Pay Synonyms and Antonyms

pā
To give payment to in return for goods or services rendered
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. compensate
  2. recompense
  3. remunerate
To give payment
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. compensate
  2. indemnify
  3. remunerate
  4. reimburse
  5. recompense
  6. repay
  7. requite
  8. discharge
  9. clear
  10. defray
  11. refund
  12. disburse
  13. liquidate
  14. reward
  15. spend
  16. remit
  17. settle
  18. satisfy
  19. yield
  20. ante-up
  21. make payment
  22. recoup
  23. reckon-with
  24. put down
  25. lay down
  26. make restitution
  27. make reparation
  28. hand over
  29. handle
  30. take-care-of
  31. give
  32. allowance
  33. confer
  34. amortize
  35. bequeath
  36. ante
  37. meet
  38. atone
  39. prepay
  40. be profitable
  41. advance
  42. expend
  43. commission
  44. commute
  45. adjust
  46. redress
  47. bear the cost
  48. compensation
  49. bear the expense
  50. finance
  51. fund
  52. disburse (payout)
  53. shell out
  54. pay-up
  55. kick in
  56. dig-up
  57. fee
  58. plank down
  59. foot
  60. plunk down
  61. put up
  62. grant
  63. stake
  64. hire
  65. foot the bill
  66. income
  67. get square with the world
  68. sweeten the kitty
  69. pick-up-the-tab
  70. pick up the check
  71. outlay
  72. put one's money on the line
  73. profit
  74. fork out
  75. fork-over
  76. punish
  77. come across
  78. reciprocate
  79. come through with
  80. chip in
  81. square
  82. cough-up
  83. render
  84. retaliate
  85. retribution
  86. return
  87. salary
  88. settlement
  89. stipend
  90. tip
  91. tribute
  92. wage
  93. wages
  94. bear
Antonyms:
  1. receive
  2. owe
  3. withhold
  4. swindle
To distribute (money) as payment.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. give
  2. Also used with out: disburse
  3. expend
  4. lay out
  5. outlay
  6. spend
  7. shell out
  8. devote
To set right by giving what is due.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. Off or up: clear
  2. discharge
  3. liquidate
  4. satisfy
  5. settle
  6. square
To produce a profit
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. earn
  2. return
  3. pay off
  4. bring in
  5. pay-out
  6. clear
  7. show profit
  8. draw
  9. yield profit
  10. gain
  11. yield excess
  12. gross
  13. show gain
  14. net
  15. pay dividends
  16. produce
  17. sweeten
  18. realize
  19. kick-back
  20. repay
  21. weigh out
  22. yield
Antonyms:
  1. earn
  2. bilk
  3. defraud
  4. protest
  5. lose
  6. repudiate
  7. fail
  8. become bankrupt
Monetary return
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. profit
  2. proceeds
  3. interest
  4. return
  5. recompense
  6. indemnity
  7. reparation
  8. rake-off
  9. reward
  10. perquisite
  11. consideration
  12. defrayment
  13. working for
  14. engaged by
  15. in the service of
  16. in the employ of
Antonyms:
  1. expense
  2. disbursement
  3. outlay

Words Related to Pay

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. revenge
  2. save
  3. pay
  4. money
  5. be paid
  6. pay-for
  7. paying-out
  8. paid-for
  9. able-to-pay
  10. pay over
  11. deduct

Pay Sentence Examples

  • How much would you pay for that pan today?

  • How much did Dad pay you?

  • She's working at the hospital to pay for her education.

  • It was a risk that didn't pay off.

  • A curse on you who disrupt the master's plans; you will pay dearly when the time of reckoning finally arrives!

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