Confer: Synonyms in English

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confer:
- assign; allocate; confer; allot; bestow on; give; distribute; hand out; give out; pass around; dish out; parcel out; hand round; dole out; consult; confabulate; confab; bestow
- confer; consult; assign; bestow; award; deliberate

English

Detailed Synonyms for confer in English

confer:

to confer verb (confers, conferred, conferring)

to confer
to assign; to allocate; to confer; to allot; bestow on; to give
- assign verb (assigns, assigned, assigning)
- allocate verb (allocates, allocated, allocating)
- confer verb (confers, conferred, conferring)
- allot verb (allots, alloted, alloting)
- bestow on verb
- give verb (gives, gave, giving)
to confer
to distribute; to hand out; to confer; to give out; pass around; to dish out; to parcel out; to hand round; to dole out
- distribute verb (distributes, distributed, distributing)
- hand out verb (hands out, handed out, handing out)
- confer verb (confers, conferred, conferring)
- give out verb (gives out, gave out, giving out)
- pass around verb
- dish out verb (dishes out, dished out, dishing out)
- parcel out verb (parcels out, parcelled out, parcelling out)
- hand round verb (hands round, handed round, handing round)
- dole out verb (doles out, doled out, doling out)
to confer

– have a conference in order to talk something over ¹
to confer; to consult; confabulate; confab
– have a conference in order to talk something over ¹
- confer verb (confers, conferred, conferring)
  - We conferred about a plan of action¹
- consult verb (consults, consulted, consulting)
- confabulate verb
- confab verb
to confer

– present ¹
to confer; to bestow
– present ¹
- confer verb (confers, conferred, conferring)
  - The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated¹
- bestow verb (bestows, bestowed, bestowing)
  - bestow an honor on someone¹

Conjugations for confer:

present

confer
confer
confers
confer
confer
confer

simple past

conferred
conferred
conferred
conferred
conferred
conferred

present perfect

have conferred
have conferred
has conferred
have conferred
have conferred
have conferred

past continuous

was conferring
were conferring
was conferring
were conferring
were conferring
were conferring

future

shall confer
will confer
will confer
shall confer
will confer
will confer

continuous present

am conferring
are conferring
is conferring
are conferring
are conferring
are conferring

subjunctive

be conferred
be conferred
be conferred
be conferred
be conferred
be conferred

diverse

confer!
let's confer!
conferred
conferring

1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

confer

confer
confer; consult
- confer
- consult
confer
assign; bestow; confer; award
- assign
- bestow
- confer
- award
confer
deliberate; confer
- deliberate
- confer

Alternate Synonyms for "confer":

confabulate; confab; consult; hash out; discuss; talk over
bestow; award; present

Related Definitions for "confer":

have a conference in order to talk something over¹
- We conferred about a plan of action¹
present¹
- The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated¹

Related Synonyms for confer

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