transfer | Definition of transfer

1 to give over the legal possession or ownership of

Claire's grandfather agreed to transfer certain stocks to her when she turned 18

Synonyms of transfer

alien, alienate, assign, cede, convey, deed, make over

Words Related to transfer

bequeath, hand down, leave, pass (down), will

bestow, commend, commit, confer, contribute, deliver, donate, grant, hand over, move, pass, present, release, relinquish, surrender, transmit, turn in, turn over, vest, yield

consign, entrust (also intrust), trust

lease, lend, let [chiefly British], loan, rent

Phrases Synonymous with transfer

dispose of

Near Antonyms of transfer

expropriate

2 to cause (something) to pass from one to another

they used Morse Code to transfer the message from one ship to another

Synonyms of transfer

communicate, conduct, convey, give, impart, spread, transfuse, transmit

Words Related to transfer

deliver, hand over, surrender, turn over

broadcast, diffuse, disseminate, propagate

hand down, hand on

contaminate, infect, poison

Near Antonyms of transfer

catch, come down (with), contract

3 to cause to go or be taken from one place to another

will have to transfer you from our San Francisco office to our New York headquarters

Synonyms of transfer

consign, dispatch, pack (off), send, ship, shoot, transmit, transport

Words Related to transfer

convey, deliver, hand over, pass, render

advance, drop, launch

address, forward

export, import

bestow, contribute, donate, give, present

resend, return

Near Antonyms of transfer

acquire, draw, earn, gain, garner, get, obtain, procure, secure

Antonyms of transfer

accept, receive

4 to change the place or position of

transferred the car keys from my pocket to my purse

Synonyms of transfer

budge, dislocate, displace, disturb, move, relocate, remove, reposition, shift, transpose

Words Related to transfer

bear, carry, cart, convey, drive, haul, lug, tote, transmit, transplant, transport

replace, supersede, supplant

alter, make over, modify, redo, refashion, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, vary

Near Antonyms of transfer

anchor, fix, freeze, moor, secure, set, stabilize

embed (also imbed), entrench (also intrench), implant, ingrain (also engrain),

Synonyms and Antonyms of transfer

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