Synonyms for pass on

Synonyms for (verb) pass on

Synonyms: put across, pass, pass along, pass on, communicate

Definition: transmit information

Usage: Please communicate this message to all employees; pass along the good news

Similar words: transmit, convey, communicate

Definition: transfer to another

Usage: communicate a disease


Synonyms: go on, advance, march on, progress, move on, pass on

Definition: move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

Usage: Time marches on

Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move

Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast


Synonyms: distribute, circulate, pass around, pass on

Definition: cause be distributed

Usage: This letter is being circulated among the faculty

Similar words: displace, move

Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant


Synonyms: pass on

Definition: give to or transfer possession of

Usage: She passed the family jewels on to her daughter-in-law

Similar words: bequeath, will, leave

Definition: leave or give by will after one's death

Usage: My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry; My grandfather left me his entire estate


Synonyms: hand, give, reach, pass, pass on, turn over

Definition: place into the hands or custody of

Usage: hand me the spoon, please; Turn the files over to me, please; He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers

Similar words: transfer

Definition: cause to change ownership

Usage: I transferred my stock holdings to my children


Synonyms: give, impart, pass on, leave

Definition: transmit (knowledge or skills)

Usage: give a secret to the Russians; leave your name and address here; impart a new skill to the students

Similar words: tell

Definition: let something be known

Usage: Tell them that you will be late


Synonyms: pass on, submit, relegate

Definition: refer to another person for decision or judgment

Usage: She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues

Similar words: subject, submit

Definition: refer for judgment or consideration

Usage: The lawyers submitted the material to the court


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