REPAID Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

repaid 1 of 2

adjective

as in liquidated

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repaid

2 of 2

verb

past tense of repay

as in reimbursed

to make a return payment to I repaid my friend the $20 he had lent me

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as in reciprocated

to make a return for how can we ever repay your kindness?

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owed

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Recent Examples of repaid

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Funds have long used short-term credit lines to move on opportunities before every investor has formally closed, then repaid the facility once capital calls arrive. — Peter Doyle, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 The fund provides wildfire survivors with up to 12 months and $100,000 in mortgage relief that does not need to be repaid. — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026 As the most consistently excellent side in rugby union history, the All Blacks usually repaid any reaction by inflicting a defeat. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Loans that didn't qualify for forgiveness had to be repaid with 1% interest. — Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2026 If those IOUs are set to be repaid many years from now, they’re called bonds. — Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 The school has done so before — in 2022, Hiram repaid over $6 million of loans from its endowment. — Bloomberg, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026 Pell grants, which generally do not have to be repaid, are a key to affording higher education for many lower-income students. — ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026 The Sacramento City Teachers Association President Nikki Milevsky echoed Singh’s position, saying the trust’s funds do not have to be repaid. — Chaewon Chung updated August 27, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaid

Adjective

Not all pads are alike, but a footprint on the larger side involves five to ten acres of cleared, packed ground that serves as the hub for drilling equipment, which can include wellheads, pump jacks, tanks, wastewater storage pits, trailers, and flare stacks.

— Alex Heard, Outside, 4 Mar. 2026
What counts as a cleared sidewalk?

— Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 1 Dec. 2025

Definition of cleared

Verb

The Sacramento Bee first reported in May that the Steyer campaign paid influencers as little as $10 to boost Steyer’s progressive candidacy — often without disclosing they’d been reimbursed.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Students who have already purchased the Den Pass for the 2026-2027 academic year will be reimbursed.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of reimbursed

Verb

Mullally reciprocated, but, in her signature dry humor, proceeded to kick him out of her car.

— Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 15 Sep. 2026
On services, the EU made its best-ever offer to any trading partner, opening 144 subsectors to Indian firms, and India reciprocated by opening 102 to European companies.

— JONAS NAHM, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of reciprocated

Verb

In February, the village filed suit against Fifth Third Bank seeking $2 million that officials allege the institution improperly paid out in fraudulent checks signed by Henyard.

— A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
The case was sparked by a nearly $800 million settlement Fox paid to Dominion Voting Systems, which accused the network of spreading conspiracy theories about fraud in the 2020 election.

— Maddy Lauria, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of paid

Verb

The Jets tried to trade him during the summer, but were never able to get the deal that satisfied Kevin Cheveldayoff.

— Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Instead of recognizing that a 1-paragraph block is not a 10-paragraph block, the generation engine assumed that formatting the technical specifications neatly satisfied the underlying intent.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of satisfied

Verb

She was not compensated nor given an additional discount for later posting about her experience on social media.

— Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 23 Sep. 2026
The trial, which began this week at the historic Placer County courthouse in Auburn, is being held to determine the value of Flores’ loss and whether she should also be compensated for her husband’s pain.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of compensated

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