reward

1. 1.

   bestow honor or rewards upon

   “Today we honor our soldiers”

   “The scout was rewarded for courageous action”

   Synonymshonorhonour

   Broaderrecognize

   Narrowertoastennobledecorate
2. 2.

   strengthen and support with rewards

   “Let's reinforce good behavior”

   Synonymsreinforce

   Broaderteach
3. 3.

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

   Synonymsrepaypay back

   Broaderact

Other forms of reward

plural

rewards·

past tense

rewarded·

present participle

rewarding·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about reward

What does reward mean?

reward means "a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in reward?

reward has 2 syllables: re-ward. The stress falls on "ward". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈwɔɹd/.

What is another word for reward?

Close synonyms include wages, payoff, reinforcement, advantage, honor. 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.

What is the opposite of reward?

The recorded antonyms are penalty.

Is reward a common word?

reward is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with reward?

3 words rhyme with reward. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.