| Main Entry: | payoff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion, climax |
Synonyms: |
adjustment, clincher, consequence, culmination, day of reckoning, final reckoning, finale, judgment, moment of truth, outcome, pay, payment, punch line, result, retribution, reward, settlement, upshot |
Antonyms: |
introduction, start |
| Main Entry: | aftermath |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation following an event, occurrence |
Synonyms: |
after-effects, causatum, chain reaction, consequences, end, eventuality, flak, impact, issue, outcome, payoff, remainder, residual, residuum, results, upshot, waves |
| Main Entry: | blackmail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intimidation for money; money to quiet informer |
Synonyms: |
bribe, bribery, exaction, extortion, hush money, milking, payoff, protection, ransom, slush fund, tribute |
| Main Entry: | climax |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peak, culmination |
Synonyms: |
acme, apex, apogee, ascendancy, capsheaf, capstone, climacteric, crest, crowning point, extremity, head, height, high spot, highlight, intensification, limit, maximum, meridian, ne plus ultra, orgasm, payoff, pinnacle, pitch, summit, tiptop, top, turning point, utmost, zenith |
Antonyms: |
anticlimax, cliffhanger |
| Main Entry: | compensation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repayment; rectification |
Synonyms: |
advantage, allowance, amends, atonement, benefit, bonus, bread, consideration, counterclaim, coverage, damages, defrayal, deserts, earnings, fee*, gain, honorarium, indemnification, indemnity, meet, pay, payment, payoff, premium, profit, quittance, reciprocity, reckoning, recompense, recoupment, redress, reimbursement, remittal, remittance, remuneration, reparation, reprisal, requital, restitution, reward, salary, salt, satisfaction, scale, settlement, shake, stipend, take*, take-home, wage |
Antonyms: |
damage, deprivation, fine, forfeiture, loss, penalty |
| Main Entry: | conclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end |
Synonyms: |
cease, cessation, close, closure, completion, consequence, culmination, denouement, desistance, development, end of the line, ending, eventuality, finale, finish, issue, outcome, payoff, period, result, stop, termination, upshot, windup, wrap |
Antonyms: |
beginning, commencement, introduction, preface, prelude, start |
| Main Entry: | consummation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement, fulfillment |
Synonyms: |
cleanup, completion, culmination, doing it to a T, end, mop-up, payoff, perfection, realization, to a finish, wind-up, wrap, wrap-up |
Antonyms: |
failure, unfulfillment |
| Main Entry: | corruption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dishonesty |
Synonyms: |
breach of trust, bribery, bribing, crime, crookedness, demoralization, exploitation, extortion, fiddling, fraud, fraudulency, graft, jobbery, malfeasance, misrepresentation, nepotism, on the take, payoff, payola, profiteering, racket, shadiness, shady deal, shuffle, skimming, squeeze*, unscrupulousness, venality |
Antonyms: |
decency, honesty, honor, truthfulness, wholesomeness |
| Main Entry: | culmination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion; climactic stage |
Synonyms: |
acme, all the way, apex, apogee, blow off, capper, climax, completion, consummation, critical mass, crown, crowning touch, finale, finish, height, limit, maximum, meridian, ne plus ultra, noon, payoff, peak, perfection, pinnacle, punch line, summit, top, zenith |
Antonyms: |
beginning, commencement, opening, start |
| Main Entry: | earnings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money for work performed |
Synonyms: |
balance, bottom line, emolument, gain, gate, groceries, in the black, income, lucre, net, pay, payoff, piece of the pie, proceeds, profit, receipts, remuneration, return, revenue, reward, salary, salt, stipend, take-home, takings, wages |
Antonyms: |
bills, debt, losses, payout |