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Main Entry: reward
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pay; give prize

Synonyms:

compensate, honor, recompense, remunerate, repay, requite, stroke*, sugarcoat, take care of, tip
Notes: an award is something awarded or granted, as for merit; a reward is something given or received in recompense for worthy behavior or in retribution for evil acts

Antonyms:

penalize, punish, take away
Main Entry: rewarding
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: beneficial, pleasing

Synonyms:

advantageous, edifying, fruitful, fulfilling, gainful, gratifying, productive, profitable, remunerative, satisfying, valuable, worthwhile

Antonyms:

troubling, upsetting
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Reward.
Category: 5. Institutions

Synonyms:

-nouns
reward, recompense, remuneration, meed, guerdon, reguerdon; price; indemnity, indemnification; compensation, reparation, redress; quittance; retribution, reckoning, acknowledgement, requital, amends, sop; atonement; consideration, return, quid pro quo; salvage, perquisite; vail (donation); douceur, bribe; hush money, smart money; blackmail; carcelage; solatium., allowance, salary, stipend, wages; pay, payment; emolument; tribute; batta, shot, scot; premium; fee, honorarium; hire; dasturi, dustoori; mileage., crown (decoration of honor).
-verbs
reward, recompense, repay, requite; remunerate, munerate; compensate; fee; pay one's footing (pay) [more]; make amends, indemnify, atone; satisfy, acknowledge., get for one's pains, reap the fruits of.
-adjectives
remunerative, remuneratory; munerary, compensatory, retributive, reparatory.
-phrases
fideli certa merces; honor virtutis praemium [Cicero]; tibi seris tibi metis.

Antonyms:

punishment
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Main Entry: award
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give prize or reward

Synonyms:

accord, adjudge, allocate, allot, apportion, assign, bestow, concede, confer, decree, dish out, distribute, donate, endow, fork out, gift, grant, hand out, present, render, reward, shell out, sweeten the kitty
Notes: an award is something awarded or granted, as for merit; a reward is something given or received in recompense for worthy behavior or in retribution for evil acts
Main Entry: bribe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: request silence, action, or inaction for money

Synonyms:

approach, buy, buy back, buy off, coax, corrupt, do business, entice, fix*, get at, get to, grease palm, influence, instigate, lubricate, lure, make a deal, oil palm, pay off, pervert, reward, seduce, soap, square, suborn, sugar, sweeten the pot, take care of, tamper, tempt, tip
Main Entry: compensate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make restitution

Synonyms:

atone, come down with, commit, guerdon, indemnify, make good, pay, pay up, plank out, pony up, recompense, recoup, refund, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite, reward, satisfy, shell out, take care of, tickle the palm

Antonyms:

deprive, fine, forfeit, lose
Main Entry: deal
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: distribute

Synonyms:

administer, allot, apportion, assign, bestow, come across with, deliver, disburse, dish out, dispense, disperse, disseminate, divide, divvy, dole out, drop, fork out, fork over, give, hand out, impart, inflict, measure, mete out, partake, participate, partition, render, reward, share, strike

Antonyms:

hold, keep
Main Entry: fruitful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: productive

Synonyms:

abounding, abundant, advantageous, beneficial, blooming, blossoming, breeding, childing, conducive, copious, effective, fecund, fertile, flourishing, flush, fructiferous, gainful, plenteous, plentiful, profitable, profuse, proliferant, prolific, propagating, reproducing, rewarding, rich, spawning, successful, useful, well-spent, worthwhile

Antonyms:

barren, impotent, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive
Main Entry: gainful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very productive, profitable

Synonyms:

advantageous, beneficial, fat, fruitful, generous, going, going concern, good, in the black, lucrative, lush, moneymaking, paid off, paying, remunerative, rewarding, rich, satisfying, substantial, sweet*, useful, well-paying, worthwhile

Antonyms:

disadvantageous, unproductive, unprofitable, useless
Main Entry: marvelous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: superb, great

Synonyms:

agreeable, astonishing, bad*, boss*, colossal, cool*, divine, dreamy*, enjoyable, excellent, fab, fabulous, fantastic, glorious, greatest, groovy*, hot*, keen, magnificent, neat*, out of this world, outrageous, peachy, pleasant, pleasurable, prime*, rewarding, satisfying, sensational, smashing, solid gold, solid*, spectacular, splendid, stupendous, super, supreme, swell, terrific, wonderful

Antonyms:

inconsiderable, insignificant, paltry, worthless
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