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Defenition of the word compensate

    • Defenition of the word compensate

      • To establish an equilibrium situation.
      • make up for, make good
      • make amends for; pay compensation for
      • make proper payment to
      • do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
      • make reparations or amends for; "right a wrong"
      • make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated"
      • make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"
      • make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
      • adjust or make up for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
      • make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for being a bad father"
      • make payment to; compensate
      • do or give something to somebody in return
      • make reparations or amends for
      • adjust for
      • make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities

    Synonyms for the word compensate

      • correct
      • counterbalance
      • even off
      • even out
      • even up
      • indemnify
      • make up
      • pay
      • pay off
      • recompense
      • redress
      • remunerate
      • right

    Similar words in the compensate

      • compensate
      • counterbalance
      • even off
      • even out
      • even up
      • fix
      • get
      • pay back
      • pay off

    Hyponyms for the word compensate

      • aby
      • abye
      • atone
      • carry
      • compensate
      • cover
      • expiate
      • give
      • over-correct
      • overcompensate
      • recoup
      • reimburse

    Hypernyms for the word compensate

      • alter
      • balance
      • change
      • compensate
      • correct
      • counterbalance
      • equilibrate
      • equilibrise
      • equilibrize
      • even off
      • even out
      • even up
      • make up
      • modify
      • pay
      • settle

    Antonyms for the word compensate

      • wrong

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