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Synonyms for communicate

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Convey — to impart. To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell

convey, make known, express, tell, articulate, transmit, inform, teach, afford, talk, give, discover, disclose, impart, apprise, notify, reveal, confer, signify, promulgate, divulge, intimate

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To impart. To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.

    It is vital that I communicate this information to you.

  2. v. 2

    To impart. To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of.

    to communicate motion by means of a crank

Related words

Word family
communicator communication communion

Forms

Past participle
communicated
e.g. communicated → conveyed, expressed, teld, articulated…

Choose the right word

Communicate, Advertise, Enunciate, Notify or Give Notice?

We advertise our business, communicate our intentions, enunciate our views; we notify an individual, give notice to the public.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • express Holding hands can express love between two people.
  • convey A standalone syllable doesn't convey any meaning.
  • transmit We have to transmit our culture to the next generation.
  • articulate He is an extremely fine and articulate pedagogue.
  • unite Oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.
  • correspond I should like to have a friend to correspond with.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
communicaterising
expresssteady
conveysteady
transmitsteady
articulaterising
unitefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
give1, tell1, talk1, deal1, pass1, join1
5 letters
share1, touch1, teach1, unite2
6 letters
afford2, reveal2, inform2, convey2, notify3, confer2, impart2, adjoin2
7 letters
express2, commune2, signify3, divulge2, apprise2
8 letters
discover3, intimate3, disclose2, transmit2
10 letters
articulate4, correspond3, promulgate3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (unite2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
communiquer
Deutsch
anschließen
Català
comunicar