Definition for Compensation:

• something ( such as money) given or received as payment or reparation ( as for a service or loss or injury)

Synonyms for Compensation:

• adv

  •equally (adverb)
  • measure for measure.

• n.

  •
  • payback,
  • emolument.
  •
  • minimum wage,
  • indemnification,
  • setoff,
  • indemnity,
  • quittance.
  •atonement (noun)
  • reparation,
  • retribution,
  • satisfaction,
  • redemption,
  • penance,
  • expiation,
  • Recompensation.
  •bribe (noun)
  • sweetener.
  •compensation (noun)
  • offset,
  • counteraction,
  • recompense,
  • correction.
  •compromise (noun)
  • reconciliation,
  • settlement,
  • allowance,
  • middle course,
  • mediation,
  • accommodation,
  • appeasement,
  • halfway point,
  • compromise,
  • adjustment,
  • concession.
  •counterweight (noun)
  • counterpoise.
  •indemnity (noun)
  • indemnity.
  •pay (noun)
  • Recompensation,
  • take-home,
  • takings.
  •paying back (noun)
  • repayment.
  •payment (noun)
  • payroll,
  • reckoning,
  • discharge,
  • salary,
  • installment,
  • bankroll,
  • emolument,
  • repayment,
  • expenditure,
  • disbursement,
  • fee.
  •receipt (noun)
  • net,
  • income,
  • credit,
  • profit,
  • revenue,
  • dividend,
  • earnings,
  • gate,
  • return,
  • endowment,
  • receipt,
  • gross.
  •recompense (noun)
  • Recoupment,
  • propitiation,
  • Solatium,
  • overcompensation.
  •remuneration (noun)
  • meed,
  • quittance,
  • damages,
  • remittal,
  • commission,
  • defrayal,
  • indemnification,
  • reciprocity,
  • counterclaim,
  • indemnity,
  • remittance,
  • benefit,
  • counterbalance,
  • gain,
  • kickback,
  • Recoupment,
  • premium,
  • advantage,
  • deserts,
  • coverage.
  •repayment; rectification (noun)
  • remuneration,
  • damages,
  • counterclaim,
  • gain,
  • shake,
  • pay,
  • reckoning,
  • coverage,
  • payment,
  • reprisal,
  • redress,
  • defrayal,
  • reciprocity,
  • benefit,
  • amends,
  • meet,
  • reparation,
  • salary,
  • earnings,
  • fee,
  • consideration,
  • honorarium,
  • advantage,
  • allowance,
  • bonus,
  • scale,
  • Recoupment,
  • stipend,
  • deserts,
  • wage,
  • atonement,
  • satisfaction,
  • indemnity,
  • bread,
  • restitution,
  • remittance,
  • indemnification,
  • payoff,
  • remittal,
  • quittance,
  • reimbursement,
  • salt,
  • recompense,
  • settlement,
  • take-home,
  • premium,
  • take,
  • requital,
  • reward,
  • profit.
  •response (noun)
  • reaction.
  •restitution (noun)
  • remedy,
  • remuneration,
  • offsetting,
  • Squaring,
  • reimbursement,
  • amends,
  • rectification,
  • restitution,
  • redress,
  • atonement,
  • refund.
  •retaliation (noun)
  • reciprocation.
  •reward (noun)
  • sweetener,
  • stipend,
  • reward,
  • gratuity,
  • payment,
  • enticement,
  • stimulation,
  • plum,
  • tip,
  • treat,
  • bonus,
  • award,
  • allotment,
  • wage,
  • wages,
  • bounty,
  • lure,
  • carrot,
  • grant,
  • tribute,
  • temptation,
  • consideration,
  • prize,
  • inducement,
  • honorarium,
  • gift,
  • sweepstakes,
  • incentive.
  •substitution (noun)
  • commutation.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • indemnity,
  • deserts,
  • quittance,
  • indemnification,
  • damages,
  • setoff.
  •
  • recovery.
  •help
  • assistance.
  •Other relevant words:
  • retrieve,
  • rebate,
  • conciliation,
  • defense mechanism,
  • neutralization,
  • shot,
  • making up,
  • antiphlogistic,
  • rate,
  • guerdon,
  • damage control,
  • indemnification,
  • recover,
  • shake,
  • take-home pay,
  • wages after taxes,
  • opposing,
  • opposition,
  • expiation,
  • peace offering,
  • delight,
  • payola,
  • rehabilitation,
  • justice,
  • mending,
  • making good,
  • scholarship,
  • displacement,
  • vice versa,
  • Retribute,
  • negative,
  • piaculum,
  • sublimation,
  • punishment,
  • replacement,
  • pay,
  • counterbalance,
  • living wage,
  • disgorge,
  • right,
  • remedial,
  • largesse,
  • bribe,
  • bear,
  • price,
  • friction,
  • wage scale,
  • requite,
  • premium,
  • reprisal,
  • gross income,
  • deliver,
  • vindication,
  • backsheesh,
  • compensating for,
  • overhaul,
  • making amends,
  • on the contrary,
  • advantage,
  • assist,
  • favour,
  • run,
  • troubleshooting,
  • per contra,
  • desert,
  • isolation,
  • due,
  • scale,
  • paying back,
  • atone,
  • reconstruction,
  • counterblast,
  • sliding scale,
  • withdrawal,
  • benefit,
  • autism,
  • mileage,
  • quits,
  • cash,
  • just deserts,
  • hand out,
  • alms,
  • antagonistic,
  • anti,
  • hindrance,
  • bread,
  • resistance,
  • reimburse,
  • thanks,
  • Compensating,
  • parcel,
  • percentage,
  • appreciation,
  • enjoyment,
  • make good,
  • penalization,
  • make repayment,
  • composition,
  • purchasing power,
  • baksheesh,
  • ransom,
  • wage freeze,
  • propitiation,
  • payoff,
  • counteractive,
  • clashing,
  • counterpoise,
  • bills,
  • contradictory,
  • repair,
  • remittal,
  • contrariwise,
  • expiatory offering,
  • negativism,
  • wergild,
  • escape mechanism,
  • repay,
  • takings,
  • rationalization,
  • quota,
  • Repairing,
  • fulfilment,
  • retroactive,
  • recompense,
  • contrariety,
  • recrimination,
  • gratefulness,
  • hire,
  • Reddition,
  • substitution,
  • antagonism,
  • make up for,
  • restore,
  • rendition,
  • gratification,
  • salvage,
  • reclamation,
  • real wages,
  • inhibition,
  • coverage,
  • extra,
  • scot,
  • currency,
  • tender,
  • Retroaction,
  • Batta,
  • dissociation,
  • pourboire,
  • salt,
  • dole,
  • pleasure,
  • obtain,
  • smart money,
  • recuperation,
  • subvention,
  • commission,
  • net income,
  • perquisite,
  • vis inertiae,
  • polarity,
  • fixing,
  • setoff,
  • wishful thinking,
  • comfort,
  • regain,
  • repulsion,
  • outgrowth,
  • curative,
  • what is merited,
  • reciprocity,
  • gratitude,
  • flight,
  • Solatium,
  • adversative,
  • Recoupment,
  • check,
  • Neutralizer,
  • Requitement,
  • minimum wage,
  • assistance,
  • remittance,
  • alienation,
  • plugola,
  • Renitency,
  • portion,
  • give and take,
  • Overhauling,
  • donation,
  • contrarily,
  • meed,
  • aid,
  • acknowledgment,
  • dismissal wage,
  • reclaim,
  • fill up,
  • pay off,
  • result,
  • restoration,
  • dissentient,
  • specie,
  • severance pay,
  • thankfulness,
  • recovery,
  • taxable income,
  • Antipathic,
  • what is due,
  • quittance,
  • decision,
  • indemnity,
  • remunerate,
  • thanksgiving,
  • perk,
  • recalcitrant,
  • GUARANTEED ANNUAL WAGE,
  • giving,
  • countervailing,
  • middle term,
  • Reinvestment,
  • take,
  • make up,
  • damages,
  • support,
  • balancing,
  • outcome,
  • take-home,
  • back pay,
  • fantasizing,
  • escapism,
  • gain,
  • collision,
  • reaction,
  • comeuppance,
  • lot,
  • commutation,
  • money,
  • retaliation,
  • vengeance,
  • royalty,
  • consequence,
  • share,
  • reciprocation,
  • payback,
  • accusation,
  • product,
  • apply,
  • base pay,
  • deserts,
  • indemnify,
  • requital,
  • recall,
  • revenge,
  • wish-fulfillment fantasy,
  • counterclaim,
  • overcompensation,
  • reciprocate,
  • projection,
  • employ,
  • meet,
  • kickback,
  • decompensation,
  • compensatory,
  • making right,
  • subsidy,
  • sop,
  • compensate,
  • recoil,
  • Contra,
  • measure for measure,
  • equalizer,
  • redeem,
  • interference,
  • quid pro quo,
  • wish fulfillment,
  • fruit,
  • escape,
  • fantasy,
  • escalator clause,
  • defrayal,
  • notes,
  • emolument.

Antonyms for Compensation:

• n.

  • repayment; rectification
    hurt, loss, debt, damage, fine, deprivation, forfeiture, penalty.
  • Other antonyms:
    underpayment, nonpayment.

Hypernym for Compensation:

• n.

  • possession
    blood money, offset, reimbursement, overcompensation, indemnity, amends, indemnification, restitution, counterbalance, emolument, reparation, workmen's compensation, redress, damages.
  • process
    overcompensation.

Hyponym for Compensation:

• n.

  • possession
    recompense.
  • process
    defense, Defence Mechanism, defense mechanism, Defence Reaction, defence, defense reaction.