confer

Definition of confer

Verbs

have a conference in order to talk something over
"We conferred about a plan of action"
Synonyms:
confab, confabulate, consult
Types:
collogue
confer secretly
Type of:
discuss, hash out, talk over
speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion
present
"The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"
Synonyms:
bestow
Types:
miter
confer a miter on (a bishop)
bless
confer prosperity or happiness on
graduate
confer an academic degree upon
Type of:
award, present
give, especially as an honor or reward

Vocabulary Lists for confer

George Orwell's "Animal Farm" »(363 words)
Vocabulary study list for George Orwell's "Animal...
  • inscribe
  • ration
  • harvest
  • ensconce
  • pasture

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Chapters 8-15 »(708 words)
Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
  • premeditate
  • symbolising
  • abase
  • discern
  • endue

The End of Faith »(118 words)
A selection of words I encountered while reading Sam...
  • abject
  • abjure
  • adduce
  • anthropocentrism
  • aphasia

Great Gatsby: Chapters One and Two »(15 words)
Juniors: Fourth Block
  • confer
  • perpetual
  • colossal
  • supercilious
  • pungent

Vocab 5000 part #2 »(497 words)
  • beatify
  • beatitude
  • beau
  • becalm
  • beck

mega »(3106 words)
  • anomaly
  • equivocal
  • lucid
  • precipitate
  • abstain

Aggregate »(1997 words)
  • prescient
  • iniquity
  • disenfranchisement
  • expropriation
  • triumvirate

adumbrate, adverse, advert »(1105 words)
  • adumbrate
  • adverse
  • advert
  • advisory
  • aeronaut

MEME »(870 words)
  • E. O. Wilson
  • quantize
  • phenotypic
  • semantic memory
  • meme

divisive »(639 words)
  • extort
  • divisive
  • aggregate
  • attrition
  • ad hoc

Words that contain confer

confer with
 conferee
 conference
 conference call
 conference center
 conference house
 conference room
 conference table
 conferment
 conferral
 conferrer
 conferva
 confervoid algae
 genus Conferva
 news conference
 Potsdam Conference
 press conference
 pretrial conference
 round-table conference