Reward

Noun

 * 1) Something of value given in return for an act.
 * 2) A prize promised for a certain deed or catch
 * 3) The result of an action, whether good or bad.

Verb

 * 1)  To give a reward to or for.
 * 2)  To recompense.
 * 3)  To give (something) as a reward.

Adjectives for Reward
comprehensive; particular; swift; dazzling; palpable; sufficient; material; slender; momentary; temporal; flat; ample; adequate; rich; destined; utmost; arbitrary; tangible; sure; due; coveted; political; just; crowning; pecuniary; monetary.

Verbs for Reward
assign—; assure of—; confer—; contend for—; gather—; increase—; merit—; offer—; post—; promise—; reap—; scorn—; strive for—; woo—; —blesses; —decorates; —inspires; —recompenses.

Adverbs for Reward
munificently; lavishly; graciously; handsomely; fitly; amply; abundantly; dazzlingly; monetarily; financially; tangibly; politically; pecuniarily.

Thesaurus
prize, profit, provocation, punishment, quietus, quit, quittance, recompense, redress, release, remit, remunerate, remuneration, render, reparation, repay, reprisal, requital, requite, requitement, rest, restitution, retribution, return, revenge, salary, salvage, satisfaction, satisfy, second prize, sentence of death, shades of death, shadow of death, sleep, smart money, solatium, somatic death, stimulation, stimulative, stimulus, summons of death, sweepstakes, sweetener, sweetening, tender, tribute, wergild, what is due, what is merited, whet, Academy Award, Nobel Prize, Oscar, amends, annihilation, atonement, award, bait, bane, biological death, blood money, booby prize, bribe, carrot, cessation of life, clinical death, comeuppance, compensate, compensation, consideration, consolation prize, crossing the bar, curtains, damages, death, death knell, debt of nature, decease, demise, departure, desert, deserts, dissolution, dividend, doom, dying, ebb of life, encouragement, end, end of life, ending, eternal rest, exit, expiration, extinction, extinguishment, favor, fee, fillip, final summons, finger of death, first prize, get satisfaction, going, going off, grave, guerdon, hand of death, honor, honorarium, incentive, incitement, indemnification, indemnify, indemnity, inducement, interest, invitation, jackpot, jaws of death, just deserts, knell, last debt, last muster, last rest, last roundup, last sleep, leaving life, loss of life, lure, make amends, make requital, make restitution, make retribution, making an end, meed, parting, passing, passing away, passing over, pay, pay back, pay by installments, pay off, pay on, payment, percentage, perishing, persuasive, plum, premium, prepay, price,

Etymology 1
From reward:, rewarde:, from  reward: (compare  reguard:), from rewarder:, from re-: + warder:, see more below. Displaced native lean:, from  lean:;  meed:, mede:, from  med:;  schipe:, schepe:, from  scipe:.

Etymology 2
From rewarden:, from  rewarder: (compare  reguarder:), from re-: + warder:, of  origin, from  *undefined:, from, from. Cognate with wardon:,  weardian:,  warten:. More at.

Synonyms

 * payment, recompense
 * bounty
 * consequence

Antonyms

 * punishment

Derived terms

 * rewardable
 * rewarder
 * rewarding
 * unrewarded

Related terms

 * award

Noun

 * Arabic: (mukāfa’a),  (jazā’)
 * Chinese: 報酬, 报酬 (bàochóu)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Estonian: autasu
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ανταμοιβή (antamoiví)
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 보수 (bosu)
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:, dìoladh
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * West Frisian:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Portuguese: recompensa


 * Scottish Gaelic: dìoladh


 * Czech:
 * Dutch: beloning, loon , verloning
 * Japanese: 報い


 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: dìoladh

Verb

 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: autasustama
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: αμείβω (amívo)
 * Hungarian:


 * Japanese: 報いる
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: награждать (nagraždát’), наградить (nagradít’) ; вознаграждать (voznagraždát’) , вознаградить (voznagradít’) ; поощрять (pooščrját’) , поощрить (pooščrít’)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Anagrams

 * drawer
 * redraw
 * warder
 * warred