compensate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
adjust for
engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
Types & categories
- balance hypernym
- carry hyponym
- overcompensate hyponym
Related & opposite
- recompense derivation
- counterweight derivation
- offset derivation
- corrective derivation
Sense 2 verb
make amends for; pay compensation for
One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- amends derivation
- recompense derivation
- indemnification derivation
- compensation derivation
- restitution derivation
- reparation derivation
Sense 3 verb
make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
he is compensating for being a bad father
Types & categories
- counterbalance hypernym
Related & opposite
- compensation derivation
- overcompensation derivation
- underwrite verb group
Sense 4 verb
make reparations or amends for
right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- over-correct hyponym
- atone hyponym
Related & opposite
- counterbalance also see
- wrong antonym
- remedy derivation
- recompense derivation
- right derivation
- compensation derivation
- restitution derivation
- right derivation
Sense 5 verb
do or give something to somebody in return
Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
Types & categories
- settle hypernym
Related & opposite
- pay back also see
- recompense derivation
- payee derivation
- payer derivation
- remuneration derivation
- compensation derivation
Sense 6 verb
make payment to; compensate
My efforts were not remunerated
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- recompense derivation
- remuneration derivation
- payer derivation
- remuneration derivation
- recompense derivation
- compensation derivation
- compensable derivation
- moneymaking derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | recompense |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | counterweight |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | offset |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | corrective |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | balance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | carry |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | overcompensate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | amends |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | recompense |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | indemnification |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | compensation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | restitution |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reparation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pay |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | give |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | compensation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | overcompensation |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | underwrite |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | counterbalance |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | counterbalance |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | wrong |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | remedy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | recompense |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | right |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | compensation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | restitution |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | right |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | over-correct |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | atone |
| 5 | also see | Related & opposite | pay back |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | recompense |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | payee |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | payer |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | remuneration |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | compensation |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | settle |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | recompense |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | remuneration |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | payer |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | remuneration |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | recompense |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | compensation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | compensable |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | moneymaking |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | pay |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | recoup |