SENDS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

sends

verb

present tense third-person singular of send

as in transmits

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another they promised to send the package in the morning

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Recent Examples of sends After all, Rowland already sends her sons off to school with hand sanitizers on their backpacks, stocked up on wipes. — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2026 So don't be surprised if Gannon sends Cooper after quarterbacks more than former defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley did. — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026 Rose now sends the global workforce monthly video updates and is pushing the rest of the leadership team to follow suit. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 24 July 2026 Mercury aligning with Venus sends messages that nurture your self-worth. — Usa Today, USA Today, 24 July 2026 The Southern Section usually sends allegations of rules violations back to the school to investigate. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026 With our weather example, a filter could require the maximum temperature of the daily forecast to be greater than 70 degrees before Zapier sends an SMS message, independent of the content of the message. — Ruben Circelli, PC Magazine, 23 July 2026 Imagine fitting a key into a lock while the lock, or even the door, keeps rotating, your hands float freely and a hard touch sends everything spinning. — Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, The Conversation, 22 July 2026 Bowen’s commitment sends a strong message When Aston Villa expressed strong interest in signing Bowen this summer, West Ham’s stance was that the 29-year-old was not for sale. — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 17 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sends

Verb

While the car transmits every ripple in the road, its trick Multimatic dampers round off imperfections beautifully, so the chassis never feels discombobulated.

— Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 22 July 2026
His music gives me chills, transmits cosmic waves of light, wisdom, and divine emotions.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026

Definition of transmits

Verb

Arie and Chuko Esiri’s Clarissa transports Woolf’s infamous heroine to Lagos.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
The unidentified staff member who picked up Sofia regularly transports children to the school and has no prior incidents with the police, according to Jornal de Notícias.

— Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026

Definition of transports

Verb

When shopping through an online marketplace, check the seller’s identity, not only who ships the order.

— Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 27 July 2026
The company builds data centers at its two California facilities and ships them to states including Nevada, Arizona and Texas.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of ships

Verb

Tax season is busy, but the IRS dispatches extra agents to answer calls in the weeks leading up to April 15.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 27 June 2026
Robin quickly and viscerally dispatches his foe, before going up against a larger swath of enemies who are targeting his former partner-in-banditry Little John (played by Bill Skarsgård).

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026

Definition of dispatches

Verb

The process transfers the quantum state of one particle to another through quantum entanglement without physically moving the particle itself.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
There is joy on the stage that transfers effortlessly to the audience.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026