CONVEYS Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

conveys

verb

present tense third-person singular of convey

as in transmits

to cause (something) to pass from one to another intends to personally convey the message to the governor

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as in carries

to support and take from one place to another conveying a package to his grandmother for his parents

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as in cedes

to give over the legal possession or ownership of upon her death, the house will be conveyed to a predesignated charity

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Recent Examples of conveys But beyond the humor and laugh-out-loud moments, the play conveys a deeper truth. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026 The focus shifts away from the sitter’s individuality and toward the richness and refinement of his attire, which undoubtedly conveys his status and pride. — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026 The fungus plays the long game, said Taylor, who conveys his deep knowledge and love of biology with a dark, humorous relish. — Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 The hard shell then has lower forces transmitted to it, and in turn conveys lower forces to the interior soft helmet padding and then lower forces to the head. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026 The relative chart conveys a similar message as the price chart. — Katie Stockton, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026 This strophic song in five verses conveys the journeyman’s joyfulness through a jaunty, tuneful vocal line over a steadily striding piano accompaniment. — Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026 By subverting Musk’s favorite tropes of video gaming and simulations, the film conveys the dangers of becoming like the Game Master in Ready Player One. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 As the fascination with Ernetti grows into something unhealthy, Béatrice subtly grows more tired, more distracted, more irritable and desperate for answers, small changes Sellier conveys with a smart sense of restraint. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2026

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Verb

This handy gadget picks up your Bluetooth signal and transmits audio to up to two Bluetooth devices.

— Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2026
The sender entangles its light field with the hologram’s light field and transmits the resulting signal.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of transmits

Verb

OpenAI cedes priority for the 3D Euler result to Buckmaster and Alpöge, while claiming it for the Navier-Stokes result.

— Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
Uber’s Nigeria departure now cedes ground to both firms and a crop of local players like LagRide, a startup backed by the state government in Lagos.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of cedes

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That range gives a launcher positioned on Yonaguni the ability to threaten ships operating across a substantial area around the island and toward Taiwan.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Everyone here almost too respectfully gives one another their turn to speak, the conversation rarely fomenting into argument or overlapping chatter.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of gives

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There are a number of boats offering Bay cruises, but one of them also transports passengers on a trip back in time.

— John Ramos, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
In bursts of bright stanzas, Chen Chen transports us through the landscape of his childhood into his early twenties.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of transports

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That information can then trigger a workflow that assigns the appropriate specialist, sets a deadline, monitors progress and escalates the issue when an exception occurs.

— Michael Goshka, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Vetoes came weeks after bitter legislative fight Newsom’s August bid to rewrite how California law assigns wildfire liability to electrical utility companies drew opposition from a broad range of interest groups and lawmakers.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of assigns

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And when the healthcare system is flawed to its core and disinformation about alternative treatments spreads rapidly online?

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
Omnivore’s reissue of the first of these, for its 30th anniversary, spreads the original album across three sides with a new remix from Falkner himself, then adds four bonus tracks (a studio outtake song and three four-track demos) for Side 4.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

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