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

An event can therefore become less about transferring information and more about creating the conditions where useful decisions and relationships develop. — Bankim Chandra, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

McCullar, a 6-foot-7, 210-pound native of San Antonio, Texas, played during the 2022-23 and ’23-24 seasons at KU after transferring from Texas Tech, then was selected by Phoenix with the 56th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026

Shuttle system In many cases, tankers are bringing crude through Hormuz and then transferring the oil onto ships in the Gulf of Oman that haul it to Asia. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

With roads around the hospital unsafe, transferring patients to other facilities was not an option in the first hours of the attack, while sending ambulances into the field risked exposing them to Hamas ambushes. — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Cash does not mean skipping the closing process Another common misunderstanding is that selling for cash removes the normal legal steps involved in transferring real estate. — Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 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