TRANSPLANT Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

transplant

verb

Definition of transplant

as in to relocate

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as in to replant

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Recent Examples of transplant Seeds can be sown in the ground or containers to transplant to the garden or grow in planters. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026 During this unique 16-hour surgery, doctors transplant a new liver first, which helps to reset the body’s immune system. — Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026 Kidneys and livers often need to be transplanted together as liver failure often damages kidneys. — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 7 June 2026 His guilt manifests in kidnapping young women, removing their faces through surgery, and attempting to transplant them onto his daughter. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for transplant

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Verb

De La Faverie decided to relocate the brand’s operations to Deciem’s headquarters in Canada for a complete overhaul, a move endorsed by brand founder William Lauder.

— Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
The prologue starts in 1986 in Newfoundland with a family relocating, uprooting their lives in the most all-encompassing of ways, taking their entire home — propped up on a barge and steered by a lone motorboat — across a bay.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of relocate

Verb

To do this, simply dig up the entire plant clump, separate or cut the roots into smaller sections, and replant them immediately.

— Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 11 June 2026
Finishing the designs and obtaining the permits needed from various local, state and federal agencies for dredging, grading and replanting the lagoon will take three or four more years, Smith said.

— Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026

Definition of replant

Verb

Iraq already uses around 1,000 trucks daily to transport fuel oil overland to Syria's Mediterranean port city Baniyas, where it is loaded onto tankers for shipment further afield.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
When complete, these new lines will transport vast quantities of copper, a metal used in solar panels, heat pumps, batteries, and electric vehicles.

— Jared Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of transport

Verb

The reason for that is the unquenching market need for solid factual projects that can both be popular on linear channels and drive older viewers to streaming services.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
The urgency of their push comes as major European companies undergo huge job losses — Volkswagen plans to cut 100,000 workers — which experts have said could drive political upheaval.

— Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of drive

Verb

Four of the 14 were arrested in an attempt to haul bundles of cash out of the home of the attorney general and into the back of an ambulance, Interior Minister Marco Antonio Oviedo said.

— Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026
Every chip and solar panel has to be hauled into orbit, and every answer those chips produce has to come back down.

— Peter Hall, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of haul

Verb

Power is transmitted via an eight-speed Steptronic automatic transmission for both rear-wheel-drive (RWD) and all-wheel-drive (AWD) models.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2026
According to the news release, rabies is most commonly transmitted through the bite or scratch of an infected animal, or when saliva from a rabid animal comes in contact with an open wound or a mammal's eyes, nose or mouth.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of transmit

Verb

An ammunition depot was hit, as were a bulk carrier in the Chornomorsk port carrying dual-use goods and port infrastructure in Izmail, the ministry said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
As the hundreds of thousands of people made their way down the narrow roads following the politician, a few rerouted into the industry event, still carrying big flags and with faces lit up with hope.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of carry

Verb

What happens next is conveyed almost entirely through flashbacks to dinners that weren’t interesting enough to become full scenes.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
The goal was to convey support to the transgender community regardless of the results on Amendment 3, said Robert Fischer, the group’s spokesperson.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026

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