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.
  •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.
  •pay (noun)
  • take-home,
  • takings.
  •paying back (noun)
  • repayment.
  •payment (noun)
  • installment,
  • payroll,
  • bankroll,
  • expenditure,
  • disbursement,
  • discharge,
  • salary,
  • reckoning,
  • fee.
  •receipt (noun)
  • net,
  • income,
  • credit,
  • profit,
  • revenue,
  • dividend,
  • earnings,
  • gate,
  • return,
  • endowment,
  • receipt,
  • gross.
  •recompense (noun)
  • Recoupment,
  • propitiation,
  • Solatium,
  • overcompensation.
  •remuneration (noun)
  • benefit,
  • gain,
  • premium,
  • kickback,
  • defrayal,
  • advantage,
  • coverage,
  • remittal,
  • commission,
  • counterclaim,
  • reciprocity,
  • remittance,
  • meed,
  • counterbalance.
  •repayment; rectification (noun)
  • consideration,
  • amends,
  • redress,
  • honorarium,
  • payoff,
  • salt,
  • shake,
  • bread,
  • remuneration,
  • atonement,
  • stipend,
  • restitution,
  • meet,
  • reimbursement,
  • payment,
  • wage,
  • bonus,
  • requital,
  • reward,
  • take,
  • scale,
  • reprisal.
  •response (noun)
  • reaction.
  •restitution (noun)
  • remedy,
  • refund,
  • Squaring,
  • offsetting.
  •retaliation (noun)
  • reciprocation.
  •reward (noun)
  • stimulation,
  • temptation,
  • grant,
  • treat,
  • bounty,
  • gratuity,
  • lure,
  • tip,
  • enticement,
  • plum,
  • tribute,
  • award,
  • carrot,
  • inducement,
  • prize,
  • wages,
  • sweepstakes,
  • allotment,
  • incentive,
  • gift.
  •substitution (noun)
  • commutation.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • indemnity,
  • deserts,
  • quittance,
  • indemnification,
  • damages,
  • setoff.
  •
  • recovery.
  •help
  • assistance.

Paraphrases for Compensation:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    recompense.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    indemnifications, Indemnities, offsets.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    compensable.
  • Proper noun, singular
    honorariums, Fees, Treaties, Languages, clearing, honoraria, compensable.
  • Noun, plural
    Incomes, Annuities, Incentives, Bonuses, Rewards, clearings, packages, glaciers, trade-offs, tradeoffs, Royalties, workers, Charges, performers, returns, Families, Fees, set-offs, earnings.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    commutation, compensability, replacement, contribution, clearing, counterparty, stipend, restoration, honorarium, honoraria, fee, counterpart, clearinghouse, counterweight, balancing, compensable.
  • Verb, past tense
    Reimbursed, Incurred, earned, recommended, Provided, Became, held.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Reimbursing, Restoring, fixing, acting, clearing, balancing.
  • Verb, past participle
    covered, repaired, Incurred, amended, entitled, lost, earned, charged, treated, modified, Provided, remunerated, based, compensable.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    includes, operates, provides, follows, Charges.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    Compensating, compensatory, set-off, salary.
  • Proper noun, singular
    amounts, emoluments, reparation, indemnity, Indemnities, Compensating, restitution, damages, compensate, compensatory, set-off, earnings, salary, Salaries, payments, indemnification, remuneration, offsets.
  • Noun, plural
    Remunerations, emoluments, damages, Salaries, payments.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    reparation, retribution, satisfaction, indemnity, Compensating, restitution, substitute, compensatory, substitution, Payout, set-off, liability, amount, equalization, earnings, trade-off, salary, indemnification, assistance, remuneration.
  • Verb, past tense
    Awarded.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    redressing, Indemnifying, Remunerating, Compensating.
  • Verb, past participle
    Awarded.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    compensates, damages.
  • Verb, base form
    reparation, compensate, indemnification, remuneration.

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.