reward
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
the wages of sin is death
Types & categories
- consequence hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
bestow honor or rewards upon
Today we honor our soldiers
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
payment made in return for a service rendered
Types & categories
- payment hypernym
- bounty hyponym
- honorarium hyponym
- blood money hyponym
- guerdon hyponym
- meed hyponym
Sense 4 verb
strengthen and support with rewards
Let's reinforce good behavior
Types & categories
- teach hypernym
Related & opposite
- reward derivation
- reinforcing stimulus derivation
Sense 5 noun
an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- reward derivation
Sense 6 verb
act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions
Types & categories
- act hypernym
Related & opposite
- reward derivation
Sense 7 noun
the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property
Types & categories
Sense 8 noun
benefit resulting from some event or action
it turned out to my advantage
Types & categories
- welfare hypernym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pay back |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reward |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | consequence |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | dishonor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | honor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reward |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | honoree |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | honour |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | recognise |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | salute |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dignify |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | decorate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | payment |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bounty |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | honorarium |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | blood money |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | guerdon |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | meed |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | reward |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | reinforcing stimulus |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | teach |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | reward |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | blessing |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | carrot |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | reward |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | offering |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | price |
| 8 | antonym | Related & opposite | penalty |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | advantage |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | welfare |