1. (verb)compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up adjust for Synonyms: chasten, even off, right, castigate, make up, compensate, neutralize, patch up, recompense, countervail, remunerate, even out, fabricate, counteract, make, decline, be, reconcile, oppose, correct, invent, adjust, pay, overcompensate, catch up with, manufacture, counterbalance, level, represent, even, rectify, discipline, comprise, even up, conciliate, repair, square up, cook up, flush, cover, chastise, redress, constitute, sort out, set, objurgate, jog, pay off, slump, settle, indemnify
2. (verb)compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify make amends for; pay compensation for Synonyms: even off, revivify, right, make up, compensate, animate, remediate, recompense, fix, furbish up, remunerate, even out, mend, vivify, amend, pay, renovate, bushel, correct, quicken, counterbalance, overcompensate, even up, resort, restore, rectify, touch on, recreate, remedy, repair, cover, reanimate, redress, revive, pay off, doctor, indemnify
3. (verb)cover, compensate, overcompensate make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities Synonyms: brood, get over, embrace, right, plow, wrap up, enshroud, pay, make up, compensate, breed, recompense, encompass, overlay, continue, remunerate, even out, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, repair, cut across, cut through, deal, shroud, correct, counterbalance, underwrite, overcompensate, even up, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, even off, comprehend, handle, over-correct, cover, cross, redress, get across, pay off, cover up, insure, indemnify
4. (verb)right, compensate, redress, correct make reparations or amends for Synonyms: right, remunerate, chasten, pay, counterbalance, adjust, redress, even out, overcompensate, discipline, recompense, correct, even up, rectify, indemnify, sort out, set, cover, compensate, pay off, even off, chastise, repair, make up, decline, castigate, slump, objurgate
5. (verb)pay, pay off, make up, compensate do or give something to somebody in return Synonyms: even off, right, get, liquidate, make up, compensate, patch up, recompense, cover, fix, remunerate, even out, fabricate, pay back, make, be, redeem, ante up, reconcile, correct, invent, counterbalance, give, overcompensate, catch up with, manufacture, devote, pay up, represent, conciliate, comprise, even up, repair, yield, cook up, buy off, indemnify, redress, constitute, pay off, pay, settle, bear
6. (verb)compensate, recompense, remunerate make payment to; compensate Synonyms: remunerate, pay, counterbalance, redress, even out, overcompensate, recompense, correct, even up, right, indemnify, cover, compensate, pay off, even off, repair, make up
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'compensate'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. compensate To repay or to retaliate, to punish or to reward, may be to make some return very inadequate to the benefit or injury received, or the right or wrong done; but to requite (according to its Synonyms: requite, avenge, punish, remunerate, revenge, compensate, quit, repay, reward, pay, reciprocate, retaliate, satisfy, pay off, recompense, return, settle with Antonyms: absolve, excuse, forgive, overlook, pass over, acquit, forget, neglect, pardon, slight
Synonyms for compensate 
