Home › Words › C › conferralconferral/kənˈfɝəl/conferral means the act of conferring something; conferment.conferral is pronounced /kənˈfɝəl/.EtymologyFrom confer + -al.nounThe act of conferring something; confermente.g.“The conferral date of an award shall be the date of approval by the Vice-Chancellor.” — 2012, John Rowe, Awards and Graduation Manual, Curtin University, page 7Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.conferment 89% match — The act of conferring; a presentation or bestowal. vs conferral →conferring 82% match — The act of one who confers. vs conferral →conferrer 81% match — A person who confers or bestows something vs conferral →conferrable 73% match — Capable of being conferred vs conferral →confer 72% match — To grant as a possession; to bestow. vs conferral →bestowment 71% match — The act of bestowing or conferring something, especially an honour; bestowal vs conferral →conferralism 70% match — A philosophy in which attributes are conferred on objects vs conferral →bestowal 64% match — The act of bestowing. vs conferral →