compensate
English Thesaurus
1. make payment to; compensate (verb.possession)
hypernym | : | pay, |
definition | : | give money, usually in exchange for goods or services (verb.possession) |
hyponym | : | recoup, reimburse, |
definition | : | reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss (verb.possession) |
2. make amends for; pay compensation for (verb.possession)
hypernym | : | pay, |
definition | : | give money, usually in exchange for goods or services (verb.possession) |
hyponym | : | give, |
definition | : | deliver in exchange or recompense (verb.possession) |
3. do or give something to somebody in return (verb.possession)
hypernym | : | settle, |
definition | : | dispose of; make a financial settlement (verb.possession) |
4. make reparations or amends for (verb.social)
hypernym | : | alter, change, modify, |
definition | : | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation (verb.change) |
5. adjust for (verb.stative)
hyponym | : | carry, |
definition | : | compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance (verb.social) |
hyponym | : | compensate, cover, overcompensate, |
definition | : | make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities (verb.stative) |
6. make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities (verb.stative)
7. make payment to; compensate (verb.possession)
derivation | : | compensation, recompense, |
definition | : | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury (noun.act) |
derivation | : | remuneration, |
definition | : | the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses (noun.act) |
derivation | : | payer, remunerator, |
definition | : | a person who pays money for something (noun.person) |
derivation | : | recompense, |
definition | : | payment or reward (as for service rendered) (noun.possession) |
derivation | : | compensation, |
definition | : | something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) (noun.possession) |
8. make amends for; pay compensation for (verb.possession)
derivation | : | amends, reparation, |
definition | : | something done or paid in expiation of a wrong (noun.act) |
derivation | : | compensation, recompense, |
definition | : | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury (noun.act) |
derivation | : | indemnification, |
definition | : | an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance (noun.act) |
derivation | : | compensation, |
definition | : | something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) (noun.possession) |
derivation | : | reparation, |
definition | : | compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury (noun.possession) |
9. do or give something to somebody in return (verb.possession)
derivation | : | compensation, recompense, |
definition | : | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury (noun.act) |
derivation | : | payee, |
definition | : | a person to whom money is paid (noun.person) |
derivation | : | payer, remunerator, |
definition | : | a person who pays money for something (noun.person) |
derivation | : | compensation, |
definition | : | something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) (noun.possession) |
10. make reparations or amends for (verb.social)
antonym | : | wrong, |
definition | : | treat unjustly; do wrong to (verb.social) |
derivation | : | compensation, recompense, |
definition | : | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury (noun.act) |
derivation | : | right, |
definition | : | an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | compensation, |
definition | : | something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) (noun.possession) |
derivation | : | right, |
definition | : | (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing (noun.possession) |
11. adjust for (verb.stative)
derivation | : | compensation, recompense, |
definition | : | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury (noun.act) |
derivation | : | corrective, |
definition | : | tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition (adj.all) |
12. make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities (verb.stative)
derivation | : | compensation, |
definition | : | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors (noun.process) |
derivation | : | overcompensation, |
definition | : | (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite (noun.process) |
13. make payment to; compensate (verb.possession)
derivation | : | compensation, recompense, |
definition | : | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury (noun.act) |
derivation | : | remuneration, |
definition | : | the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses (noun.act) |
derivation | : | payer, remunerator, |
definition | : | a person who pays money for something (noun.person) |
derivation | : | recompense, |
definition | : | payment or reward (as for service rendered) (noun.possession) |
derivation | : | compensation, |
definition | : | something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) (noun.possession) |
14. make amends for; pay compensation for (verb.possession)
derivation | : | amends, reparation, |
definition | : | something done or paid in expiation of a wrong (noun.act) |
derivation | : | compensation, recompense, |
definition | : | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury (noun.act) |
derivation | : | indemnification, |
definition | : | an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance (noun.act) |
derivation | : | compensation, |
definition | : | something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) (noun.possession) |
derivation | : | reparation, |
definition | : | compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury (noun.possession) |
15. do or give something to somebody in return (verb.possession)
derivation | : | compensation, recompense, |
definition | : | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury (noun.act) |
derivation | : | payee, |
definition | : | a person to whom money is paid (noun.person) |
derivation | : | payer, remunerator, |
definition | : | a person who pays money for something (noun.person) |
derivation | : | compensation, |
definition | : | something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) (noun.possession) |
16. make reparations or amends for (verb.social)
antonym | : | wrong, |
definition | : | treat unjustly; do wrong to (verb.social) |
derivation | : | compensation, recompense, |
definition | : | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury (noun.act) |
derivation | : | right, |
definition | : | an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | compensation, |
definition | : | something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) (noun.possession) |
derivation | : | right, |
definition | : | (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing (noun.possession) |
17. adjust for (verb.stative)
derivation | : | compensation, recompense, |
definition | : | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury (noun.act) |
derivation | : | corrective, |
definition | : | tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition (adj.all) |
18. make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities (verb.stative)
derivation | : | compensation, |
definition | : | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors (noun.process) |
derivation | : | overcompensation, |
definition | : | (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite (noun.process) |
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