Related Searches
on Ask.com
compensating - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | compensating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | refunding |
| Synonyms: | balanced, adjusting, atoning, balancing, compensatory, reimbursing, repaying, settling |
| Main Entry: | compensate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make restitution |
| Synonyms: | atone, come down with*, commit, indemnify, pay, recompense, recoup, refund, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite, reward, satisfy, shell out*, guerdon, make good, pay up, plank out, pony up, take care of, tickle the palm |
| Antonyms: | deprive, fine, forfeit, lose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compensate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offset, make up for |
| Synonyms: | abrogate, annul, balance, better, counteract, counterbalance, counterpoise, fix, improve, invalidate, negate, negative, neutralize, nullify, outweigh, redress, repair, atone for, cancel out, countervail, make amends, set off |
| Antonyms: | damage, deprive, penalize |
| Main Entry: | redeeming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | offsetting |
| Synonyms: | compensating, extenuating, saving, compensatory, extenuatory, qualifying, redemptive |
| Main Entry: | saving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | redeeming |
| Synonyms: | compensating, retaining, preserving, reparatory, rescuing |
| Main Entry: | attune |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, accord, accustom, adapt, balance, compensate, conform, coordinate, counterbalance, familiarize, harmonize, integrate, proportion, reconcile, regulate, tune, acclimatize, make agree |
| Main Entry: | balance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make equal; cause to have equilibrium |
| Synonyms: | accord, adjust, attune, cancel, collate, come out, compensate, correspond, counteract, counterbalance, equalize, equate, even, harmonize, level, match, neutralize, nullify, offset, oppose, parallel, poise, readjust, redeem, set, square, stabilize, steady, tie, weigh, come out even, make up for, pair off |
| Antonyms: | disproportion, unbalance, overbalance |
| Main Entry: | counterbalance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offset an action |
| Synonyms: | amend, balance, cancel, compensate, correct, counteract, counterpoise, equalize, outweigh, rectify, redeem, atone for, countervail, make up for, set off |
| Main Entry: | expiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make amends for |
| Synonyms: | absolve, amend, appease, atone, atone for, compensate, correct, do penance, excuse, forgive, pay one's dues, rectify, redeem, redress, remedy, square things |
| Main Entry: | nullify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cancel, revoke |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, ax, compensate, confine, counteract, counterbalance, invalidate, kill*, limit, negate, neutralize, offset, quash*, renege, repeal, rescind, restrict, scratch*, scrub*, squash*, stamp out*, trash*, undo, veto, vitiate, void, wipe out*, zap*, blue pencil, bring to naught, call all bets off, countervail, disannul, forget it, nig, render null and void, renig, take out*, torpedo*, wash out* |
| Antonyms: | affirm, pass, sanctify, validate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outweigh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | override, dominate |
| Synonyms: | balance, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, eclipse, exceed, excel, offset, outrun, overcome, overshadow, predominate, prevail, surpass, atone for, cancel out, countervail, make up for, outbalance, outrival, preponderate, set off, take precedence, tip the scales |
| Main Entry: | patch up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | settle differences |
| Synonyms: | adjust, appease, bury the hatchet*, compensate, conciliate, mediate, negotiate, placate, restore, settle*, smooth, make friends |
| Antonyms: | argue, bicker, disagree, fight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give money for goods, services |
| Synonyms: | adjust, bequeath, bestow, chip in*, clear, come through, compensate, confer, defray, disburse, discharge, extend, foot*, foot the bill*, grant, hand over*, handle, honor, kick in*, liquidate, meet, offer, present, proffer, put up*, recompense, recoup, refund, reimburse, remit, remunerate, render, repay, requite, reward, satisfy, settle, stake, bear the cost, bear the expense, cough up, dig up, make payment, plunk down, prepay, take care of |
| Antonyms: | earn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make amends |
| Synonyms: | answer, atone, compensate, suffer, be punished, get just desserts, suffer consequences |
| Main Entry: | recompense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay back, make restitution |
| Synonyms: | atone, balance, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, equalize, expiate, fix, grease*, indemnify, offset, pay, propitiate, put out*, reciprocate, recoup, recover, redress, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite, retaliate, retrieve, return, reward, satisfy, square*, ante up, atone for, comp, cough up, countervail, do business, give satisfaction, make amends, make good, make up for, overcompensate, pay for, spring for, sweeten the pot, swing for, take care of |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recoup |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recover, make up for |
| Synonyms: | compensate, get back, redeem, refund, regain, reimburse, remunerate, repay, repossess, requite, retrieve, satisfy, get out from under, get well, make good, make redress for, make well, win back |
| Antonyms: | lose, worsen, downslide |
| Main Entry: | recover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find again |
| Synonyms: | balance, compensate, get back, offset, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recruit, redeem, regain, repair, repossess, rescue, restore, resume, retrieve, salvage, take back, bring back, catch up, make good, obtain again, reacquire, rediscover, reoccupy, replevin, replevy, retake, win back |
| Antonyms: | lose, mislay, miss |
| Main Entry: | redeem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | atone for; compensate |
| Synonyms: | abide by, absolve, acquit, balance, carry out, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, defray, discharge, fulfill, keep, meet, offset, outweigh, perform, redress, rehabilitate, reinstate, restore, satisfy, save, adhere to, countervail, hold to, keep the faith, make amends, make good, make up for, set off |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore |
| Main Entry: | redress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change, rectify |
| Synonyms: | adjust, amend, annul, balance, cancel, compensate, correct, counteract, countercheck, dial back, ease, even out, frustrate, make amends, make reparation, make restitution, make up for, mend, negate, negative, neutralize, pay for, pay one's dues, put right, recalibrate, recompense, reform, regulate, relieve, remedy, repair, restore, revise, square, turn around, turn over new leaf, turn things around, vindicate |
| Antonyms: | worsen |
| Main Entry: | refund |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | return money; rebate |
| Synonyms: | adjust, balance, compensate, indemnify, recompense, recoup, redeem, redress, reimburse, relinquish, remit, remunerate, repay, restore, reward, settle, give back, honor a claim, make amends, make good, make repayment, make up for, pay back |
| Notes: | a rebate is a partial repayment, whereas a refund is a repayment of the total purchase price |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
