Synonyms of compensate
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Another word for compensate is offset. Other synonyms of compensate are reimburse, indemnify, remunerate, remedy and level.
Synonyms and similar words for compensate
verbTo pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
- guerdonTo give such a reward to.
verbTo make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an...
verbTo adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
verbMore synonyms
- reimburseTo compensate (someone) with payment; especially, to repay money spent on someone's behalf.
- offsetTo counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
- acclimate
- accommodate
- accustom
- adapt
- accord
- amend
- appease
- equate
- expiate
- harmonize
- indemnifyTo compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury.
- level
- reconcile
- rectify
- redeem
- redress
- remedyTo provide or serve as a remedy for.
- remunerateTo compensate; to pay.
- requiteTo make up for (something); to compensate.
- resolve
- restitute and restitution
- square
- make goodTo remedy or compensate for (a defect or deficiency).
- recompense
- compense obsoleteTo compensate.
- dispense obsoleteTo compensate; to make up; to make amends.
- restore obsolete
Meaning of compensate
- verb To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
- verb To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
- verb To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
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