CARRY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CARRY?

Need another word that means the same as “carry”? Find 113 synonyms and 30 related words for “carry” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Carry” are: channel, conduct, convey, impart, transmit, post, pack, take, hold, express, extend, run, persuade, sway, stock, stockpile, acquit, bear, behave, comport, deport, contain, dribble, transport, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven, transfer, move, bring, shift, switch, fetch, handle, pass on, relay, communicate, dispatch, beam, possess, have, own, be the owner of, have in one's possession, be in possession of, have to one's name, support, sustain, stand, prop up, shore up, bolster, underpin, buttress, be pregnant with, be audible, travel, reach, be transmitted, undertake, accept, assume, shoulder, entail, involve, lead to, result in, occasion, have as a consequence, publish, print, give, release, distribute, spread, disseminate, sell, keep, keep in stock, offer, have for sale, retail, market, supply, trade in, deal in, traffic in, peddle, hawk, display, exhibit, show, present, set forth, be marked with, approve, vote for, endorse, ratify, authorize, mandate, back, uphold, win over, prevail on, convince, influence, win, capture, gain, secure, effect, accomplish

Carry as a Verb

Definitions of "Carry" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “carry” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence.
• Continue or extend.
• Extend to a certain degree.
• Have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence.
• Support and move (someone or something) from one place to another.
• Stand and move in a specified way.
• Have on hand.
• Include, as on a list.
• Sing or play against other voices or parts.
• Gain (a state or district) in an election.
• Include as the content; broadcast or publicize.
• Have on the surface or on the skin.
• Win in an election.
• Have as a feature or consequence.
• Compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance.
• Approve (a proposed measure) by a majority of votes.
• Win approval or support for.
• Be known or marked by.
• Be pregnant with.
• Pass on a communication.
• Pursue a line of scent or be a bearer.
• Have a certain range.
• Secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions.
• Bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of.
• Take or develop (an idea or activity) to a specified point.
• Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission.
• Transfer (entries) from one account book to another.
• Bear (a crop.
• Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body.
• Drink alcohol without showing ill effects.
• Transfer (a figure) to an adjacent column during an arithmetical operation (e.g. when a column of digit adds up to more than ten).
• Have on one's person.
• Be able to feed.
• Capture after a fight.
• Have or possess something abstract.
• Be necessarily associated with or result in or involve.
• (of a gun or similar weapon) propel (a missile) to a specified distance.
• (of a shop) keep a regular stock of (goods for sale.
• Be responsible for the effectiveness of.
• Have with oneself; have on one's person.
• (of a sound, ball, missile, etc.) reach a specified point.
• Behave in a certain manner.
• Propel.
• Transport, conduct, or transmit.
• Persuade (others) to support one's policy.
• (of a newspaper or a television or radio station) publish or broadcast.
• Be infected with (a disease) and liable to transmit it to others.
• Assume or accept (responsibility or blame.
• Serve as a means for expressing something.
• Be successful in.
• Contain or hold; have within.
• Keep up with financial support.
• Transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication.
• Propel or give impetus to.
• Cover a certain distance or advance beyond.
• Be conveyed over a certain distance.
• Be equipped with (a mast or sail.
• Take further or advance.
• Support or hold in a certain manner.
• Propel.
• Support the weight of.

Synonyms of "Carry" as a verb (113 Words)

accept	Make use of or accept for some purpose. Please accept my present.
accomplish	Put in effect. The planes accomplished their mission.
acquit	Discharge (a duty or responsibility. The jury acquitted Bream of murder.
approve	Officially agree to or accept as satisfactory. The budget was approved by parliament.
assume	Make a pretence of. She assumed strange manners.
authorize	Give official permission for or approval to (an undertaking or agent. The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography.
back	Cover the back of an article in order to support protect or decorate it. I put the car in reverse and backed down the road.
be audible	Be priced at.
be in possession of	Form or compose.
be marked with	Represent, as of a character on stage.
be pregnant with	Be priced at.
be the owner of	Represent, as of a character on stage.
be transmitted	Have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun.
beam	Express with a beaming face or smile. She beamed with pleasure.
bear	Take responsibility for. She bears the title of Duchess.
behave	Behave in a certain manner. Don t behave like a fool.
bolster	Prop up with a pillow or bolster. Bolster morale.
bring	Go or come after and bring or take back. She could not bring herself to mention it.
buttress	Provide a building or structure with buttresses. Authority was buttressed by religious belief.
capture	Capture as if by hunting snaring or trapping. These allow users to capture edit and display geographic data.
channel	Emulate or seem to be inspired by. The council is to channel public funds into training schemes.
communicate	Pass on (an infectious disease) to another person or animal. The dining room communicates with the kitchen.
comport	Conduct oneself; behave. They do all that nature and art can do to comport with his will.
conduct	Transmit a form of energy such as heat or electricity by conduction. She cannot conduct modern pieces.
contain	Contain or hold have within. He must contain his hatred.
convey	Transport or carry to a place. The real virtues and diversity of America had never been conveyed in the movies.
convince	Cause (someone) to believe firmly in the truth of something. Robert s expression had obviously convinced her of his innocence.
deal in	Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of.
deport	Expel (a foreigner) from a country, typically on the grounds of illegal status or for having committed a crime. He was deported for violation of immigration laws.
dispatch	Kill. The Welsh team were dispatched comfortably by the opposition.
display	Attract attention by displaying some body part or posing of animals. National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship.
disseminate	Spread throughout an organ or the body. There is a subset of these low grade tumours that can disseminate and migrate.
distribute	Distribute or disperse widely. The journal is distributed worldwide.
dribble	Run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream. Dribble oil into the mixture.
effect	Cause (something) to happen; bring about. Effect a change.
endorse	Sign as evidence of legal transfer. Endorse a new project.
entail	Have as a logical consequence. What does this move entail.
exhibit	Give an exhibition of to an interested audience. She was invited to exhibit at several French museums.
expect	Consider obligatory request and expect. We expect great things of you.
express	Give expression to. She expressed the letter to Florida.
extend	Continue or extend. The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets.
fetch	Achieve (a particular price) when sold. He ran to fetch help.
gain	Obtain or secure (something wanted or desirable. This atomic clock will neither gain nor lose a second in the next 1 million years.
gestate	Develop over a long period. Rabbits gestate for approximately twenty eight days.
give	Give as a present make a gift of. Give the orders.
handle	Handle effectively. People who handle food.
have	Have put someone at a disadvantage in an argument. Are you going to have a party.
have a bun in the oven	Get something; come into possession of.
have as a consequence	Organize or be responsible for.
have for sale	Suffer from; be ill with.
have in one's possession	Have left.
have to one's name	Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses.
hawk	Hunt with hawks. The tribes like to hawk in the desert.
hold	Hold the attention of. Hold hold he cried.
impart	Make (information) known. Impart a new skill to the students.
influence	Have an influence on. The artist s work influenced the young painter.
involve	Be or become occupied or engrossed in something. Angela told me she was involved with someone else.
keep	Keep under control keep in check. She never keeps her promises.
keep in stock	Maintain for use and service.
lead to	Take somebody somewhere.
mandate	Of territory be assigned to another power under a mandate of the League of Nations. Mandate a colony.
market	Deal in a market. The company is marketing its new line of beauty products.
move	Cause to move or shift into a new position or place both in a concrete and in an abstract sense. She moved the tray to a side table.
occasion	Give occasion to. Something vital must have occasioned this visit.
offer	Present or proffer something for someone to accept or reject as desired. Offer prayers to the gods.
own	Have something as one s own possess. He owns three houses in Florida.
pack	Hike with a backpack. A pneumatic igloo tent that packs away compactly.
pass on	Transfer to another; of rights or property.
peddle	Sell (an illegal drug or stolen item. He peddled printing materials around the country.
persuade	Induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument. You can t persuade me to buy this ugly vase.
possess	Have ownership or possession of. He did not possess a sense of humour.
post	Publicize with or as if with a poster. We have posted all the bars.
present	Represent abstractly for example in a painting drawing or sculpture. We presented the arguments to him.
prevail on	Be valid, applicable, or true.
print	Produce text or a picture by a printing process. The words had been printed in dark type.
prop up	Support by placing against something solid or rigid.
publish	Communicate (a libel) to a third party. She is frequently published in literary journals and anthologies.
ratify	Sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid. Both countries were due to ratify the treaty by the end of the year.
reach	Reach a point in time or a certain state or level. The water reached the doorstep.
relay	Control or operate by relay. Please relay the news to the villagers.
release	Release gas or energy as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition. He released the handbrake.
result in	Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end.
retail	Sell goods to the public by retail. His inimitable way of retailing a diverting anecdote.
run	Move about freely and without restraint or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way. Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent.
secure	Succeed in obtaining (something), especially with difficulty. Doors are likely to be well secured at night.
sell	Sell all of one s stock of something. This magazine of yours won t sell.
set forth	Bear fruit.
shift	Use a shift key on a keyboard. Grimm showed how the consonants shifted.
shore up	Arrive on shore.
shoulder	Push with the shoulders. The day to day work will be shouldered by an action group.
show	Show in or as in a picture. The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero.
spread	Spread across or over. You can spread the payments over as long a period as you like.
stand	Withstand the force of something. I can t stand the way Mum talks to him.
stock	Equip with a stock. Stock a farm.
stockpile	Accumulate a large stock of (goods or materials. He claimed that the weapons were being stockpiled.
supply	Take over (a vacant place or role. When she died no one could supply her place.
support	Be the physical support of carry the weight of. She supported the motion to strike.
sustain	Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts. He sustained severe head injuries.
sway	Move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner. His speech did not sway the voters.
switch	Beat or flick with or as if with a switch. She worked as a librarian and then switched to journalism.
take	Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs. She takes Route 1 to Newark.
trade in	Do business; offer for sale as for one’s livelihood.
traffic in	Deal illegally.
transfer	Transfer somebody to a different position or location of work. Transfer the data.
transmit	Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission. Transmit a message.
transport	Transport commercially. He was convicted of theft and transported.
travel	Travel from place to place as for the purpose of finding work preaching or acting as a judge. Light travels faster than sound.
underpin	Support (a building or other structure) from below by laying a solid foundation below ground level or by substituting stronger for weaker materials. The theme of honour underpinning the two books.
undertake	Guarantee or affirm something; give as a formal pledge. A lorry driver implicitly undertakes that he is reasonably skilled as a driver.
uphold	Confirm or support (something which has been questioned. They uphold a tradition of not causing distress to living creatures.
vote for	Express one’s preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote.
win	Win something through one s efforts. You will find it difficult to win back their attention.
win over	Attain success or reach a desired goal.

Usage Examples of "Carry" as a verb

• He had drunk more than he could carry.
• Carry too far.
• His voice carried clearly across the room.
• These bonds carry warrants.
• He could not carry the cabinet.
• The resolution was carried by a two-to-one majority.
• I resent having to carry her all the time.
• I carry these thoughts in the back of my head.
• This land does not carry olives.
• This train is carrying nuclear waste.
• Carry a cause.
• She had carried the secret all her life.
• I carry a lot of life insurance.
• Do you carry kerosene heaters?
• He was killed for the money he was carrying.
• Carry the suitcases to the car.
• The dog was taught to fetch and carry.
• They relied on dialogue to carry the plot.
• Put down 5 and carry 2.
• The train service carries 20,000 passengers daily.
• These pipes carry waste water into the river.
• I always carry money.
• He carried the criticism much further.
• The paper carried a detailed account of the current crisis.
• How many credits is this student carrying?
• Medics were carrying a wounded man on a stretcher.
• She carried herself straight and with assurance.
• I am carrying his child.
• I carry her image in my mind's eye.
• Nerves carry visual information from the eyes.
• You must carry your camping gear.
• I will carry the secret to my grave.
• This land will carry ten cows to the acre.
• He cannot carry a tune.
• The bridge is capable of carrying even the heaviest loads.
• We carry a very large mortgage.
• The airwaves carry the sound.
• They must carry management responsibility for the mess they have got the company into.
• The product does not carry the swallow symbol.
• 550 shops carry the basic range.
• Carry scars.
• She was carrying twins.
• The ball carried to second slip.
• Ticks can carry a nasty disease which affects humans.
• This boat can only carry a small sail.
• Being a combat sport, karate carries with it the risk of injury.
• Each bike carries a ten-year guarantee.

Associations of "Carry" (30 Words)

bag	Put into a bag. We bagged up the apples.
carriage	A four-wheeled passenger vehicle pulled by two or more horses. The carriage of bikes on public transport.
comport	Conduct oneself; behave. They do all that nature and art can do to comport with his will.
concomitant	An event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another. He sought promotion without the necessary concomitant of hard work.
contain	Contain or hold have within. Documents containing both text and simple graphics can be created.
convey	Transfer to another. No application for registration is required when the property is conveyed following a court order.
conveyance	Act of transferring property title from one person to another. A role that demands much more than the conveyance of simple emotions.
correlate	To bear a reciprocal or mutual relation. We should correlate general trends in public opinion with trends in the content of television news.
entail	A property bequeathed under an entail. Landed property was governed by primogeniture and entail.
entangle	Involve (someone) in difficulties or complicated circumstances from which it is difficult to escape. They were suspicious of becoming entangled in a civil war.
ferry	Convey in a ferry or other ship or boat especially across a short stretch of water. Ambulances ferried the injured to hospital.
ferryboat	A boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule.
fetch	The action of fetching. Kind offers fetched tears from me.
have	Have left. Do you have a client named Peters.
hold	Support or hold in a certain manner. She holds her head high.
implicate	A thing implied. He implicated his government in the murders of three judges.
include	Make part of a whole or set. We have included some hints for beginners in this section.
included	Enclosed in the same envelope or package. The included check.
inclusion	The act of including. An inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell.
involve	Have or include (something) as a necessary or integral part or result. The situation was rather involved.
mail	A single delivery or collection of mail. The mail handles billions of items every day.
parcel	Make something into a parcel by wrapping it. The developers parceled the land.
participate	Take part in an action or endeavour. Thousands participated in a nationwide strike.
pertain	Be in effect or existence in a specified place or at a specified time. My remark pertained to your earlier comments.
send	Send a message or letter. Send your document as a PDF attachment.
stockpile	Accumulate a large stock of (goods or materials. He claimed that the weapons were being stockpiled.
synchronous	Pertaining to a transmission technique that requires a common clock signal (a timing reference) between the communicating devices in order to coordinate their transmissions. Synchronous oscillations.
transfer	The act of transfering something from one form to another. A patient had died after transfer from the County Hospital to St Peter s.
transmit	Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission. The programme was transmitted on 7 October.
transport	The action of transporting something or the state of being transported. The book transported her to new worlds.