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deliver

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of deliver

1 to free from the penalties or consequences of sin

deliver us from evil

Synonyms of deliver

Words Related to deliver

reclaim, reform

forgive, pardon, remit, shrive

consecrate, purify, sanctify

2 to remove from danger or harm

the passengers waited for the rescue ship to come and deliver them

Synonyms of deliver

bail out, bring off, rescue, save

Words Related to deliver

emancipate, free, liberate, manumit, release

disentangle, extricate

Antonyms of deliver

adventure, compromise, endanger, gamble (with), hazard, imperil, jeopardize, peril, risk, venture

3 to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress

delivered up the ransom money

Synonyms of deliver

cede, cough up, give up, hand over, lay down, relinquish, render, surrender, turn in, turn over, yield

Words Related to deliver

commit, consign, entrust (also intrust), transfer

forfeit, release, waive

abnegate, renounce, resign

abandon, desert, discard, forsake, part (with), shed

Near Antonyms of deliver

keep, retain, withhold

4 to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption

the inn endeavors to deliver the luxuries that its well-heeled guests have come to expect

Synonyms of deliver

feed, furnish, give, hand, hand over, provide, supply

Words Related to deliver

administer, allocate, apportion, deal (out), dispense, distribute, dole out, mete (out), parcel (out), portion, prorate

assign, cede, deed, make over, transfer

Near Antonyms of deliver

conserve, keep up, maintain, preserve, save

Antonyms of deliver

hold (back), keep (back), reserve, retain, withhold

5 to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another

delivered the prisoners to the sheriff

Synonyms of deliver

commend, commit, confide, consign, delegate, entrust (also intrust), give, give over, hand, hand over, leave, pass, recommend, repose, transfer, transmit, trust, turn over, vest

Words Related to deliver

assign, deal (out), dispense, disperse, distribute, divide

hand in, release, relinquish, submit, surrender, turn in, yield

bequeath, hand down, hand on, will

advance, lend, loan

furnish, supply

recommit, redeliver, regive, retransfer, retransmit

Near Antonyms of deliver

detain, hold back, reserve, withhold

accept, receive, take in

occupy, take, take over

Antonyms of deliver

hold, keep, retain

6 to turn out as planned or desired

finally, a summer blockbuster that delivers

Synonyms of deliver

click, come off, go, go over, pan out, succeed, work out

Words Related to deliver

flourish, prosper, thrive

cook, percolate

Phrases Synonymous with deliver

bear fruit, catch fire, deliver the goods, do the trick, go like clockwork

Near Antonyms of deliver

flounder, struggle

decline, sink, skid, slip, slump, wane

crash, crater, crumble, flame out

choke, crack up, miscarry, misfire

fall down, go under

implode, self-destruct

Antonyms of deliver

bomb, collapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, founder, miss, strike out, wash out

7 to bring forth from the womb

she delivered four healthy babies

Synonyms of deliver

bear, birth [chiefly dialect], drop, have, mother, produce

Words Related to deliver

breed, multiply, propagate, reproduce, spawn

beget, father, generate, get, sire

calve, kid, kindle, kitten, litter, pup, whelp

Phrases Synonymous with deliver

Near Antonyms of deliver

abort, lose, miscarry

8 to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly

deeply dissatisfied with his dissolute lifestyle, he resolved to deliver himself over to the ways of the Lord

Synonyms of deliver

abandon, give up, indulge, surrender, yield

Words Related to deliver

overdo, overindulge

bask, luxuriate, revel, roll, wallow

Near Antonyms of deliver

abstain (from), eschew, forbear, forgo (also forego), refrain (from)

check, inhibit, restrain

Antonyms of deliver

Synonym Discussion of deliver

rescue, deliver, redeem, ransom, reclaim, save mean to set free from confinement or danger. rescue implies freeing from imminent danger by prompt or vigorous action.

- rescued the crew of a sinking ship

deliver implies release usually of a person from confinement, temptation, slavery, or suffering.

- delivered his people from bondage

redeem implies releasing from bondage or penalties by giving what is demanded or necessary.

- job training designed to redeem school dropouts from chronic unemployment

ransom specifically applies to buying out of captivity.

- tried to ransom the kidnap victim

reclaim suggests a bringing back to a former state or condition of someone or something abandoned or debased.

- reclaimed long-abandoned farms

save may replace any of the foregoing terms; it may further imply a preserving or maintaining for usefulness or continued existence.

- an operation that saved my life

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