Synonyms of the word perk


PERKBENEFIT - CONVALESCE - PERCOLATE - PERQUISITE - RECOVER - RECUPERATE

perk

  • n. (informal) Perquisite.
  • v. (transitive) To make (coffee) in a percolator or a drip coffeemaker.
  • v. (intransitive) Of coffee: to be produced by heated water seeping (“percolating”) through coffee grounds.
  • n. A percolator, particularly of coffee.
  • v. To become more lively or enthusiastic.
  • v. To exalt oneself; to bear oneself loftily.
  • v. To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of.
  • adj. Smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain.
  • v. (dated) To peer; to look inquisitively.

benefit

  • n. An advantage, help, sake or aid from something.
  • n. A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
  • n. An event such as a performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
  • n. (obsolete) beneficence; liberality.
  • v. (transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.
  • v. (intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.

convalesce

  • v. To recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness.

percolate

  • v. (transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
  • v. (intransitive) To drain or seep through a porous substance.
  • v. (transitive) To make (coffee) in a percolator.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.
  • n. (rare) A liquid that has been percolated.

perquisite

  • n. (mostly plural) Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary.
  • n. A gratuity.
  • n. A privilege or possession held or claimed exclusively by a certain person, group or class.

recover

  • v. (transitive) To get back, regain (a physical thing lost etc.).
  • v. (transitive) To return to, resume (a given state of mind or body).
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To reach (a place), arrive at.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury…
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To get better from; to get over.
  • v. (intransitive) To get better, regain one's health.
  • v. (intransitive) To regain one's composure, balance etc.
  • v. (intransitive, law) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit.
  • v. (transitive, law) To gain as compensation or reparation.
  • v. (transitive, law) To gain by legal process.
  • n. (obsolete) Recovery.
  • n. (military) A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and…
  • v. To cover again.
  • v. (roofing) To add a new roof membrane or steep-slope covering over an existing one.

recuperate

  • v. To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
  • v. (sociology) To co-opt subversive ideas for mainstream use.

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