Antonyms for confer
kənˈfɜrcon·fer

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1. confer

   An individual considers, meditates, ponders, reflects, by himself; he weighs a matter in his own mind, and is sometimes said even to debate with himself. Consult and confer always imply two or more persons, as does debate, unless expressly limited as above. Confer suggests the interchange of counsel, advice, or information; consult indicates almost exclusively the receiving of it. A man confers with his associates about a new investment; he consults his physician about his health; he may confer with him on matters of general interest. He consults a dictionary, but does not confer with it. Deliberate, which can be applied to a single individual, is also the word for a great number, while consult is ordinarily limited to a few; a committee consults; an assembly deliberates. Deliberating always carries the idea of slowness; consulting is compatible with haste; we can speak of a hasty consultation, not of a hasty deliberation. Debate implies opposing views; deliberate, simply a gathering and balancing of all facts and reasons. We consider or deliberate with a view to action, while meditation may be quite purposeless.

   Synonyms:
   consider, consult, debate, deliberate, meditate, ponder, reflect, weigh

   Preposition:
   We deliberate on or upon, also about or concerning a matter: the first two are preferable.

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1. confer

   Antonyms:
   dissociate, contrast, hazard, conjecture, withhold, withdraw

   Synonyms:
   compare, collate, discuss, deliberate, converse, consult, give, present

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1. • Award
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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. confer, confabulate, confab, consultverb

   have a conference in order to talk something over

   "We conferred about a plan of action"

   Synonyms:
   confab, natter, chat, chew the fat, jaw, chatter, chit-chat, shoot the breeze, visit, gossip, confabulate, refer, chitchat, consult, confer with, claver, bestow, look up, chaffer

2. confer, bestowverb

   present

   "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone"

   Synonyms:
   bestow, consult, add, lend, confab, contribute, bring, confabulate, impart

How to use confer in a sentence?

1. Erica Mayer:

   It's known that pregnancy at a younger age may confer some long-term protective benefits against breast cancer, however it's also been recognized that in the immediate years following a pregnancy, there seems to be an increased risk of breast cancer that slowly resolves with time, the findings in this paper support and confirm the prior observations.

2. W. Somerset Maugham:

   I do not confer praise or blame I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the world.

3. Kevin Hassett:

   There's a lot of stuff that moves and exactly how Customs and Border Patrol would deal with that would be something that we'll have to confer with them about, should we get to that.

4. Howard Sesso:

   That's not to say that there might not be some special quality of red wine like resveratrol that could confer additional benefits.

5. Louis:

   Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.

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