Synonyms for meed
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Noun
recompense, reward, merit, prize US, prise UK, remuneration, premium, desert, guerdon
Definitions
- n. 1
A gift; bribe.
Related words
- Word family
- meedful
Forms
- Plural
- meeds → recompenses, rewards, merits, prizes…
Example sentences
- merit I don't know that there's any great merit in that.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| meed | falling | |
| merit | falling | |
| recompense | steady | |
| guerdon | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- prize1, merit2, prise
- 6 letters
- desert2, reward2
- 7 letters
- premium3, guerdon
- 10 letters
- recompense3
- 12 letters
- remuneration5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (merit2 = 2 syllables).