transfer: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 11 letter points · starts with T · ends with R
Meaning of transfer
verb
- transitive
To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
Example: to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion
- transitive
To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
Example: to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone
To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
Example: transfer to the Blue Line
- intransitive
To be or become transferred.
Listed forms: transfers, transferring, transferred, glossary, transferrest.
Source: Wiktionary — transfer.
noun
- uncountable
The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
- countable
An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
- countable
An act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
Example: Free transfers can be made between the Red and Orange Lines by walking from one of the station's platforms to another; in addition, riders using a fare card also get free transfers between bus and subway at the station.
- countable
A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus (and historically also certain elevated or subway lines), allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey.
Listed forms: transfers, xfer.
Source: Wiktionary — transfer.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for transfer.
noun
the act of moving something from one location to another
noun
someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
- transferee
noun
the act of transferring something from one form to another
noun
application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation
- transfer of training
- carry-over
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is transfer in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of transfer
T(1) + R(1) + A(1) + N(1) + S(1) + F(4) + E(1) + R(1) = 11 points.
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Anagrams of transfer
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from transfer
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