Synonyms for wage
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.
Before her promotion, her wages were 20% less.
Related words
- Word family
- wager
- Phrases
- wage earner wage slave wage share tip wage credit wage scale wage slavery
Forms
- Plural
- wages → salaries, pays, remunerations, compensations…
Example sentences
- salary His low salary prevents him from buying the house.
- compensation Felix's lawyer got him full and fair compensation.
- earnings I lack the funds for a holiday due to my earnings.
- remuneration What are your expectations in terms of remuneration?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| wage | falling | |
| salary | falling | |
| compensation | falling | |
| earnings | falling | |
| remuneration | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- pay1
- 4 letters
- hire2
- 6 letters
- salary3
- 8 letters
- earnings2
- 12 letters
- compensation4, remuneration5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hire2 = 2 syllables).