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 Solid hiring sends a signal that current borrowing costs aren’t necessarily high enough to restrain the economy and cool inflation. — Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 To experience the highway at its best, visit in spring, when snowmelt sends waterfalls like Multnomah Falls rushing and wildflowers blanket the Gorge. — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2026 Pearl Monroe had loved Parton for years and was enrolled in her Imagination Library, which sends books to children by mail. — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026 This new encounter sends Jorrison, and his world, into a tailspin as what Miguel wants is closure on what had happened back then. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026 Every lie begets another lie, every solution creates a new problem, and every apparent resolution sends the stakes spiraling ever higher. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026 Boston sends Rangers Suarez (5-4) to the mound Friday night against Shane Baz (5-14) of the Orioles. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 In this week's installment of Far-Flung Postcards, NPR's Lauren Frayer sends greetings from the 18th-century Royal Pavilion in Brighton, England. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026 The Knowing, an inbox magazine built for Black readers, sends its first issue Saturday. — Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sends

Verb

The sender entangles its light field with the hologram’s light field and transmits the resulting signal.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2026
Airport malaria is a very rare form of the disease’s transmission and occurs when a mosquito survives a flight from a malaria-endemic country and transmits the disease at or near the airport.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of transmits

Verb

Porky Pig and Daffy Duck aren’t celebrities but second-class citizens forced to order their shoddy goods from Acme, a monopoly that ships everything in oddly familiar blue and brown boxes.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
The result can take many forms—a product team that ships a working prototype before commissioning user research, or a strategy leader who presents a direction and asks which assumptions are wrong instead of asking which direction to take.

— Nataliya Andreychuk, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of ships

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That provision transfers a sibling's equity upon their death to their surviving siblings rather than their own children, incentivizing the siblings to sell during their lifetime, Janie Buss told ESPN at the time.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
His chance at glory now past, a father transfers wrestling dreams to his 11-year-old daughter, Jenny.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026