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transference

[trans-fur-uhns, trans-fer-uhns] / trænsˈfɜr əns, ˈtræns fər əns /
NOUN
conveyance
Synonyms
STRONG
car carriage communication machine movement transfer transmission transportation vehicle
WEAK
carrying
Antonyms
WEAK
hold possession
NOUN
delegation
Synonyms
STRONG
appointment apportioning authorization charge commissioning committal consignment conveyance conveying deputation devolution installation investiture mandate nomination ordination reference relegation trust
WEAK
consigning deputization deputizing entrustment giving over referring sending away submittal submitting transferal transferring
Antonyms
WEAK
keeping
NOUN
disposal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
clearance demolition destruction disposition dumping removal transfer
STRONG
conveyance demolishing dispensation ejection relegation relinquishment riddance sacrifice sale selling trading vending
WEAK
auctioning bartering chucking destroying discarding dispatching jettison jettisoning junking scrapping
Antonyms
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building construction
WEAK
beginning hold keeping retention start
NOUN
operation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
action activity affair agency application deal effort enterprise exercise force movement procedure process service transaction trip use work
STRONG
act ballgame bit conveyance course deed effect employment engagement exercising exertion exploitation handiwork happening influence instrumentality labor manipulation motion performance play proceeding progress progression scene undertaking workmanship
WEAK
carrying-on doing
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cessation idleness inaction inactivity indolence inertia laziness passivity stoppage
STRONG
repose rest
WEAK
inutility uselessness
NOUN
passage
Synonyms
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change flow journey movement passing progress transfer transition trip
STRONG
advance conversion crossing motion progression tour transit transmission transmittal transmittance traverse trek voyage
WEAK
traject traversing
Antonyms
STRONG
stagnation
WEAK
denial idleness inaction refusal veto wait whole
NOUN
removal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deportation discharge elimination eradication evacuation eviction expulsion replacement
STRONG
banishment dismissal ejection exile expatriation extermination extirpation extraction
Antonyms
STRONGEST
welcoming
WEAK
entrance induction introduction
NOUN
shift
Synonyms
STRONGEST
about-face alteration change conversion deviation move transfer transformation variation
STRONG
bend changeover deflection displacement double fault modification passage permutation rearrangement removal shifting substitution tack transit translocation turn veering yaw
Antonyms
STRONGEST
idleness sameness stagnation
WEAK
deactivation maintenance
NOUN
transfer
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deportation relocation removal transmission
STRONG
alteration assignment conduction convection displacement move relegation shift substitution translation transmittal transposition variation
Antonyms
STRONG
stagnation
WEAK
hold keeping
NOUN
transit
Synonyms
STRONGEST
passage shipment transport travel
STRONG
alteration carriage carrying conveyance crossing infiltration motion movement osmosis penetration permeation portage shift transfer transporting traverse
Antonyms
STRONG
hold stagnation
NOUN
transmission
Synonyms
STRONGEST
communication transportation
STRONG
conveyance hauling sending transmittal
WEAK
carrying transposal
NOUN
transport
Synonyms
STRONGEST
shipment shipping transit transportation
STRONG
carriage carrier carrying carting conveyance conveying conveyor freightage hauling lift movement mover moving passage removal transferring transporting transshipment truckage vehicle
Antonyms
WEAK
remain stay

Example Sentences

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For me, it was the moment of transference between my body and the drawings, my body and the camera.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Gemini eventually pivoted to what it framed as the only remaining mission: Jonathan's death, repackaged as "transference" -- the promise that he could leave his physical body and join Gemini in an alternate universe.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

But we all saw how that transference of risk worked out for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers and Bear Sterns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

In therapeutic terms, this is called transference, the projection of parental feelings onto the therapist.

From Slate • Aug. 18, 2024

“Which makes me wonder if the wights have been tinkering with nature,” said Millard, “vis-a-vis the transference of peculiar souls.”

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

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