect, poison

Near Antonyms catch, come down (with), contract

2

to engage in an exchange of information or ideas <for decades the two medical centers have been communicating about cancer research>

Synonyms brainstorm, intercommunicate

Related Words correspond; converse, talk; message; bond, commune, relate; accost, approach, board, contact

3

to make known (something abstract) through outward signs <his voice communicated a certain distrust and wariness>

Synonyms bespeak, betray, communicate, declare, demonstrate, display, evince, expose, give away, manifest, reveal

Related Words bare, disclose, unbosom, uncloak, uncover; advertise, air, announce, blaze, broadcast, placard, proclaim, publicize, sound, trumpet; project

Near Antonyms belie, misrepresent; distort, falsify, garble, twist; camouflage, disguise; gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash; conceal, counterfeit, cover, hide, mask, obscure, occlude, veil