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

That original Berkeley cast, including Eisa Davis, Daniel Breaker, Rebecca Naomi Jones and Coleman Domingo, won the 2008 Obie Award for ensemble at New York’s Public Theater before transferring to Broadway. — James C. Taylor, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

Christa Pike, the death row inmate who survived a botched lethal injection attempt, has filed an emergency federal court motion to stop prison officials from transferring her back to her former housing block, claiming her life is in danger. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026

As Kee’s graphics became too detailed and elaborate to realise in knitwear alone, Bellotti—who had long worked with designers including Giorgio Armani and Lagerfeld—was the perfect partner for transferring those designs into print. — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026

The county is proposing transferring machine memory cards or rescanning the physical ballots on a central scanner. — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Currently, there is no penalty for transferring more than once. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026

That number should improve with some big men transferring in to take the scoring burden off Francis…. — Everett Merrill, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

Laporte went through the Southern Section’s mandatory sit-out period this season after transferring from Burbank. — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026

By reducing delays in transferring and interpreting images, researchers estimate CLARKE could help emergency managers make decisions roughly a day earlier. — Zoë Schiffer, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026