to convey

Examples

• All

• The artist uses bright colors to convey joy in her paintings.

• Many music teachers have successfully used similar pages to convey information to their music students.

  Academic text (2015)

• The best way to convey love, it's through food.

• But the media along which we can convey content is rapidly changing.

• Perhaps you can convey my apologies to him.

  Lolita (1962)

• -The review did a wonderful job of conveying the power of the piece.

  The Kill Room (2023)

• So by varying your pace and pitch, you convey enthusiasm.

• The president conveys his deepest apologies for what happened.

  The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

• It intends to convey the significance of the awards.

  Harvard University

• Team-building activities infused with technology also helped convey the team's democratic educational philosophy.

  Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

S

to send

vsto convey

∞ 1.0

Make a letter, package, or email go to another person

focuses more on transferring meaning than physical delivery

E

to express

vsto convey

∞ 2.3

To show ideas and feelings by words or actions

stresses passing that content to others rather than only showing it

S

to share

vsto convey

711 1.0

To tell someone about your thoughts, feelings or experiences

is broader, covering formal, informal, and impersonal information transfer

R

to reflect

vsto convey

595 3.5

To show how someone feels or what they are like

focuses more on actively moving information between people or places

C

to carry

vsto convey

325 2.0

Send sound or information from one place to another

places more emphasis on deliberate human exchange of ideas

T

to transmit

vsto convey

169 3.7

To send something from one thing to another, for example a message or disease

focuses more on human sharing of meaning and ideas

P

to pass on

vsto convey

134 2.7

To give something to another person, often information or a message

is focused on sharing meaning as well as handing things over

R

to relay

vsto convey

102 3.5

To receive and then pass on a message or signal

also includes direct firsthand sharing without intermediate steps

S

to send a message

vsto convey

• Informal

81 3.4

To make people understand an idea or feeling without saying it directly

is broader, including direct spoken or written sharing of ideas

P

to pass along

vsto convey

76 2.5

Give news, a message, or something you received to another person

also covers direct one-to-one sharing, not only chained passing

G

to get across

vsto convey

67 3.0

Make an idea or message clear so other people understand it

is neutral about success and simply denotes sharing information

E

to express feelings

vsto convey

38 3.4

Show or say your emotions to other people

also includes sharing neutral information, not only emotions

I

to impart

vsto convey

33 4.3

To teach knowledge or skills to someone

is wider, including feelings, facts, and different communication goals

V

to verbalize

vsto convey

• US

9 4.8

To put thoughts or feelings into words

includes both verbal and nonverbal ways of transferring meaning

P

to put across

vsto convey

3 3.5

Make an idea or opinion clear so others understand

covers both clear explanation and simple passing of information

C

to communicate

vsto convey

• Specialized

2 3.4

Pass a disease from one person or animal to another

is more general, covering many ways of sharing meaning

Antonyms

W

to withhold

210 5.1

Refuse to give something someone wants or needs

How Clear

to declare

• Formal

950 3.7

to state

∞ 1.6

to assert

229 3.9

to convey

199 3.4

to suggest

∞ 1.6

to imply

367 3.5

to hint

136 2.0

Surface Forms

Etymology