compensated

1. 1.

   receiving or eligible for compensation

   “salaried workers”

   “a stipendiary magistrate”

   Synonymsremuneratedsalariedstipendiary

   Similarpaid

Questions about compensated

What does compensated mean?

compensated means "receiving or eligible for compensation".

How many syllables are in compensated?

compensated has 4 syllables: com-pen-sa-ted. The stress falls on "com". In IPA it is /ˈkɑmpənˌseɪtəd/.

What is another word for compensated?

Close synonyms include remunerated, salaried, stipendiary. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is compensated a common word?

compensated is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.