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repay - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | repay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give back money or possession |
| Synonyms: | accord, award, balance, compensate, indemnify, make restitution, offset, rebate, recompense, refund, reimburse, remunerate, requite, restore, return, reward, square*, make amends, make up for, pay back, pay dues, settle up |
| Antonyms: | deprive, extort, penalize, seize, steal, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | repay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get even; obtain restitution for past injustice |
| Synonyms: | avenge, get back at, reciprocate, requite, retaliate, return, revenge, even the score, get revenge, make reprisal, pay back, return the compliment, settle the score, square accounts |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
| Main Entry: | avenge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retaliate |
| Synonyms: | chasten, chastise, get back at, get even, payback, punish, redress, repay, requite, revenge, vindicate, come back at, even the score, retribute, stick it to, take satisfaction, take vengeance, venge |
| Main Entry: | reciprocate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exchange, alternate; equal |
| Synonyms: | barter, be equivalent, correspond, feel in return, interchange, make up for, match, pay one's dues, recompense, render, repay, reply, requite, respond, retaliate, retort, return, return the compliment, scratch one's back, serve out, share, square, swap, swing, tit for tat*, trade, vacillate |
| Antonyms: | deny, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | reimburse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay back something owed |
| Synonyms: | balance, compensate, indemnify, offset, pay, recompense, recover, refund, remunerate, repay, requite, restore, return, square, make reparations, make up for, square up |
| Antonyms: | take |
| Main Entry: | remunerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compensate, reward |
| Synonyms: | accord, award, dish out*, grant, indemnify, pay, post, recompense, redress, reimburse, repay, requite, shell out*, vouchsafe, ante up, do business, guerdon, pay off, pay up, spring for |
| Antonyms: | charge, seize, take, withhold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | replace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take the place of; put in place of |
| Synonyms: | alter, back up, change, compensate, displace, fill in, follow, mend, oust, patch, recoup, recover, redeem, redress, reestablish, refund, regain, reimburse, reinstate, repay, restore, retrieve, ring, shift, sub*, substitute, succeed, supersede, supplant, supply, front for, give back, outplace, pinch hit for, put back, reconstitute, restitute, ring in, sit in, stand in, stand in lieu of, step into shoes of, swap places, take out, take over, take over from |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | requite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compensate, give in return |
| Synonyms: | indemnify, make, pay, quit, reciprocate, recompense, redeem, redress, reimburse, remunerate, repay, respond, restitution, retaliate, return, revenge, reward, satisfy, settle, make amends, make good, pay off |
| Antonyms: | dissatisfy, refuse |
| Main Entry: | retaliate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get even with someone |
| Synonyms: | get, get back at, pay, reciprocate, recompense, repay, requite, retrospect, return, revenge, revive, settle, even the score, exact retribution, give and take, make reprisal, pay back, return the compliment, square accounts, strike back, take an eye for an eye, take revenge, turn the tables on, turn upon, wreak vengeance |
| Antonyms: | forgive, pardon, sympathize |
| Main Entry: | retort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | answer |
| Synonyms: | counter, crack*, rebut, rejoin, repay, reply, requite, respond, retaliate, return, riposte, sass*, squelch*, top*, answer back, come back at, shoot back, snap back, talk back |
| Antonyms: | question, request |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | revenge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retaliate for wrong, grievance |
| Synonyms: | avenge, be out for blood, defend, even the score, fight back, fix, fix one's wagon, get, get back at, get even, give comeuppance, give just desserts, hit back, justify, kick back, make reprisal, match, pay back, pay back in spades, pay off, punish, reciprocate, redress, repay, requite, retort, return, return the compliment, score, settle up, settle with, square, stick it to, take an eye for an eye, turn the tables on, venge, vindicate |
| Antonyms: | forgive, pardon, sympathize |
| Main Entry: | reward |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay; give prize |
| Synonyms: | compensate, honor, recompense, remunerate, repay, requite, stroke*, sugarcoat*, tip, take care of |
| Antonyms: | penalize, punish, take away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | make restitution |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make amends |
| Synonyms: | atone, compensate, recompense, refund, reimburse, repay, square, make good indemnify, pay back, pay damages |
| 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: | liquidate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay; change into cash |
| Synonyms: | cash, clear, convert, discharge, exchange, honor, quit, realize, reimburse, repay, satisfy, settle, square, cash in, cash out, pay off, sell off, sell up |
| Antonyms: | invest, keep |
| 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: | redeem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recover possession |
| Synonyms: | buy off, cash, change, cover, defray, discharge, exchange, get back, purchase, ransom, recapture, reclaim, recoup, regain, reinstate, repay, repossess, restore, retrieve, settle, take in, buy back, call in, cash in, make good, pay off, replevin, replevy, repurchase, trade in, win back |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, lose |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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