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send

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of SEND

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another <they promised to send the package in the morning>

Synonyms consign, dispatch, pack (off), ship, shoot, transfer, transmit, transport

Related Words convey, deliver, hand over, pass, render; advance, drop, launch; address, forward; export, import; bestow, contribute, donate, give, present; resend, return

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

Antonyms accept, receive

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