Synonyms for transmit
Definitions
- v. 1
To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.
- v. 2
To spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal).
- v. 3
To impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity.
- v. 4
To communicate (news or information, especially electronically).
Related words
Forms
- Past participle
- transmitted
e.g. transmitted → carried, passed, conducted, deliver'd…
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Convey, transmit, and transport all imply delivery at a destination; as, I will convey the information to your friend; air conveys sound (to a listener); carry does not necessarily imply delivery, and often does not admit of it.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- carry Kyoko had the kindness to carry my baggage for me.
- deliver Tom asked me to come here to deliver this message.
- impart Let me impart these few words of wisdom to you.
- send If I could send you a marshmallow, Trang, I would.
- broadcast This is a direct broadcast from the Showa theater.
- transfer I haven't got any money on me, but I can transfer.
By length
- 3 letters
- air1
- 4 letters
- hand1, send1, pass1, beam1
- 5 letters
- carry2, remit2
- 6 letters
- convey2, entail2, impart2
- 7 letters
- forward2, channel2, express2, conduct2, deliver3
- 8 letters
- transfer2, bequeath2, oversend
- 9 letters
- transport2, broadcast2, transfuse2
- 10 letters
- channelize, channelise
- 11 letters
- communicate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (carry2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- transmettre
- Italiano
- trasmettere