PAID: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PAID?

Need another word that means the same as “paid”? Find 3 synonyms and 30 related words for “paid” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Paid” are: nonrecreational, gainful, paying

Paid as an Adjective

Definitions of "Paid" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “paid” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• (of a person in a specified occupation) in receipt of pay.
• Marked by the reception of pay.
• (of work or leave) for or during which one receives pay.
• Involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby.
• Yielding a fair profit.

Synonyms of "Paid" as an adjective (3 Words)

gainful	Serving to increase wealth or resources; providing money or other benefit. He soon found gainful employment.
nonrecreational	Involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby.
paying	For which money is paid. A paying job.

Usage Examples of "Paid" as an adjective

• Paid work.
• Five weeks paid holiday a year.
• A paid official.
• A paid informer.
• A paid announcement.
• A paid check.

Associations of "Paid" (30 Words)

alimony	Financial support that a person is ordered by a court to give to their spouse during separation or following divorce; maintenance. He is said to have paid 300 000 alimony to his first wife.
benefit	Derive a benefit from. Part time jobs supplemented by means tested benefits.
bonus	Anything that tends to arouse. Good weather is an added bonus but the real appeal is the landscape.
cash	Exchange for cash. She was always short of cash.
compensation	The action or process of awarding compensation. Getting older has some compensations.
debt	A feeling of gratitude for a service or favour. The firm is heavily in debt.
earnings	Something that remunerates. He claimed damages for loss of earnings.
gainful	Serving to increase wealth or resources; providing money or other benefit. He soon found gainful employment.
lucrative	Producing a great deal of profit. A lucrative career as a stand up comedian.
meed	A person’s deserved share of praise, honour, etc. He must extract from her some meed of approbation.
pay	Give (someone) money that is due for work done, goods received, or a debt incurred. The destroyer responsible for these atrocities would have to pay with his life.
paying	Yielding a fair profit. A paying job.
payment	An amount paid or payable. Ask for a discount for payment by cash.
payoff	The final payment of a debt.
perquisite	A thing which has served its primary use and to which a subordinate or employee has a customary right. The perquisites of celebrity are intoxicating.
premium	A prize, bonus, or award given as an inducement to purchase products, enter competitions initiated by business interests, etc. Premium gasoline at a premium price.
profitable	(of a business or activity) yielding profit or financial gain. He d had a profitable day.
recompense	Make amends to (someone) for loss or harm suffered; compensate. I will recompense their iniquity.
refund	Pay back (money), typically to a customer who is not satisfied with goods or services bought. You may be allowed to claim a refund of the tax.
remunerate	Make payment to; compensate. My efforts were not remunerated.
remuneration	The act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses. Adequate remuneration for his work.
remunerative	For which money is paid. Since June 2003 he has not had any remunerative employment.
repay	Make repayment for or return something. The manager has given me another chance and I m desperate to repay that faith.
requite	Make appropriate return for (a favour, service, or wrongdoing. To win enough to requite my friends.
reward	Strengthen and support with rewards. He s reaping the rewards of his hard work and perseverance.
salary	Pay a salary to. He received a salary of 24 000.
sinecure	A benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached. Political sinecures for the supporters of ministers.
unpaid	(of a debt) not yet discharged by payment. Unpaid bills.
wage	Carry on (a war or campaign. It is necessary to destroy their capacity to wage war.
wages	A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing. The wages of sin is death.