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sugarcoat

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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 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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