Word Meanings - REWARD - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate. After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward, Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord. Piers Plowman. Thou hast rewarded
Additional info about word: REWARD
To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate. After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward, Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord. Piers Plowman. Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. 1 Sam. xxiv. 17. I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. Deut. xxxii. 41. God rewards those that have made use of the single talent. Hammond. (more info) original sense is, to look at, regard, hence, to regard as worthy,
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of REWARD)
- Compensate
- Atone
- satisfy
- remunerate
- indemnity
- reimburse
- pay
- requite
- reward
- recompense
- make amends for
- Fruit
- Production
- outcome
- outgrowth
- result
- consequence
- produce
- Gratification
- Pleasure
- enjoyment
- satisfaction
- indulgence
- delight
- Meed
- Guerdon
- premium
- prize
- Premium
- Reward
- guerdon
- encouragement
- douceur
- enhancement
- bribe
- bonus
- bounty
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of REWARD)
Related words: (words related to REWARD)
- FRUIT
The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3. (more info) enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin 1. Whatever - FRUITAGE
1. Fruit, collectively; fruit, in general; fruitery. The trees . . . ambrosial fruitage bear. Milton. 2. Product or result of any action; effect, good or ill. - SPREADINGLY
, adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton. - GUERDONABLE
Worthy of reward. Sir G. Buck. - DELIGHTING
Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor. - REWARDFUL
Yielding reward. - PUNISHER
One who inflicts punishment. - SPRINGBOARD
An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising. - REWARD
To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate. After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward, Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord. Piers Plowman. Thou hast rewarded - SPRINGE
A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare. As a woodcock to mine own springe. Shak. - SPRINGAL
An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring. - REIMBURSEMENT
The act reimbursing. A. Hamilton. - DELIGHTLESS
Void of delight. Thomson. - SPRINT
To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. A runner should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit. (more info) Etym: - STARTLINGLY
In a startling manner. - INDEMNITY
1. Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty. Having first obtained a promise of indemnity for the riot they had committed. Sir W. Scott. 2. - SPRIGHTLY
Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope. - FRUITIVE
Eujoying; possessing. Boyle. - SPRINKLING
1. The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles. Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling or effusion of water. Ayliffe. 2. A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow. 3. Hence, a moderate - PRECEDENTLY
Beforehand; antecedently. - DISPROPORTIONALLY
In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally. - INCONSEQUENCE
The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness. Bp. Stillingfleet. Strange, that you should not see the inconsequence of your own reasoning! Bp. Hurd. - DISPROPORTIONALITY
The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More. - DISPROPORTIONABLE
Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv. - HANDSPRING
A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground. - SHOREWARD
Toward the shore.