Synonyms for requite
- verb
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Avenge — to retaliate or seek revenge for (an insult, a wrong, etc.).; to avenge
2. Repay — to repay (a debt owed); specifically, to recompense or reward someone for (a favour, a service rendered, etc.)
repay, recompense, compensate, pay, gratify, satisfy, reward, reimburse, quit, indemnify, remunerate
Other
Noun
pay-off, redress, amends, mends, requital, restitution, remuneration, quittal dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To repay (a debt owed); specifically, to recompense or reward someone for (a favour, a service rendered, etc.)
- v. 2
To retaliate or seek revenge for (an insult, a wrong, etc.).; to avenge.
- n. 1
Chiefly in the form in requite for or of: synonym of requital (“compensation for damage or loss; return in kind, recompense, repayment, reward”).
Related words
- Word family
- requital
Forms
- Past participle
- requited
e.g. requited → avenged, retaliated, revenged, return'd…
Example sentences
- revenge I'll take my revenge on him at all costs tomorrow.
- avenge He killed him in order to avenge his father's death.
- repay I only wish there was some way I could repay you.
- reciprocate Ziri wasn't able to reciprocate Rima's feelings.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| requite | steady | |
| revenge | rising | |
| avenge | rising | |
| repay | steady | |
| recompense | steady | |
| reciprocate | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- pay1
- 4 letters
- quit1
- 5 letters
- repay2, mends
- 6 letters
- return2, reward2, amends2, avenge2
- 7 letters
- revenge2, satisfy3, redress2, gratify3, quittal
- 8 letters
- requital
- 9 letters
- retaliate4, reimburse3, indemnify4
- 10 letters
- compensate3, recompense3, remunerate4
- 11 letters
- restitution4, reciprocate4
- 12 letters
- remuneration5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (repay2 = 2 syllables).