convey

verb

kən-ˈvā How to pronounce convey (audio)
Definition of conveynext
1
as in to transmit
to cause (something) to pass from one to another intends to personally convey the message to the governor

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in to carry
to support and take from one place to another conveying a package to his grandmother for his parents

Synonyms & Similar Words
3
as in to cede
to give over the legal possession or ownership of upon her death, the house will be conveyed to a predesignated charity

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of convey Many teams make the mistake of using AI to auto-generate basic, literal captions, which completely fail to convey the emotional nuance, visual data or branding of the creative work. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Whether or not the emails convey enough information, KUOW and ProPublica’s review found that they often are not issued for a long time. — Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 8 July 2026 Inferno is immersive and psychedelic but not necessarily in the relaxing way the words usually convey. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 July 2026 Achieving literacy seemed to have conveyed an ability to think logically and abstractly, not simply to read words. — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for convey
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convey
  1. transmit
  2. carry
  3. cede
  4. spread
  5. haul
  6. assign
  7. give
  8. bring
Verb
  • People become infected with the illness by consuming food or water that has been contaminated with the parasite — the infection is not transmitted from person to person.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • The disease is transmitted via the inhalation of droplets of contaminated water but can’t be passed from person to person or through drinking water, as is commonly believed.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 10 July 2026
Definition of transmit
Verb
  • In Orange County, its vector control district reported its first disease-carrying mosquitoes in Newport Beach on June 2.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • Refrain from entering water that might carry an electric current and avoid walking through floodwaters.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of carry
Verb
  • But rather than cede ground to an outsider, the town's residents plant TNT in every single structure, blowing them up before Lassiter can get his hands on them.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
  • The Microsoft 365 Copilot AI assistant has yet to gain anything approaching ubiquity in the business world, and the GitHub Copilot coding agent has ceded market share to newer players.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Definition of cede
Verb
  • Open from 6 to 9pm, the market spreads along five blocks of Higuera Street with more than 100 booths.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • Legionnaires’ disease is spread by inhaling tiny water droplets contaminated with Legionella bacteria.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of spread
Verb
  • Watching a mother turtle haul herself ashore under a canopy of stars to lay her eggs is a truly primal and humbling sight.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2026
  • Djokovic became so frustrated that he was given a code violation warning for smashing a racket, before eventually hauling himself over the line.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of haul
Verb
  • The man — identified by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation as 20-year-old Tyrin Johnson — fled on foot, pursued by Memphis police officers along with Tennessee National Guard soldiers who are assigned to the area.
    — Joel Rose, NPR, 5 July 2026
  • Around the same time, Sullivan, who was assigned male at birth, began questioning her gender identity.
    — Elijah Polance, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026
Definition of assign
Verb
  • Because of that, the resolution called on the Legislature to give counties more oversight.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2026
  • The most fascinating quarter-final tie for me, given that Switzerland denied us an ​all-South American affair between Argentina​ and Colombia.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of give
Verb
  • Apple leveled major allegations against OpenAI and some of its staffers Friday, alleging the ChatGPT maker systematically directed current and former Apple employees to bring secret information over to OpenAI.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 11 July 2026
  • Thiero delivered a breakaway windmill dunk in the second quarter Friday that brought cheers from the fans, a moment in which the second-year Lakers forward displayed his athleticism.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of bring

Browse Nearby Words

convexity
convey
conveyance
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Convey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convey. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation

More from Merriam-Webster on convey

Nglish: Translation of convey for Spanish Speakers

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat

The Longest Long Words List

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

The Words of the Week - Jul 10
See More

Popular

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
banana-mirrored
Contradictory Words Quiz Pick out which word means one thing…and the opp...
See All