paid

The word “paid” has 1 syllable: paid

It's pronounced as /peɪd/


What is synonym and antonym for paid?

In the thesaurus, “paid” has 80 synonyms and 34 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for paid along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for paid

  • advanced
  • afforded
  • anted
  • apprenticed
  • assumed
  • balanced
  • blew
  • bore
  • brought in
  • cleared
  • compensated
  • contracted
  • costly
  • dear
  • disbursed
  • discharged
  • dissipated
  • dropped
  • employed
  • engaged
  • enlisted
  • expended
  • expensive
  • feed
  • footed
  • furnished
  • gave
  • headhunted
  • high
  • hired
  • indemnified
  • jobbed
  • laid on
  • laid out
  • lavished
  • liquidated
  • met
  • netted
  • outlaid
  • paid off
  • paid up
  • partnered
  • placed
  • ponied up
  • prepaid
  • promoted
  • provided
  • quit
  • quitted
  • rained
  • ran through
  • re-employed
  • re-engaged
  • recompensed
  • recruited
  • reemployed
  • reengaged
  • refunded
  • rehired
  • reimbursed
  • remitted
  • remunerated
  • repaid
  • requited
  • retained
  • returned
  • salaried
  • scouted
  • settled
  • shelled out
  • spent
  • squandered
  • stood
  • subcontracted
  • supplied
  • threw away
  • took on
  • upgraded
  • wasted
  • yielded

Antonyms for paid

Meanings of paid

  • verb
    1. To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
    2. To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
    3. To be profitable for.
    4. To give (something else than money).
    5. To be profitable or worth the effort.
    6. To discharge an obligation or debt.
    7. To suffer consequences.
    8. To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.
  • adjective
    1. That is not free of charge; that costs money.
    2. Rich, wealthy.

Example Sentences

  • The diligent worker paid attention to detail, ensuring the project's success.
  • After a long day of labor, the exhausted laborer was finally paid for their hard work.
  • The grateful artist felt honored when patrons generously paid for their unique creations.
  • The bill was settled, and the satisfied customers happily paid for their delicious meal.
  • The young entrepreneur paid the price of dedication, sacrificing weekends for the success of the startup.

On this page you'll find 114 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to paid, such as: acquired, advanced, afforded, anted, apprenticed, assumed, axed.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

laid on

  • advanced
  • anointed
  • applied
  • apprenticed
  • assumed
  • bedaubed
  • besmeared
  • blanketed
  • carpeted
  • coated
  • contracted
  • covered
  • dabbed
  • daubed
  • employed
  • engaged
  • enlisted
  • feed
  • headhunted
  • hired
  • jobbed
  • laid
  • layered
  • mantled
  • overlaid
  • overlay
  • overspread
  • paid
  • partnered
  • placed
  • plastered
  • promoted
  • re-employed
  • re-engaged
  • recruited
  • reemployed
  • reengaged
  • rehired
  • retained
  • scouted
  • sheeted
  • slathered
  • smeared
  • spread
  • subcontracted
  • surfaced
  • took on
  • upgraded

laid out

  • advertised
  • advised
  • aforethought
  • aimed
  • aired
  • aligned
  • alined
  • alphabetized
  • announced
  • arrange
  • arranged
  • arrayed
  • bared
  • blazed
  • blew
  • blueprinted
  • brandished
  • broadcast
  • broadcasted
  • budgeted
  • calculated
  • chart
  • charted
  • choreographed
  • classified
  • codified
  • concerted
  • conscious
  • considered
  • conspired
  • contemplated
  • contrived
  • cued
  • deliberate
  • delineated
  • demonstrated
  • designed
  • devised
  • diagram
  • disburse
  • disbursed
  • discovered
  • display
  • displayed
  • disported
  • disposed
  • dissipated
  • divulged
  • drafted
  • drew up
  • dropped
  • emplaced
  • exhibit
  • exhibited
  • expend
  • expended
  • exposed
  • figured
  • filed
  • fixed
  • flashed
  • flaunted
  • flourished
  • framed
  • framed up
  • gave
  • give
  • got up
  • groomed
  • had on
  • heralded
  • hierarchized
  • intended
  • intentional
  • intrigued
  • invest
  • lavished
  • lend
  • lined
  • lined up
  • machinated
  • made up
  • map
  • marshaled
  • marshalled
  • meant
  • meditated
  • on display
  • on view
  • ordered
  • organized
  • outlaid
  • outlay
  • outline
  • outlined
  • paid
  • paraded
  • pay
  • placarded
  • placed
  • planned
  • plotted
  • posted
  • premeditated
  • prepared
  • prepense
  • presented
  • prioritized
  • proclaimed
  • produced
  • projected
  • publicized
  • purposed
  • put out
  • put up
  • queued
  • rained
  • ran through
  • ranged
  • revealed
  • rigged
  • sequenced
  • set
  • set out
  • set-up
  • sewn-up
  • shaped
  • shell out
  • shelled out
  • showed
  • showed off
  • shown
  • sketched
  • sounded
  • spent
  • sported
  • spread out
  • spread-out
  • squandered
  • stacked deck
  • strutted
  • studied
  • systematized
  • thought-out
  • threw away
  • trumpeted
  • uncloaked
  • uncovered
  • unmasked
  • unscrambled
  • unveiled
  • visible
  • wasted
  • waved
  • willful

paid off

  • abased
  • advantageous
  • allured
  • assisting
  • baited
  • balanced
  • beguiled
  • beneficial
  • bought
  • bribed
  • cleared
  • commercial
  • conducive
  • contributive
  • corrupted
  • cost-effective
  • debased
  • debauched
  • defiled
  • degraded
  • demeaned
  • depraved
  • discharged
  • dishonored
  • effective
  • effectual
  • enticed
  • fat
  • favorable
  • fixed
  • flattered
  • footed
  • fruitful
  • gainful
  • generous
  • goaded
  • going
  • going concern
  • good
  • got at
  • greased the hand of
  • greased the palm of
  • had
  • in the black
  • induced
  • instrumental
  • led on
  • liquidated
  • lucrative
  • lured
  • lush
  • met
  • moneymaking
  • motivated
  • oiled the hand of
  • oiled the palm of
  • paid
  • paid up
  • paying
  • paying well
  • persuaded
  • perverted
  • poisoned
  • ponied up
  • practical
  • pragmatic
  • productive
  • profaned
  • prostituted
  • provoked
  • quit
  • quitted
  • recompensed
  • remunerative
  • rewarding
  • rich
  • satisfied
  • satisfying
  • seduced
  • self-sustaining
  • serviceable
  • settled
  • snared
  • spurred
  • squared
  • stimulated
  • stood
  • substantial
  • subverted
  • successful
  • sustaining
  • sweet
  • tainted
  • tempted
  • trapped
  • useful
  • valuable
  • warped
  • well-paying
  • worthwhile

paid up

quenched

  • alleviated
  • appeased
  • assuaged
  • bathed
  • blanketed
  • blew out
  • certain
  • choked
  • cloyed
  • compensated
  • consumed
  • content
  • contented
  • convinced
  • damped
  • dead
  • doused
  • dowsed
  • drenched
  • drowned
  • extinguished
  • filled
  • flooded
  • fulfilled
  • gratified
  • happy
  • hosed
  • humored
  • indulged
  • irrigated
  • lightened
  • paid
  • pleased
  • positive
  • put out
  • relieved
  • requited
  • rubbed out
  • sated
  • satiated
  • satisfied
  • saturated
  • showered
  • slaked
  • smothered
  • snuffed
  • sprayed
  • sprinkled
  • stubbed
  • suffocated
  • supplied
  • surfeited
  • washed
  • wet
  • wetted

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