TRANSFER Synonyms: 171 Similar and Opposite Words

transfer

verb

tran(t)s-ˈfər

Definition of transfer

as in to cede

to give over the legal possession or ownership of Claire's grandfather agreed to transfer certain stocks to her when she turned 18

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as in to transmit

to cause (something) to pass from one to another they used Morse Code to transfer the message from one ship to another

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as in to send

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another will have to transfer you from our San Francisco office to our New York headquarters

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as in to move

to change the place or position of transferred the car keys from my pocket to my purse

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as in to leave

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another before she left the country, she transferred all her record books and important papers to her mother

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as in to hand

to shift possession of (something) from one person to another transferred the ball to the running back

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Recent Examples of transfer Cam Ross, who starred at UConn in 2019 before a series of injuries over the next three years led him to transfer to James Madison and then Virginia, is looking to stick in Denver. — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026 Dugger played safety at Georgetown before transferring to Louisiana and moving to linebacker. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Texas’ top recruit Jalen Brewster is transferring from Cedar Hill High School to Georgia’s Buford High School, according to Rivals. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Aug. 2026 Instead, heat must be transferred through radiators, while computing components also need protection against radiation. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for transfer

Recent Examples of Synonyms for transfer

Verb

After ceding its lead, first to Red Bull and then to McLaren, his team is atop the standings again and favored to win the 2026 season.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Once in office, however, Biden ceded his domestic agenda to progressives who believed in Sanders’s vision of transformational change.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of cede

Verb

Some of the energy gets converted into what are called Rayleigh waves, where the energy is transmitted as a wave that moves along the Earth’s surface.

— John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
West Nile virus survives in nature in several types of birds and is transmitted to humans by the bites of mosquitoes that feed on infected birds.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of transmit

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In May 2025, a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down the mountainside in the nearby Loetschental valley, sending plumes of dust skyward and coating with mud nearly all of Blatten, which had been evacuated earlier as a precaution.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
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— Vogue Business Team, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of send

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The animation is truly ugly, the characters moving at the framerate of a PowerPoint and looking less like the animals they’re supposed to be than weird hybrid troll creatures.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026
Instead of dealing with rental cars or busy trailheads, travelers just want to step out their front door, lace up and move.

— Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of move

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The bold reforms, which Tinubu’s government argues saved the economy and handed the government more money, were cheered by investors but resulted in soaring inflation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
He was handed a wild card to play doubles at Wimbledon this year but lost in the first round.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of hand

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Some artists who do Bowl shows with the LA Phil or its sister symphony, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, run through something close to their normal set and require whoever is assigned to do the orchestrations to follow suit.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026
Care coordinators – health professionals who help patients navigate the medical system – are often assigned to people diagnosed with cancer or other serious health issues, but they’re rarely made available to postpartum mothers, Griffen said.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of assign

Verb

These theories spreading online, one expert says, stem from people’s struggles to find a fulfilling explanation for what has happened.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Cedars-Sinai apologized for any inconvenience Marina del Rey residents endured after the hospital's construction project caused a putrid odor to spread through the coastal neighborhood.

— Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026