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convey

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of convey

1 to cause (something) to pass from one to another
  • intends to personally convey the message to the governor
Synonyms of convey

communicate, conduct, give, impart, spread, transfer, transfuse, transmit
Words Related to convey

deliver, hand over, surrender, turn over

broadcast, diffuse, disseminate, propagate

hand down, hand on

contaminate, infect, poison
Near Antonyms of convey

catch, come down (with), contract
2 to support and take from one place to another
  • conveying a package to his grandmother for his parents
Synonyms of convey

bear, carry, cart, ferry, haul, lug, pack, tote, transport
Words Related to convey

deliver, hand over, transfer

forward, send, ship, transmit

bring, fetch, take

move, remove, shift
3 to give over the legal possession or ownership of
  • upon her death, the house will be conveyed to a predesignated charity
Synonyms of convey

alien, alienate, assign, cede, deed, make over, transfer
Words Related to convey

bequeath, hand down, leave, pass (down), will

bestow, commend, commit, confer, contribute, deliver, donate, grant, hand over, move, pass, present, release, relinquish, surrender, transmit, turn in, turn over, vest, yield

consign, entrust (also intrust), trust

lease, lend, let [chiefly British], loan, rent
Phrases Synonymous with convey

dispose of
Near Antonyms of convey

expropriate

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