Definition of compensates

"compensates" 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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compensates in Scrabble®

The word compensates 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: 17

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters compensates:

COMPENSATES
(180)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (41 words)

acetone, aptness, ascents, aspects, cements, cenotes, compass, compete, encamps, encases, escapes, mascots, meanest, menaces, octanes, octenes, onestep, openest, pacemen, pectens, pectose, pencase, pentose, poetess, postman, postmen, poteens, sateens, scapose, seamost, seances, secants, senates, sensate, stamens, stances, stenose, stepson, tampons, tapemen, toecaps

 

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compensates in Words With Friends™

The word compensates 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: 21

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

COMPENSATES
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (41 words)

acetone, aptness, ascents, aspects, cements, cenotes, compass, compete, encamps, encases, escapes, mascots, meanest, menaces, octanes, octenes, onestep, openest, pacemen, pectens, pectose, pencase, pentose, poetess, postman, postmen, poteens, sateens, scapose, seamost, seances, secants, senates, sensate, stamens, stances, stenose, stepson, tampons, tapemen, toecaps

 

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