COMPENSATES Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

compensates

verb

present tense third-person singular of compensate

as in reimburses

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 pays

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

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

stiffs

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of compensates The tip compensates that labor directly. —

Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026 When energy expenditure increases, the body often compensates by stimulating hunger. —

Claudio Villanueva, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026 The Somogyi Effect If your blood sugar gets low at night, your body compensates by making more blood sugar. —

Angela Ryan Lee, Verywell Health, 4 Mar. 2026 However, research findings are mixed, and not everyone compensates by eating more. —

Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 4 Mar. 2026 Albies steals bases, brings an excellent approach, and compensates for underwhelming raw power metrics with an elite pull profile. —

Jake Ciely, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026 When your range of motion is limited, your body compensates to perform movements, which shifts stress onto joints and muscles in areas not designed to absorb it. —

Dana Santas Feb 28, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026 Kennedy has taken steps to overhaul a program that compensates people hurt by vaccines. —

John Wilkerson, STAT, 24 Feb. 2026 The angle of the open tent top will cut into the 48-in (122-cm) width, affecting the shoulder and elbow room of whoever's sleeping next to it, but IO compensates by giving the fabric entry-side wall a similar angle. —

New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for compensates

Verb

Then when the state gives that money back to those same entities to pay for Medi-Cal services, the federal government reimburses the state for 50% or more of those payments.

— Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 14 Mar. 2026
That's because Medicaid often reimburses care at lower rates, and providers seek to offset the lower public payments by shifting costs to consumers who pay their own way.

— Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026