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, show, declare, demonstrate, display, evince, expose, give away, manifest, revealRelated Words bare, disclose, unbosom, uncloak, uncover; advertise, air, announce, blaze, broadcast, placard, proclaim, publicize, sound, trumpet; projectNear Antonyms belie, misrepresent; distort, falsify, garble, twist; camouflage, disguise; gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash; conceal, counterfeit, cover, hide, mask, obscure, occlude, veil