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 Lumen tracks who sends takedown requests, who receives them, and what online URLs are targeted. — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026 The aircraft are part of Colorado's aerial fire-detection program, which sends planes over the state looking for the heat signatures of new fires, particularly those sparked by lightning. — Brian Maass, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026 Your internet address could hide a stranger's activity A residential proxy sends another person's online traffic through a normal home internet connection. — Jesse Watson , Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026 China sends military planes, as well as Coast Guard ships and other vessels towards Taiwan on a daily basis and carries out large-scale military exercises from time to time. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 An investigation begins that sends the characters in this flick down an internet rabbit hole inspired by David Lynch, John Carpenter and the like. — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026 Touko said the creative team sends Clarke love for her ongoing treatment and recovery. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026 If the page targets the United Kingdom but sends users into a registration path for another region, the page is not merely weak SEO. — David Ispiryan, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 If said auntie cooks with abundant spices and palm oil, has an eye for striking colors and compositions, and sends you home with parcels of food wrapped like gifts, then London has succeeded admirably. — John Kessler, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 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

One night, a cockroach breaches his citadel, and Pratt swiftly dispatches it.

— Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026
Stand Up Placer officials said the organization’s Domestic Violence Emergency Response Team, which dispatches advocates to hospitals and crime scenes alongside law enforcement, responded to 856 callouts, up from 812 the year before.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of dispatches

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The younger Gere plays Robert Mallory, the handsome new student who transfers to Buckley prep at the same time that The Trawler begins killing local teens.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Aug. 2026
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