convey

Other forms of convey

past tense

conveyed·

present participle

conveying·

third person

conveys·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about convey

What does convey mean?

convey means "(of information) make known; pass on". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in convey?

convey has 2 syllables: con-vey. The stress falls on "vey". In IPA it is /kənˈveɪ/.

What is another word for convey?

Close synonyms include carry, express, transmit, communicate, impart. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is convey a common word?

convey is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with convey?

2 words rhyme with convey. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.