Synonyms for salary
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- salaries → wages, pays, remunerations, incomes…
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Salary is for literary or professional work, wages for handicraft or other comparatively inferior service; a salary is regarded as more permanent than wages; an editor receives a salary, a compositor receives wages.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- income I am by no means satisfied with my present income.
- wage The recession has put the crunch on wage laborers.
- wages Profits are the unpaid wages of the working class.
- remuneration What are your expectations in terms of remuneration?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| salary | falling | |
| income | falling | |
| wage | falling | |
| wages | falling | |
| remuneration | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- pay1, fee1
- 4 letters
- wage1, hire2
- 5 letters
- wages2
- 6 letters
- income2
- 7 letters
- payment2, stipend2
- 8 letters
- earnings2
- 9 letters
- allowance3, emolument
- 12 letters
- remuneration5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hire2 = 2 syllables).