COMPENSATED Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

compensated

verb

past tense of compensate

as in reimbursed

to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury you'll have to compensate the neighbors for cutting down their tree

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as in paid

to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received compensate them well for their efforts

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stiffed

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Recent Examples of compensated On Tuesday, lawmakers approved every change except one dealing with how municipalities will be compensated for tax breaks. — ABC News, 21 July 2026 Are the owners of those medallions to be fully compensated for the current and future value of the medallions, which is several hundred thousand dollars each? — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026 She will also be compensated for 20 unused vacation days and 15 personal leave days. — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026 During the school year, Black is compensated for his time as an assistant football coach and wrestling coach. — Taylor O'Connor 15, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026 Those performances come amid larger discussions about how baseball players ought to be compensated. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 15 July 2026 They were then compensated based on the impressions and engagement their content generated. — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 14 July 2026 Recruiters are engaged and compensated by employers to fill specific roles. — Gabe Dymond, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Another priority for employees, legislative staffers said, was getting fairly compensated for working after hours and on weekends. — William Melhado july 9, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for compensated

Verb

The court denied Cher's request to be fully reimbursed for her legal fees.

— Edward Segarra, USA Today, 23 July 2026
In 2022, analysis found that 64% of public school students were direct certified, which means that the federal government fully reimbursed all student meals in the district for four years.

— Austin Horn July 22, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

Definition of reimbursed

Verb

Being paid a paltry second-line rate for the next six years is a bargain.

— Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Former Bishop Feehan star Brody Bumila didn’t go in the first round of the MLB draft earlier this month, but the 6-foot-9 lefty with an 100 mph fastball still got paid like one of the top selections.

— Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 21 July 2026

Definition of paid

Verb

Kuwait is known to be overwhelmingly dependent on desalination for drinking water, with almost 90% of the arid nation’s water demand satisfied through seawater desalination plants.

— Michael Wayland,Azhar Sukri,Terri Cullen, CNBC, 18 July 2026
The bánh cuốn đặc biệt — a combination plate with plain steamed rice sheets, sheets stuffed with ground pork and mushroom and pieces filled with shrimp — satisfied my internet FOMO cravings.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of satisfied

Verb

The previously unreported $39,727 loan was approved in June 2020 — the same month Polymarket entered its beta phase — and repaid in July 2021, according to Small Business Administration data.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 24 July 2026
The tragic consequences of gross violations of xenia are perhaps best illustrated by the Trojan prince Paris, who repaid the hospitality of the Spartan king Menelaus by eloping with Menelaus’s wife, Helen, thus triggering the Trojan War.

— Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026