Synonyms for communicate
Most common
express convey transmit articulate unite correspond intercommunicate
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
2. Put across
Other
share, touch, deal, unite, correspond, join, re-count, adjoin, commune, intercommunicate
Definitions
- 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.
- 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
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
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| communicate | rising | |
| express | steady | |
| convey | steady | |
| transmit | steady | |
| articulate | rising | |
| unite | falling |
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