Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb deliver

12 senses of deliver

Sense 1
deliver, present -- (deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students")
       => talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise -- (express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize")

Sense 2
deliver -- (bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super market delivers")
       => bring, get, convey, fetch -- (go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat")

Sense 3
hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in, deliver, render -- (to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money")
       => pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give -- (place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers")

Sense 4
rescue, deliver -- (free from harm or evil)
       => save, carry through, pull through, bring through -- (bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack")

Sense 5
extradite, deliver, deport -- (hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there")
       => expel, throw out, kick out -- (force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country")

Sense 6
render, deliver, return -- (pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment")
       => communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across -- (transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news")

Sense 7
deliver -- (utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students delivered a cry of joy")
       => utter, emit, let out, let loose -- (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand")

Sense 8
deliver, redeem, save -- (save from sins)

Sense 9
deliver, drive home -- (carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left")
       => give -- (cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold")

Sense 10
surrender, cede, deliver, give up -- (relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in")
       => give, gift, present -- (give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?")

Sense 11
deliver, pitch -- (throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball; "The pitcher delivered the ball")
       => throw -- (propel through the air; "throw a frisbee")

Sense 12
give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have -- (cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!")
       => produce, bring forth -- (bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit")

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