Antonyms for meed


Grammar : Adv, noun
Spell : meed
Phonetic Transcription : mid


Definition of meed

  • As in measure for measure : adv equally
  • As in measure : noun portion, scope
  • As in part : noun piece, portion of something
  • As in pay : noun earnings from employment
  • As in plum : noun reward, prize
  • As in portion : noun share, cut, ration
  • As in premium : noun bonus, prize
  • As in prize : noun award, winnings
  • As in quota : noun portion allotted to something
  • As in ration : noun allotment of limited supply
  • As in reward : noun payment, prize
  • As in share : noun portion, allotment
  • As in just deserts : noun virtue triumphing over vice
  • As in guerdon : noun reward
  • As in deserts : noun what is due one
  • As in dividend : noun one's share, profit
Example sentences :
  • All the meed of the tomb, all the solace of sepulture, I give freely.
  • Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil
  • They all worshiped Rosamund; and, truth to tell, Rosamund could not but enjoy her meed of popularity.
  • Extract from : « A Modern Tomboy » by L. T. Meade
  • Ah, why begrudge the marquis his meed of admiration, if he likes it?
  • Extract from : « The Rose of Old St. Louis » by Mary Dillon
  • Father Hickey had suffered the meed of his inhospitable conduct.
  • Extract from : « The Miraculous Revenge » by Bernard Shaw
  • I paid to Max's bracelet and the arm which wore it the meed of looks, not of words.
  • Extract from : « The King's Mirror » by Anthony Hope
  • It was no part of his practice to like or dislike his employers, so long as they paid him his meed.
  • Extract from : « The God of Love » by Justin Huntly McCarthy
  • Her girlhood had been blighted, robbed of its meed of happiness and joy.
  • Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • She had heard him spoken of, and always with a meed of affection that is given to few men.
  • Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine
  • These were first-fruits of liberty, and the meed and reward of Liberals.
  • Extract from : « Lectures on the French Revolution » by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
  • Still they denied her no meed her rare charms might properly claim.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

Synonyms for meed

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