pay back
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions
Types & categories
- act hypernym
Related & opposite
- reward derivation
Sense 2 verb
take vengeance on or get even
We'll get them!
Types & categories
- get back hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reward |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vengeance |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | pay |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | get back |