Synonyms for delivery
Most common
deliverance rescue release saving child birth parturition speech transmission
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Deliverance
deliverance, rescue, release, saving, liberation, extrication
2. Parturition — the act or process of a mother giving birth
child birth, parturition, labor US, labour UK, travail, accouchement rare
3. Speech
4. Transmission
Other
presentation, consignment, pitch, bringing, issue, surrender, livery
Definitions
- n. 1
The act or process of a mother giving birth.
The delivery was painful.
- n. 2
The act of conveying something.
The delivery was completed by four.
- n. 3
The item which has been conveyed.
Your delivery is on the table.
- n. 4
A pitching motion.
His delivery has a catch in it.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- deliveries → deliverances, rescues, releases, savings…
Example sentences
- bringing The workmen arrived early, bringing their ladders.
- consignment I bought this at the consignment shop.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| delivery | steady | |
| conveyance | falling | |
| bringing | steady | |
| consignment | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- issue2, labor2, pitch1
- 6 letters
- speech1, labour2, saving2, rescue2, livery3
- 7 letters
- release2, travail2
- 8 letters
- transfer2, bringing2
- 9 letters
- surrender3, utterance3
- 10 letters
- liberation4, conveyance3
- 11 letters
- deliverance4, consignment3, enunciation, extrication4, parturition
- 12 letters
- transmission3, presentation4, accouchement
- 13 letters
- pronunciation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (issue2 = 2 syllables).