Definition of compensate

"compensate" in the verb sense

1. compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up

adjust for

"engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"

2. compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify

make amends for pay compensation for

"One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"

"She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"

3. cover, compensate, overcompensate

make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities

"he is compensating for being a bad father"

4. right, compensate, redress, correct

make reparations or amends for

"right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"

5. pay, pay off, make up, compensate

do or give something to somebody in return

"Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"

6. compensate, recompense, remunerate

make payment to compensate

"My efforts were not remunerated"

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Quotations for compensate

Finesse has been given to woman to compensate the force of man. [ Laclos ]

Natural ability can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation; but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural ability. [ Schopenhauer ]

Those who, from the desire of our perfection, have the keenest eye for our faults generally compensate for it by taking a higher view of our merits than we deserve. [ J. F. Boyes ]

Nothing can supply the place of books. They are cheering or soothing companions in solitude, illness, affliction. The wealth of both continents would not compensate for the good they impart. [ Channing ]

compensate in Scrabble®

The word compensate is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters compensate:

COMPENSATE
(171)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (22 words)

acetone, cements, cenotes, compete, encamps, meanest, menaces, octanes, octenes, onestep, openest, pacemen, pectens, pectose, pencase, pentose, postman, postmen, poteens, tampons, tapemen, toecaps

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word compensate

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In compensate

COMPENSATE
(171)
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compensate in Words With Friends™

The word compensate is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 20

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters compensate:

COMPENSATE
(288)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (22 words)

acetone, cements, cenotes, compete, encamps, meanest, menaces, octanes, octenes, onestep, openest, pacemen, pectens, pectose, pencase, pentose, postman, postmen, poteens, tampons, tapemen, toecaps

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word compensate

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In compensate

COMPENSATE
(288)
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(216)
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(168)
PACEMEN
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(132)
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Words within the letters of compensate

2 letter words in compensate (16 words)

9 letter words in compensate (2 words)

10 letter words in compensate (1 word)

compensate + 1 blank (3 words)

Words containing the sequence compensate

Words that start with compensate (3 words)

Words that end with compensate (5 words)

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