COMPENSATIONS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

compensations

noun

plural of compensation

as in reparations

payment to another for a loss or injury a warehouse worker who received a large compensation for his crippling injury while on the job

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as in payments

something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services fair compensation for his work on the project

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as in remunerations

the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services his generous compensation was greatly appreciated

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Recent Examples of compensations Those compensations are now out the window. — Michelle Baran, AFAR Media, 23 Jan. 2026 This can help address strength imbalances and movement compensations that, over time, can lead to injury. — Jenessa Connor, Health, 10 June 2026 Mobility work can help lengthen tight muscles and reduce the chances of these compensations happening in the first place. — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 1 Apr. 2026 Guy Ritchie is a filmmaker and series creator whose prodigious busyness in terms of both workload and story approach has its compensations. — Michael Phillips, Variety, 16 May 2026 In everyday life, prolonged sitting, poor posture and repetitive movements can all create weak links in your muscular system that trigger compensations. — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026 The Suns reportedly offered Royce O'Neale and second-round compensations. — Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025 Still, Fiedler shows convincingly enough that American writers’ attempts to adapt the seduction narrative to our concerns—to reimagine it so as to preserve our enduring sense of ourselves as innocents—explain our literature’s peculiar aversions and resultant compensations. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 The inconvenience of that military presence has brought certain compensations from the government, such as a strikingly modern, geometric contemporary art museum (Nagi MOCA) that draws visitors not put off by the arduous journey required to get there. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026

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Noun

Alameda County supervisors voted Tuesday to create a permanent reparations committee for Black residents, moving a sweeping set of recommendations from study to the harder question of implementation.

— Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 1 July 2026
This vessel has a controversial past, built by Nazi Germany in 1935 as SSS *Horst Wessel*, named after a Nazi martyr, before being taken as war reparations by the US.

— Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of reparations

Noun

In the lawsuit, Flagg is asking for injunctive relief, damages, profits and attorneys' fees, arguing Swift's use of the phrase could create consumer confusion and damage the value of her existing brand.

— Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 6 July 2026
According to the complaint, the Barbours are seeking personal injury damages for their physical injuries, and survival and wrongful death damages for Avila's estate.

— Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026

Definition of damages

Noun

Just to cover the city’s various bond measures, the owner of a home with an assessed value of $1 million pays around $1,145 annually.

— Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
Even with premiums, co-pays and deductibles, the federal government cannot afford Medicare-for-some.

— Editorial Board, Washington Post, 26 May 2026

Definition of pays

Noun

For this calculation, the institutional research department compared UC graduates’ earnings to out-of-pocket costs for their degrees and the opportunity costs of forgone wages of high school graduates of the same age.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
Anthropic gives serious attention to displacement, including the possibility of durable pressure on wages and employment, while the Vatican insists that work is tied to dignity, participation and citizenship.

— Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of wages

Noun

Here are some top salaries for doctors in their peak earning years, ages 40 to 55, according to the researchers.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Cuts to funding for people with disabilities, rising tuition costs and slashed teacher salaries would all be on the table, said Fogle, a Springfield Democrat.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026

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