reward

reward is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.
2. noun. Regard; respect; consideration.
3. noun. That which is given in return for good or evil done or received; esp., that which is offered or given in return for some service or attainment, as for excellence in studies, for the return of something lost, etc.; recompense; requital.
4. noun. Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works.
5. noun. Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act.
6. noun. an act performed to strengthen approved behavior

   Synonyms: reinforcement

7. noun. benefit resulting from some event or action

   "it turned out to my advantage"

   "reaping the rewards of generosity"

   Synonyms: advantage

8. noun. the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property
9. noun. a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

   "the wages of sin is death"

   "virtue is its own reward"

   Synonyms: payoff, wages

10. noun. payment made in return for a service rendered
11. verb. strengthen and support with rewards

    "Let's reinforce good behavior"

    Synonyms: reinforce

12. verb. act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions

    Synonyms: repay

13. verb. bestow honor or rewards upon

    "Today we honor our soldiers"

    "The scout was rewarded for courageous action"

    Synonyms: honor, honour

Synonyms

reinforcement, advantage, payoff, wages, reinforce, repay, honor, honour

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in reward:

drawer, redraw, warder, warred

Common word forms

rewards, rewarded, rewarder, rewardful, rewarding, rewardable, rewardless

Words from these letters

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