Synonyms for compromise
- noun
- verb
Most common
All synonyms
Noun
trade-off, agreement, give-and-take, tradeoff, settlement, adjustment, composition, via media, synamphoteron
Verb
Definitions
- n. 1
The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
- v. 1
To bind by mutual agreement.
Related words
- Word family
- compromising
Forms
- Plural
- compromises → trade-offs, agreements, tradeoffs, settlements…
- Past participle
- compromised
e.g. compromised → settled, endangered, compounded, adjusted…
Example sentences
- agreement I'm in complete agreement with everything he said.
- settlement Layla reached an Aboriginal settlement in safety.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| compromise | steady | |
| agreement | falling | |
| settlement | falling | |
| tradeoff | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- queer1
- 6 letters
- settle2, adjust2
- 8 letters
- compound2, endanger3, tradeoff2
- 9 letters
- agreement3
- 10 letters
- settlement3, adjustment3
- 11 letters
- composition4
- 13 letters
- synamphoteron
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (settle2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- compromis
- Italiano
- compromesso
- Español
- compromiso
- Deutsch
- Kompromiss
- Català
- compromís