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Synonyms for transport

Most common

ship shift ferry relocate carry transfer teleport

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Ship — to carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey

ship, ferry, convey, move, relocate, remove, shift

2. Carry — to move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away

carry, carry away, tote, bear, deport, waft, enrapture rare

Noun

2. Conveyance — an act of transporting; conveyance

conveyance, transit, shipping, ferrying, carriage, moving, relocation, shifting

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.

    to transport goods; to transport troops

  2. v. 2

    To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.

    Music transports the soul.

  3. n. 1

    An act of transporting; conveyance.

    The transport of goods is not included in the price given on the website.

  4. n. 2

    The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.

Forms

Plural
transports → raptures, ecstasies, happinesses, joys…
Past participle
transported
e.g. transported → shipped, ferried, conveyed, moved…

Choose the right word

Transport, Carry or Bring?

Carry often signifies to transport by personal strength, without reference to the direction; as, that is more than he can carry; yet, even so, it would not be admissible to say carry it to me, or carry it here; in such case we must say bring.

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

Example sentences

  • ship Owing to the storm, the ship could not leave port.
  • shift Sami's shift starts at the beginning of the night.
  • ferry Tom was arrested trying to board a ferry to France.
  • relocate Algeria will relocate its capital to Boughezoul.
  • carry Kyoko had the kindness to carry my baggage for me.
  • transfer I haven't got any money on me, but I can transfer.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
transportfalling
shipsteady
shiftsteady
ferryrising
relocaterising
carryfalling

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

By length

3 letters
joy1
4 letters
move1, send1, ship1, bear1, tote1, waft1
5 letters
carry2, shift1, charm1, ferry2, exile2, bliss1
6 letters
moving2, remove2, heaven2, convey2, deport2, banish2, ravish, raptus
7 letters
channel2, passion2, transit2, delight2, ecstasy3, rapture2, enchant2, bewitch2, enthral2
8 letters
transfer2, shipping2, entrance2, shifting2, carriage2, transmit2, relocate3, felicity4, teleport3, relegate3, ferrying3, enthrall, deportee3, enravish
9 letters
happiness3, translate2, chauffeur2, extradite3, beatitude, enrapture3
10 letters
enthusiasm5, relocation4, expatriate4, conveyance3, exaltation, exultation, ravishment, channelize, channelise
11 letters
enchantment3, delectation, transferral
13 letters
beatification
14 letters
transportation4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (carry2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
reporter
Italiano
trasportare
Español
regresar
Deutsch
zurückbringen
Català
ajornar