backsheesh

Questions about backsheesh

What is another word for backsheesh?

It depends which backsheesh you mean. In the sense “a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)”, the synonyms are gratuity, tip, pourboire, baksheesh, bakshish, bakshis. Across all 1 sense there are 6 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of backsheesh?

WordNet records no antonym for backsheesh. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for backsheesh come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of backsheesh

• Full entry for backsheeshAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for backsheeshWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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