TRANSFER Synonyms: 171 Similar and Opposite Words

transfer

verb

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 Residents either escaped or were transferred to other facilities. —

Jane Arraf, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026 The boy alerted his father about the messages and was transferred out of the school district. —

Nicole MacIas Garibay, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026 Once that's complete, two helicopters will work in tandem to transfer the crewmembers, one at a time, to the Navy ship. —

Tariq Malik, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2026 Also on the way out is Justin Pippen, who spent one year at Cal after transferring in from Michigan. —

Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for transfer

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Having already ceded an even-strength tally and a man-advantage marker, the Ducks collected the entire set of goals against by allowing one shorthanded.

— Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026
The other option is to ask Districts 2 and 3 commissioners to cede their corresponding areas into the incorporation efforts, Kilpatrick said.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026