Synonyms for pay
Another word for pay is wage, salary or earnings. Below are 17 synonyms and 30 related words across 11 senses.
Also searched as: payed, pays.
1. noun: something that remunerates
- wage synonyms
- salary
- earnings synonyms
- remuneration synonyms
2. verb: give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
3. verb: convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
4. verb: cancel or discharge a debt
- pay up
- ante up
5. verb: bring in
- bear synonyms
- yield synonyms
6. verb: do or give something to somebody in return
- make up synonyms
- pay off synonyms
- compensate synonyms
7. verb: dedicate
- give synonyms
- devote synonyms
- sacrifice synonyms
8. verb: be worth it
9. verb: bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action
10. verb: make a compensation for
- get synonyms
- pay back synonyms
- pay off synonyms
- fix synonyms
11. verb: discharge or settle
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- found synonyms
- take-home pay
- half-pay
- double time
- piece rate
- sick pay
- strike pay
- combat pay
- regular payment
- living wage
- minimum wage
- merit pay
- pay envelope
- pay packet
- put up synonyms
- give back
- pay out
- buy synonyms
- check out synonyms
- return synonyms
- pick synonyms
- charge synonyms
- drop synonyms
- spend synonyms
- foot synonyms
- pay cash
- kick back
- offer synonyms
- extend synonyms
- communicate synonyms
Pay in word games
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- 3
- Scrabble
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 8
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- Everyday word
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Questions people ask
What is another word for pay?
You can say wage, salary, earnings, remuneration or give instead of pay. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "something that remunerates".
What is the opposite of pay?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for pay; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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Senses and synonyms from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0); the most common words come first. Browse more on the synonyms and antonyms hub.