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)

• Originate
• arise
• precede
• spring
• commence
• start
• begin
• Punish
• misrequite

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
• SPREADINGLY
  , adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• SPRINGAL
  An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
• DELIGHTLESS
  Void of delight. Thomson.
• REIMBURSEMENT
  The act reimbursing. A. Hamilton.
• STARTLINGLY
  In a startling manner.
• 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:
• 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.