'Compensate' definitions:
Definition of 'compensate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance" [syn: compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up]
verb
Make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident" [syn: compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify]
verb
Make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for being a bad father" [syn: cover, compensate, overcompensate]
verb
Make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" [syn: right, compensate, redress, correct] [ant: wrong]
verb
Do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?" [syn: pay, pay off, make up, compensate]
verb
Make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated" [syn: compensate, recompense, remunerate]
Definition of 'Compensate'
From: GCIDE
- Compensate \Com"pen*sate\ (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compensated; p. pr. & vb. n. Compensating.] [L. compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop., to weigh several things with one another, to balance with one another, verb intens. fr. compendere. See Compendium.]
- 1. To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for. [1913 Webster]
- The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries. --Prior.
- Syn: To recompense; remunerate; indemnify; reward; requite; counterbalance. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Compensate'
From: GCIDE
- Compensate \Com"pen*sate\, v. i. To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'compensate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrogate,
- accommodate,
- adjust,
- alternate,
- amend,
- annul,
- atone,
- atone for,
- balance,
- bandy,
- be quits with,
- better,
- cancel,
- change,
- commute,
- cooperate,
- coordinate,
- correct,
- counteract,
- counterbalance,
- counterchange,
- counterpoise,
- countervail,
- cover,
- do penance,
- emend,
- equalize,
- equate,
- even,
- even up,
- exchange,
- expiate,
- fee,
- fill up,
- fit,
- fix up,
- get back at,
- get even with,
- get satisfaction,
- give and take,
- give satisfaction,
- guerdon,
- improve,
- indemnify,
- integrate,
- interchange,
- invalidate,
- level,
- live down,
- logroll,
- make all square,
- make amends,
- make compensation,
- make good,
- make matters up,
- make reparation,
- make requital,
- make restitution,
- make retribution,
- make right,
- make up,
- make up for,
- negate,
- negative,
- neutralize,
- nullify,
- offset,
- outweigh,
- pay,
- pay back,
- pay by installments,
- pay damages,
- pay off,
- pay on,
- pay reparations,
- pay the forfeit,
- pay the penalty,
- permute,
- poise,
- prepay,
- propitiate,
- proportion,
- put right,
- put straight,
- put to rights,
- quit,
- reciprocate,
- recompense,
- recoup,
- rectify,
- redeem,
- redress,
- refund,
- reimburse,
- remedy,
- remit,
- remunerate,
- render,
- repair,
- repay,
- requite,
- respond,
- retaliate,
- return,
- return the compliment,
- reward,
- right,
- salary,
- satisfy,
- set off,
- set right,
- set straight,
- set to rights,
- set up,
- square,
- square it,
- square things,
- strike a balance,
- swap,
- switch,
- tender,
- trade,
- transpose
Words containing 'Compensate'
- Compensated,
- Compensating,
- Compensation,
- Compensative,
- Compensator,
- Compense,
- compensable,
- Compensated balance,
- Compensation balance,
- Compensation pendulum,
- Magnetic compensator,
- compensating balance,
- compensating gearing,
- unemployment compensation,
- workmen's compensation,
- Workmen's compensation act,
- mercurial compensation pendulum