Synonyms of compensated

compensated

verb

past tense of compensate

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reimbursed
• satisfied
• paid
• remunerated
• repaid
• recompensed
• recouped
• indemnified
• refunded
• requited
• repaired
• remedied
• redressed
• discharged
• quit

2

as in paid

to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received

compensate them well for their efforts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paid
• reimbursed
• repaid
• remunerated
• recompensed
• refunded
• paid up
• remitted
• prepaid
• paid off
• requited

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stiffed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of compensated

But in his third and rockiest year at the helm of the Trojans, Riley was still compensated like one of the kings of the sport. —Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026

Many student athletes are being compensated for their participation with anywhere from tens of thousands of dollars per year to in some cases, a million or more. —Dr. J. Lee Peters, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026

Firecrawl has started working with partners including Wikipedia on this, with the idea that information sources providing real value to AI systems should be compensated for it, rather than scraped silently. —Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 8 June 2026

Many of those people should be compensated. —NBC news, 7 June 2026

Should a public-land grazing leasee be compensated for providing access to public land at all, but especially state or federal land that’s already accessible via standard corner-hopping? —Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026

Troops typically use commercial flights and rental cars to travel to different training events, and are often compensated for miles driven in personal vehicles. —Steven Beynon, ABC News, 3 June 2026

In the fall of 2015, the conference called for the NCAA to change its rules and allow athletes to be compensated for the use of their name, image and likeness. —Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2026

Some also wanted to prevent those who assaulted law enforcement from being compensated. —Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 1 June 2026