TRANSFER Synonyms: 171 Similar and Opposite Words

transfer

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tran(t)s-ˈfər

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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expropriate

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 Most of these prisoners had committed relatively minor offenses like petty theft, but because of prison overcrowding in Great Britain, they were transferred to Australia to do manual labor like building roads, farming, construction, etc. —

AFAR Media, 30 May 2026 The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has scheduled administrative hearings beginning June 29 to consider whether all cannabis should ultimately be transferred from Schedule I to Schedule III. —

Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026 The researchers are now working to transfer the technology into an industrial semiconductor foundry with support from industry partners including IBM, Intel, and TSMC. —

Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026 When in a group, space out to prevent the current from transferring between individuals. —

Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 30 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for transfer

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College football’s lucrative television deals come at the price of schools ceding control of their kickoff times to media partners.

— David Ubben, New York Times, 27 May 2026
The league already ceded its regular season to the offseason, leaning into free agency drama as a driving source of year-round intrigue, letting team-building trump teamwork.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026