Synonyms of transferring

transferring

verb

present participle of transfer

1

as in ceding

to give over the legal possession or ownership of

Claire's grandfather agreed to transfer certain stocks to her when she turned 18

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ceding
• assigning
• conveying
• relinquishing
• bequeathing
• donating
• deeding
• lending
• leaving
• alienating
• moving
• entrusting
• loaning
• granting
• renting
• disposing of
• transmitting
• making over
• leasing
• contributing
• presenting
• aliening
• passing (down)
• conferring
• passing
• committing
• surrendering
• bestowing
• delivering
• commending
• releasing
• willing
• handing down
• yielding
• consigning
• trusting
• turning in
• vesting
• turning over
• letting
• handing over

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• expropriating

2

as in transmitting

to cause (something) to pass from one to another

they used Morse Code to transfer the message from one ship to another

Synonyms & Similar Words

• transmitting
• spreading
• giving
• conveying
• communicating
• imparting
• disseminating
• propagating
• conducting
• delivering
• transfusing
• diffusing
• broadcasting
• surrendering
• infecting
• contaminating
• turning over
• handing over
• poisoning
• handing down
• handing on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• catching
• contracting
• coming down (with)

3

as in sending

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sending
• transporting
• transmitting
• shipping
• dispatching
• packing (off)
• shooting
• consigning
• delivering
• conveying
• rendering
• importing
• passing
• returning
• exporting
• launching
• addressing
• forwarding
• advancing
• presenting
• dropping
• giving
• donating
• contributing
• bestowing
• handing over
• resending

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receiving
• accepting
• obtaining
• getting
• acquiring
• securing
• drawing
• earning
• gaining
• procuring
• garnering

4

as in removing

to change the place or position of

transferred the car keys from my pocket to my purse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• removing
• relocating
• moving
• shifting
• transporting
• displacing
• transposing
• disturbing
• carrying
• replacing
• repositioning
• conveying
• hauling
• transmitting
• dislocating
• driving
• transplanting
• carting
• lugging
• budging
• altering
• toting
• supplanting
• modifying
• superseding
• revising
• remaking
• varying
• bearing
• reworking
• remodeling
• revamping
• redoing
• making over
• refashioning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• securing
• stabilizing
• setting
• freezing
• fixing
• anchoring
• mooring
• embedding
• implanting
• rooting
• lodging
• entrenching
• ingraining

5

as in handing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handing
• leaving
• entrusting
• giving
• delegating
• delivering
• transmitting
• relinquishing
• passing
• committing
• recommending
• granting
• loaning
• commending
• trusting
• consigning
• confiding
• reposing
• distributing
• assigning
• vesting
• dividing
• submitting
• turning over
• conferring
• lending
• handing over
• bequeathing
• dispersing
• dispensing
• giving over
• supplying
• dealing (out)
• furnishing
• surrendering
• releasing
• yielding
• advancing
• turning in
• willing
• handing down
• handing in
• redelivering
• retransmitting
• retransferring
• handing on
• recommitting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• holding
• retaining
• keeping
• reserving
• receiving
• possessing
• withholding
• owning
• accepting
• taking
• occupying
• detaining
• holding back
• taking in
• taking over

6

as in passing

to shift possession of (something) from one person to another

transferred the ball to the running back

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handing
• passing
• reaching
• giving
• carrying
• bucking
• relaying
• handing over
• handling
• delivering
• rendering
• releasing
• relinquishing
• yielding
• surrendering
• bearing
• ceding
• pawing
• giving up
• turning over
• fingering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of transferring

Also not helpful—the other 72% hand off tasks without transferring the authority, context or accountability that would let someone else actually own the outcome. — Carrie-Ann Barrow, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Students are transferring three and four times, pros are trying to play ball against college kids, conflicting court decisions have created a fragmented system, one that no one intended. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Prosecutors say Rivera and his then-wife nevertheless signed a quit-claim deed in April 2025 transferring their interest in the house to Rivera’s sister. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

SpaceX has taken some baby steps to this end already, successfully transferring propellant from one internal tank to another on Ship during Flight 3 back in March 2024. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 Sep. 2026

As with the arena fee waivers, some of the amount includes fees the city would forgo, Kniestedt said, while some would involve transferring money from its general fund to other city accounts. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Crushing news for former Husky Cam Edwards Norwalk native Cam Edwards, who ran for over 1,200 yards as a Husky last season before transferring to Michigan State, was carted off the field during the Spartans’ game against Nebraska on Saturday. — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026

The approach could eventually help electronics process changing information locally rather than continually transferring raw data elsewhere for analysis. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026

Auer helped set the course for Chance to be named all-state as a punter and eventually land at Louisiana Tech before transferring to TCU. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026