Synonyms of transport

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verb

tran(t)s-ˈpȯrt 

1

as in to send

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another

I'll have to transport the car to our new home overseas by public carrier

Synonyms & Similar Words

• send
• ship
• transfer
• transmit
• dispatch
• pack (off)
• shoot
• consign
• deliver
• convey
• render
• export
• pass
• import
• forward
• return
• address
• launch
• advance
• present
• drop
• contribute
• give
• donate
• hand over
• bestow
• resend

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receive
• accept
• get
• obtain
• secure
• acquire
• draw
• gain
• earn
• procure
• garner

2

as in to excite

to fill with great joy

was absolutely transported when she heard that her brother was getting married

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excite
• please
• delight
• intoxicate
• elate
• elevate
• satisfy
• stimulate
• uplift
• enrapture
• content
• inspire
• exhilarate
• commove
• warm
• gratify
• gladden
• rejoice

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• depress
• discourage
• distress
• demoralize
• oppress
• dishearten
• dispirit
• sadden

3

as in to entrance

to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)

was transported with wonder when she saw the Matterhorn for the first time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• entrance
• carry away
• delight
• please
• satisfy
• rapture
• enthral
• rap
• enrapture
• enchant
• fascinate
• knock dead
• ravish
• enthrall
• knock one's socks off
• gratify
• charm
• stir
• captivate
• gladden
• excite
• bewitch
• elate
• exhilarate

4

as in to exile

to force to leave a country

the offending journalist was transported out of the country and ordered to never return

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exile
• banish
• relegate
• deport
• evict
• expatriate
• run out
• eliminate
• cast out
• displace
• eject
• exclude
• expel
• kick out
• dismiss
• throw out
• expulse
• spurn
• excommunicate
• ostracize
• oust
• reject
• dispossess
• repudiate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receive
• accept
• admit
• repatriate
• shelter
• take in
• house
• entertain
• naturalize
• harbor

5

as in to carry

to support and take from one place to another

will you transport this heavy casserole dish to the dining room for me?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• carry
• haul
• ferry
• send
• bring
• pack
• convey
• cart
• deliver
• transfer
• tote
• ship
• lug
• take
• bear
• forward
• transmit
• fetch
• move
• remove
• hand over
• shift

transport

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noun

ˈtran(t)s-ˌpȯrt 

1

as in ecstasy

a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion

was in transports of joy after winning the championship

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ecstasy
• heaven
• joy
• happiness
• high
• intoxication
• pleasure
• delight
• paradise
• rapture
• trance
• cloud nine
• frenzy
• joyfulness
• elation
• euphoria
• rhapsody
• exhilaration
• elatedness
• seventh heaven
• bliss
• swoon
• blissfulness
• cheerfulness
• inspiration
• madness
• enchantment
• glee
• exaltation
• reverie
• cheer
• joyousness
• gladness
• felicity
• blessedness
• fervor
• passion
• exuberance
• gayety
• gaiety
• jubilation
• lightheartedness
• jubilance
• gleefulness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• depression
• misery
• sadness
• unhappiness
• woe
• dumps
• wretchedness
• blues
• despair
• melancholy
• gloom
• desolation
• dejection
• dreariness
• doldrums
• despondency
• disconsolateness
• dispiritedness
• forlornness
• heartsickness
• gloominess
• disheartenment
• downheartedness
• mopes

2

as in vehicle

something used to carry goods or passengers

rising gas prices will impel more people to use public transport

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vehicle
• transportation
• conveyance
• transit
• carrier
• hauler
• mover

Synonym Chooser

How does the verb transport contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of transport are banish, deport, and exile. While all these words mean "to remove by authority from a state or country," transport implies sending a convicted criminal to an overseas penal colony.

a convict who was transported to Australia

Where would banish be a reasonable alternative to transport?

Although the words banish and transport have much in common, banish implies compulsory removal from a country not necessarily one's own.

banished for seditious activities

When could deport be used to replace transport?

The synonyms deport and transport are sometimes interchangeable, but deport implies sending out of the country an alien who has illegally entered or whose presence is judged inimical to the public welfare.

illegal aliens will be deported

When is it sensible to use exile instead of transport?

The words exile and transport can be used in similar contexts, but exile may imply compulsory removal or an enforced or voluntary absence from one's own country.

a writer who exiled himself for political reasons

Examples of transport in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

The markets were also used by diplomatic envoys who transported enslaved people as gifts to their hosts. —Emi Eleode, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2024

He was transported to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn where he was pronounced dead, according to the NYPD. —Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024

Noun

One color shows the cell nucleus (to mark where each cell is) and others show the structural component actin (which determines the shape of the cell) and the microtubules that are part of the communication and transport network within a cell. —Eva Amsen, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024

These and other cases this year may seem less severe than the Mirasol case since the defendants are being charged for possession and/or transport of child pornography rather than production of pornography on a ship, a direct violation of a passengers’ privacy. —Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 16 Oct. 2024