confer

Meaning

1. To grant as a possession; to bestow.
2. To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate.
3. (obsolete) To compare.
4. (obsolete) To bring together; to collect, gather.
5. (obsolete) To contribute; to conduce.

Synonyms

bestow

give

grant

consult

discuss

award

accord

present

donate

allow

talk

🗣️

afford

hand over

provide

administer

offer

deliberate

impart

confabulate

endow

dedicate

yield

furnish

assign

consecrate

spare

confab

negotiate

parley

pass

contribute

converse

admit

allot

commune

dispense

deliver

debate

vest

hammer out

hand

✋

inaugurate

know

leave

leave behind

lend

let

marry

meet

merchant

minister

miter

oblige

ordain

ordinate

own up

palaver

palm

pass on

pay

💸

powwow

pow-wow

put out

quarter

quit

remain

render

speak

🗣️

spend

splice

squeal

stow

switch on

talk away

talk out

talk over

teach

tell

thrash out

trade

treat

turn on

turn to

vex

vote

wed

consult with

have a meeting

indue

kick around

negociate

talk with

take counsel

consult together

be pleased to give

cunsult

(to) honor

(to) honour

acknowledge

affirm

agitate

alight

allocate

apply

argue

attorn

avow

bandy

brainstorm

build

business

cater

chat

commerce

confer with

confess

congregate

connive

consign

counsel

deal

devote

do

drive home

emerge

empower

endue

exit

fasten

get together

gift

🎁

give alms

give thanks

go out

gossip

hallow

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈfʌɹ/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: confereren

Cognate with German: konferieren

Cognate with Danish: konferere

Cognate with Swedish: konferera

In summary

From Early Modern English conferre, from Middle French conférer, from Old French conferer, from Latin cōnferō. Compare Dutch confereren (“to confer”), German konferieren (“to confer”), Danish konferere (“to confer”), Swedish konferera (“to confer”).