Synonyms for stipend
- noun
Most common
salary scholarship allowance remuneration compensation wages emolument
All synonyms
Noun
Definitions
- n. 1
Some other form of fixed (and generally small) payment occurring at regular intervals, such as an allowance, a pension, or (obsolete) a tax.
My stipend for doing public service is barely enough to cover living expenses.
Related words
- Word family
- stipendiarist stipendiary stipendiate
Forms
- Plural
- stipends → allowances, pays, salaries, scholarships…
Choose the right word
Stipend has become exclusively a literary word.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- salary His low salary prevents him from buying the house.
- scholarship If I were you, I would apply for the scholarship.
- allowance Ziri took away Rima’s allowance for a whole month.
- remuneration What are your expectations in terms of remuneration?
- compensation Felix's lawyer got him full and fair compensation.
- wages Profits are the unpaid wages of the working class.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| stipend | steady | |
| salary | falling | |
| scholarship | rising | |
| allowance | falling | |
| remuneration | falling | |
| compensation | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- pay1
- 4 letters
- hire2
- 5 letters
- wages2
- 6 letters
- salary3
- 9 letters
- allowance3, emolument
- 11 letters
- scholarship3
- 12 letters
- compensation4, remuneration5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hire2 = 2 syllables).
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