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rewards - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | reward |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment, prize |
| Synonyms: | accolade, award, benefit, bonus, bounty, comeuppance, compensation, crown*, cue, dividend, fringe benefit, gain, garland, gravy*, grease*, honor, just deserts*, merit, plum*, premium, profit, punishment, recompense, remuneration, repayment, requital, retribution, return, salve, tip, wages, carrot*, feather in cap, goodies, guerdon, meed, perks, strokes, sweetener |
| 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: | penalty, punishment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | acquisition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something obtained, received |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, allowance, award, benefit, bonus, commission, dividend, donation, earnings, fortune, gain, gift, grant, income, increment, inheritance, net, premium, prize, proceeds, profit, remuneration, return, reward, riches, salary, security, wages, wealth, annuity, winnings |
| Main Entry: | aid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help, support |
| Synonyms: | advancement, advice, advocacy, allowance, assist, assistance, attention, backing, backup, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, bounty, care, charity, comfort, compensation, cooperation, deliverance, encouragement, endowment, favor, furtherance, gift, giving, guidance, hand, handout, lift, ministry, patronage, promotion, reinforcement, relief, rescue, reward, salvation, service, subsidy, sustenance, treatment, alleviation, leg up, ministration, shot in the arm |
| Antonyms: | hindrance, impediment, injury, obstruction, blockage |
| 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, gift, grant, hand out, present, render, reward, shell out*, fork out*, sweeten the kitty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bonus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unexpected extra |
| Synonyms: | benefit, bounty, commission, dividend, fringe benefit, frosting*, gift, goody*, gratuity, gravy*, honorarium, ice*, perk*, plus*, premium, prize, reward, tip, additional compensation, golden parachute, hand-out, special compensation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bounty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bonus; compensation |
| Synonyms: | donation, gift, grant, gratuity, largess, pay, premium, present, prize, recompense, reward |
| Main Entry: | bribe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payoff to influence illegal or wrong activity |
| Synonyms: | bait, blackmail, compensation, contract, enticement, envelope*, fringe benefit, gift, goody*, graft, gratuity, gravy*, grease*, hush money*, ice*, incentive, inducement, kickback, lagniappe, lure, payola*, perk*, perquisite, present, price, protection*, remuneration, reward, sop*, take, allurement, buyoff, corrupt money, corrupting gift, feedbag, influence peddling, sweetener, sweetening |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request silence, action, or inaction for money |
| Synonyms: | approach, buy, buy off, coax, corrupt, entice, fix*, get at, influence, instigate, lubricate, lure, pervert, reward, seduce, soap*, square, suborn, sugar, tamper, tempt, tip, buy back, do business, get to, grease palm, make a deal, oil palm, pay off, sweeten the pot, take care of |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | citation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | award |
| Synonyms: | bidding, charge, commendation, encomium, mention, panegyric, reward, salutation, summons, tribute |
| Antonyms: | demerit |
| 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: | 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: | consideration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
| Synonyms: | commission, fee*, payback, percentage, perk, perquisite, recompense, remuneration, reward, salary, tip, wage, baksheesh, commish, something to sweeten pot |
| Antonyms: | debt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute |
| Synonyms: | administer, allot, apportion, assign, bestow, deliver, disburse, dish out*, dispense, disperse, disseminate, divide, dole out*, drop, give, hand out, impart, inflict, measure, partake, participate, partition, render, reward, share, strike, come across with, divvy, fork out*, fork over, mete out |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deserts |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | what is due one |
| Synonyms: | comeuppance, compensation, deserving, discipline, due, merit, payment, penalty, punishment, recompense, requital, retribution, return, revenge, reward, right, chastening, chastisement, disciplining, get hers, get his, guerdon, lumps, meed, talion, what is coming to one, what one is asking for |
| Main Entry: | dividend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's share, profit |
| Synonyms: | allotment, allowance, appropriation, bonus, check, coupon, cut*, dispensation, extra, gain, gravy*, interest, lagniappe*, pay, portion, premium, prize, proceeds, reward, surplus, taste*, carrot*, divvy, guerdon, meed, remittance, returns |
| Antonyms: | loss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, proceeds, profit, receipts, remuneration, return, revenue, reward, salary, salt*, stipend, wages, piece of the pie, take-home, takings |
| Antonyms: | debt, bills, losses, payout |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | encouragement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help, support |
| Synonyms: | advance, advocacy, aid, animation, assistance, backing, boost, cheer, comfort, confidence, consolation, easement, faith, favor, firmness, fortitude, helpfulness, hope, incentive, incitement, inspiration, optimism, promotion, refreshment, relief, reward, softening, stimulation, stimulus, succor, supporting, trust, urging, consoling, enlivening, inspiritment, invigoration, reassurance, reassuring, relieving, shot in the arm, solacing |
| Antonyms: | denunciation, derision, deterrent, discouragement |
| Main Entry: | fee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charge for service or privilege |
| Synonyms: | account, ante*, bill, bite*, chunk*, commission, compensation, consideration, cost, cut*, emolument, end*, expense, gravy*, handle, hire, honorarium, house*, juice*, pay, payment, percentage, piece*, price, recompense, remuneration, reward, salary, share, slice*, stipend, take*, toll, wage, piece of the action, rake-off, take-in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fringe benefit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bonus |
| Synonyms: | extra, gravy, lagniappe, perk, perquisite, plus, privilege, reward, additional benefit, allowances, benefits, compensation package, employee benefit, perks, perquisites, solatium |
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