| Main Entry: | sugarcoat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sweeten |
Synonyms: |
add sugar, add sweetening, alleviate, candy-coat, make more appealing, make sweet, mollify, pacify, soften up, soothe |
| Main Entry: | gloss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceal truth |
Synonyms: |
belie, camouflage, cover up, deacon, disguise, doctor, explain, extenuate, falsify, hide, justify, mask, misrepresent, palliate, rationalize, smooth over, soft-pedal, sugarcoat, varnish, veil, veneer, white, whiten, whitewash |
Antonyms: |
clear up, explain, reveal |
| Main Entry: | palliate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gloss over; cover up |
Synonyms: |
abate, allay, alleviate, apologize for, assuage, camouflage, cloak, conceal, condone, cover, diminish, disguise, dissemble, ease, exculpate, excuse, extenuate, gloze, hide, hush up, justify, lessen, lighten, make light of, mask, minimize, mitigate, moderate, mollify, prettify, put on a Band-Aid, qualify, quick fix, relieve, screen, soften, soothe, sugarcoat, temper, varnish, veil, veneer, vindicate, white, whiten, whitewash |
Antonyms: |
accuse, blame, condemn |
| 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: | sweeten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add sugar |
Synonyms: |
add sweetening, candy, candy-coat, honey, make sweet, make toothsome, mull, sugar, sugar-coat |
Antonyms: |
salt, sour |
| Main Entry: | veneer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover, overlay |
Synonyms: |
blanch, coat, extenuate, face, finish, gloss, palliate, plate, shellac, sugarcoat, surface, varnish, whiten, whitewash |
Antonyms: |
strip, uncover |
| Main Entry: | whitewash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover up the truth |
Synonyms: |
blanch, camouflage, conceal, exonerate, extenuate, gloss over, launder, liberate, make light of, paint, palliate, sugarcoat, suppress, varnish, veneer, vindicate, white, whiten |
Antonyms: |
expose, reveal, tell truth |
| 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.
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Antonyms: |
punishment |
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