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Detailed Synonyms for confer in English

confer:

to confer verbe (confers, conferred, conferring)

  1. to confer
    to assign; to allocate; to confer; to allot; bestow on; to give
    • assign verbe (assigns, assigned, assigning)
    • allocate verbe (allocates, allocated, allocating)
    • confer verbe (confers, conferred, conferring)
    • allot verbe (allots, alloted, alloting)
    • bestow on verbe
    • give verbe (gives, gave, giving)
  2. 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 verbe (distributes, distributed, distributing)
    • hand out verbe (hands out, handed out, handing out)
    • confer verbe (confers, conferred, conferring)
    • give out verbe (gives out, gave out, giving out)
    • pass around verbe
    • dish out verbe (dishes out, dished out, dishing out)
    • parcel out verbe (parcels out, parcelled out, parcelling out)
    • hand round verbe (hands round, handed round, handing round)
    • dole out verbe (doles out, doled out, doling out)
  3. 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 verbe (confers, conferred, conferring)
      • We conferred about a plan of action1
    • consult verbe (consults, consulted, consulting)
    • confabulate verbe
    • confab verbe
  4. to confer
    – present 1
    to confer; to bestow
    – present 1
    • confer verbe (confers, conferred, conferring)
      • The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated1
    • bestow verbe (bestows, bestowed, bestowing)
      • bestow an honor on someone1

Conjugations for confer:

present
  1. confer
  2. confer
  3. confers
  4. confer
  5. confer
  6. confer
simple past
  1. conferred
  2. conferred
  3. conferred
  4. conferred
  5. conferred
  6. conferred
present perfect
  1. have conferred
  2. have conferred
  3. has conferred
  4. have conferred
  5. have conferred
  6. have conferred
past continuous
  1. was conferring
  2. were conferring
  3. was conferring
  4. were conferring
  5. were conferring
  6. were conferring
future
  1. shall confer
  2. will confer
  3. will confer
  4. shall confer
  5. will confer
  6. will confer
continuous present
  1. am conferring
  2. are conferring
  3. is conferring
  4. are conferring
  5. are conferring
  6. are conferring
subjunctive
  1. be conferred
  2. be conferred
  3. be conferred
  4. be conferred
  5. be conferred
  6. be conferred
diverse
  1. confer!
  2. let's confer!
  3. conferred
  4. conferring
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Alternate Synonyms for "confer":


Related Definitions for "confer":

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

Related Synonyms for confer