/ Thesaurus / P Synonyms of pay off Find synonyms for: Noun1. payoff, final payment, paymentusage: the final payment of a debt2. bribe, payoff, paymentusage: payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment3. return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff, incomeusage: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"4. wages, reward, payoff, consequence, aftermathusage: a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward"Verb1. pay off, yield, pay, bearusage: yield a profit or result; "His efforts finally paid off"2. liquidate, pay off, pay up, ante up, payusage: eliminate by paying off (debts)3. redeem, pay off, payusage: pay off (loans or promissory notes)4. pay, pay off, make up, compensate, settleusage: do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"5. buy off, pay off, bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palmsusage: pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor6. pay back, pay off, get, fix, get even, get backusage: take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: respite Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language