Synonyms of the word

reward

• n. Something of value given in return for an act.
• n. A prize promised for a certain deed or catch.
• n. The result of an action, whether good or bad.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To give (something) as a reward.
• v. (transitive) To give a reward to or for.
• v. (transitive) To recompense.

act

• n. (countable) Something done, a deed.
• n. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
• n. (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
• n. The process of doing something.
• n. (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
• n. (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
• n. (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
• n. (countable) Any organized activity.
• n. (countable) A display of behaviour.
• n. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the…
• n. (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
• v. (intransitive) To do something.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
• v. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
• v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.
• v. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
• v. To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
• v. (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
• v. (transitive) To play (a role).
• v. (transitive) To feign.
• v. (mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group…
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

advantage

• n. (countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to…
• n. (obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other…
• n. (countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit.
• n. (tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
• n. (soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team…
• n. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
• v. (transitive) To provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to.
• v. (reflexive) To do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of.

aftermath

• n. (obsolete, or farmers' jargon) A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the…
• n. That which happens after, that which follows. Has a strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying…

approval

• n. An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that…
• n. An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.
• n. (especially philately) Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match his stated interests; he can…

approving

• adj. Expressing approbation; commending.
• v. present participle of approve.

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.

blessing

• n. Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.
• n. A pronouncement invoking divine aid.
• n. Good fortune.
• n. (paganism) A modern pagan ceremony.
• n. The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval.
• n. A thing one is glad of.
• n. A prayer before a meal; grace.
• n. A group of unicorns.

consequence

• n. That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause.
• n. A result of actions, especially if such a result is unwanted or unpleasant.
• n. A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results…
• n. Chain of causes and effects; consecution.
• n. Importance with respect to what comes after.
• n. The power to influence or produce an effect.
• n. (especially when preceded by "of") Importance, value, or influence.
• v. (transitive) To threaten or punish (a child, etc.) with specific consequences for misbehaviour.

honor

• n. (uncountable) Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally…
• n. (uncountable) The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence…
• n. (countable) A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such…
• n. A privilege.
• n. (in the plural) The privilege of going first.
• n. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.
• n. (feudal law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.
• n. (heraldry, countable) The center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon. (Compare honour point…
• n. (countable, card games) In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In…
• n. (in the plural) (Courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank.
• v. (transitive) To think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or…
• v. (transitive) To conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request,…
• v. (transitive) To confer (bestow) an honour or privilege upon (someone).
• v. (transitive) To make payment in respect of (a cheque, banker's draft etc).

honour

• n. British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, Australian, NZ, and South African standard spelling of honor.
• v. British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, Australian, NZ, and South African standard spelling of honor.

instruct

• v. (transitive) to teach by giving instructions.
• v. (transitive) to direct; to order (usage note: "instruct" is less forceful than "order", but weightier…
• n. (obsolete) instruction.
• adj. (obsolete) arranged; furnished; provided.
• adj. (obsolete) instructed; taught; enlightened.

learn

• v. To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
• v. To attend a course or other educational activity.
• v. To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.
• v. To be studying.
• v. To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.
• v. (now only in slang and dialects) To teach.

move

• v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
• v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
• v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
• v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
• v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
• v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
• v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
• v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
• n. The act of moving; a movement.
• n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
• n. The event of changing one's residence.
• n. A change in strategy.
• n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
• n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

offer

• n. A proposal that has been made.
• n. Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
• n. (law) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms…
• v. (transitive) To present (something) to God as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.
• v. (transitive) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
• v. (intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
• v. (transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
• v. (transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
• v. (transitive) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
• v. (intransitive) To happen, to present itself.
• v. (obsolete) To make an attempt; typically used with at.
• v. (transitive) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten.
• n. (used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off.

offering

• v. present participle of offer.
• n. An act of offering.
• n. That which has been offered; a sacrifice.
• n. An oblation or presentation made as a religious act.
• n. A contribution given at a religious service.
• n. Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.

payment

• n. (uncountable) The act of paying.
• n. (countable) A sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services.

payoff

• n. Alternative spelling of pay-off.

recognise

• v. (transitive) To match something or someone which one currently perceives to a memory of some previous…
• v. (transitive) To acknowledge the existence or legality of something; treat as worthy of consideration or…
• v. (transitive) To acknowledge or consider as something.
• v. (transitive) To realise or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in; realise or admit that.
• v. (transitive) To give an award.

recognize

• v. (transitive) To match something or someone which one currently perceives to a memory of some previous…
• v. (transitive) To acknowledge the existence or legality of something; treat as valid or worthy of consideration.
• v. (transitive) To acknowledge or consider as something.
• v. (transitive) To realize or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in; realize or admit that.
• v. (transitive) To give an award.
• v. To show appreciation of.
• v. (obsolete) To review; to examine again.
• v. (obsolete) To reconnoiter.
• v. (immunology) To have the property to bind to specific antigens.
• v. To cognize again.

reinforce

• v. (transitive) To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation.
• v. (transitive) To emphasize or review.
• v. (transitive) To encourage (a behavior or idea) through repeated stimulus.

reinforcement

• n. (uncountable) The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
• n. (countable) A thing that reinforces.
• n. (in the plural) Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.
• n. (uncountable, behavioral psychology) The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes…

repay

• v. To pay back.

teach

• v. (obsolete, transitive) To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate.
• v. (transitive) To pass on knowledge to.
• v. (intransitive) To pass on knowledge, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.
• v. (transitive) To cause to learn or understand.
• n. (pejorative, informal) teacher.

wages

• n. plural of wage.
• n. (in the plural) one's total income for a time period.
• v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wage.

welfare

• n. (uncountable) Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.
• n. (uncountable, chiefly US) Various forms of financial aid provided by the government to those who are in…
• n. (chiefly US) Such payment.
• v. (transitive) To provide with welfare or aid.