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damages - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | damage(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cost for problem |
| Synonyms: | amends, bill, charge, compensation, expense, fine, forfeit, indemnity, reimbursement, reparation, satisfaction, total |
| Antonyms: | award, compensation, profit, recompense, reward |
| Main Entry: | damage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause injury, loss |
| Synonyms: | abuse, batter, bleach, blight, break, burn, contaminate, corrode, corrupt, crack, cripple, deface, defile, dirty, discolor, disfigure, disintegrate, dismantle, fade, gnaw, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, infect, injure, lacerate, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mutilate, pollute, ravage, rot, ruin, rust, scorch, scratch, smash, split, spoil, stab, stain, tarnish, tear, undermine, vitiate, weaken, wound, wreck, wrong, bang up, scathe, tamper with, wear away, wreak havoc on |
| Antonyms: | benefit, bless, enhance, favor, fix, improve, mend, perfect, repair |
| Main Entry: | damage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injury, loss |
| Synonyms: | accident, adulteration, adversity, affliction, bane, blemish, blow, breakage, bruise, casualty, catastrophe, contamination, corruption, debasement, depreciation, deprivation, destruction, deterioration, detriment, devastation, disservice, disturbance, evil, hardship, harm, hurt, illness, infliction, knockout, mischief, mishap, outrage, pollution, ravage, reverse, ruin, stroke, suffering, waste, wound, wreckage, wrecking, wrong, cave-in, impairment, marring, mutilation, ruining, spoilage |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, blessing, boon, favor, improvement, profit |
| Main Entry: | compensation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repayment; rectification |
| Synonyms: | advantage, allowance, amends, atonement, benefit, bonus, bread*, consideration, coverage, deserts*, earnings, fee*, gain, honorarium, indemnity, meet, pay, payment, payoff, premium, profit, reciprocity, reckoning, recompense, redress, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, reprisal, requital, restitution, reward, salary, salt, satisfaction, scale, settlement, shake, stipend, take*, wage, counterclaim, damages, defrayal, indemnification, quittance, recoupment, remittal, remittance, take-home |
| Antonyms: | damage, deprivation, fine, forfeiture, loss, penalty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | penalty in money |
| Synonyms: | amends, assessment, forfeit, mulct, punishment, reparation, rip, amercement, damages |
| Antonyms: | amends, award, compensation, reimbursement, reward |
| Main Entry: | forfeit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given as sacrifice |
| Synonyms: | cost, fine, loss, mulct, penalty, damages, relinquishment |
| Antonyms: | gain, victory, win |
| Main Entry: | penalty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | punishment |
| Synonyms: | amends, cost, disadvantage, discipline, dues, fall, fine, forfeit, forfeiture, handicap, mortification, mulct, price, rap*, retribution, amercement, damages |
| Antonyms: | award, forgiveness, pardon, reward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recompense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something returned, paid back |
| Synonyms: | amends, atonement, compensation, cue, emolument, gravy*, indemnity, pay, payment, recovery, redemption, redress, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, return, reward, salvo, satisfaction, tip, wages, bus fare, damages, expiation, indemnification, overcompensation, propitiation, quittance, recoupment, retrieval, retrievement, solatium, sweetener |
| Antonyms: | take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reparation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compensation, amends |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, apology, atonement, dues, emolument, indemnity, payment, penance, recompense, redemption, redress, remuneration, renewal, repair, repayment, reprisal, requital, restitution, retribution, reward, satisfaction, settlement, damages, expiation, indemnification, making good, propitiation, quittance, squaring things |
| Antonyms: | extortion, penalty, theft |
| Main Entry: | expenses |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expense |
| Synonyms: | outlay, overhead, per diem, cost of living, costs, damages, reparations |
| Main Entry: | indemnity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reimbursement |
| Synonyms: | compensation, pay, payment, repayment, restitution, damages |
| Main Entry: | punitive damages |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compensation in excess of actual damage |
| Synonyms: | amercement, compensatory damages, damages, financial penalty |
| Main Entry: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical hurting, injuring |
| Synonyms: | crime, damage, defilement, harm, hurt, injury, malevolence, maltreatment, misdeed, offense, pollution, violation, wrongdoing, impairment, manhandling |
| Notes: | abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it |
| Antonyms: | aid, help, preservation, respect |
| Main Entry: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | physically hurt or injure |
| Synonyms: | beat up, corrupt, cut up*, damage, defile, deprave, desecrate, harm, hose*, impair, maltreat, mar, mess up*, mishandle, mistreat, misuse, molest, oppress, persecute, pollute*, rough up, roughhouse, ruin, shake up*, spoil, taint, total*, victimize, violate, wax*, bang up, bung up, ill-treat |
| Antonyms: | cherish, defend, help, preserve, protect, respect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | total |
| Synonyms: | addition, aggregate, all, bad news*, body, budget, cost, damage*, entirety, expense, extent, list, lot, net, outlay, output, price tag*, product, quantum, score, sum, tab*, whole, set-back, tidy sum |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account of charges; money owed |
| Synonyms: | IOU, bad news*, check, chit, damage*, debt, invoice, knock*, note, reckoning, score, statement, tab, itemized account, request for payment, statement of indebtedness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explode |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, blight, blow up, bomb, break up, burst, damage, dash, demolish, destroy, detonate, dynamite, injure, kill, ruin, shatter, shrivel, spoil, stunt, wither, wreck, torpedo |
| Main Entry: | blemish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flaw, disfigure |
| Synonyms: | blot, blotch, blur, damage, deface, distort, harm, hurt, impair, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mark, mutilate, pervert, prejudice, scar, smudge, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, twist, vitiate, wrench |
| Antonyms: | adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament |
| Main Entry: | blight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin, destroy |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, blast, crush, damage, dash, decay, disappoint, foul up*, frustrate, injure, mar, mess up*, nip in the bud*, nullify, shrivel, spoil, taint, trash*, wither, wreck, glitch up |
| Antonyms: | aid, bless, guard, help, prosper, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; make whole into pieces |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, batter, burst, bust, crack, crash, crush, damage, demolish, disintegrate, divide, eradicate, fracture, fragment, part, rend, separate, sever, shatter, shiver, smash, snap, splinter, split, tear, total, trash*, bust up, finish off, make hash of, make mincemeat of, pull to pieces, torpedo |
| Antonyms: | attach, fasten, fix, join, mend, put together, secure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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