paid

P3A1I1D2
US, UK/peɪd/British, Southern, Standard/pɛjd/Australia, New Zealand/pæɪd/Scotland/ped/

adjective

Not free of charge; costing money.

“paid worker”

Similar
nonfreefor-paycashedcompensablepayingremunerativecompensatedremunerated
Opposite
freegratisunpaid
OriginEnglish pay ← Middle English payen ← Old French paiier →
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Meanings

paid1

verb

alternative archaic payed

  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of pay

paid2

adjectivepaid (not comparable)

alternative archaic payed

  1. not comparableNot free of charge; costing money.

    paid service

    Synonyms: nonfree, for-pay · Antonyms: free, gratis

  2. not comparableReceiving pay.

    paid worker

  3. not comparableFor which pay is given.

    paid holiday

  4. not comparableslangHaving money (i.e. rich, wealthy, etc.).

    I thought his house would be nicer than this. I thought that motherf*cker was paid.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot free of charge; costing money.

Similar
nonfreefor-pay
Opposite
freegratis

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivemarked by the reception of pay

Similar
cashedcompensablepayingremunerativecompensatedremuneratedsalariedmercenaryfree-lancefreelance
Opposite
unpaid

adjectiveinvolving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby

Similar
nonrecreationalprofessional

adjectiveyielding a fair profit

Similar
gainfulpayingprofitable
Also see
broke offcashedcompensablecompensatedfreelancegainfulmercenarynonrecreationalpaid-uppayingpost-freepostpaidprepaidprofessionalprofitableremunerativesalariedsquarestipendiary

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

paid · verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂ḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂ḱs
  3. Proto-Italic*pāks
  4. Latinpāx
  5. Latinpācō
  6. Old Frenchpaiier
  7. Middle Englishpayen
  8. Englishpay
  9. Englishpaid

From pay + -ed.

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paid · adjective

  1. Middle Englishpaien
  2. Middle Englishpaid
  3. Englishpaid

From Middle English paid, payd, ipaid, ypayd, past participle of Middle English paien, payen (“to pay”), equivalent to pay + -ed.

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Translations

Esperanto pagata
  • pagatareceiving pay
German bezahlt, bezahlt
  • bezahltreceiving pay
  • bezahltfor which pay is given
Hindi सशुल्क
  • सशुल्क (saśulk)not free of charge
Portuguese pago, pago
  • pagonot free of charge
  • pagoreceiving pay
  • pagofor which pay is given
Spanish de pago, pagado
  • de pagonot free of charge
  • pagadoreceiving pay
  • remuneradoreceiving pay
  • con sueldoreceiving pay
  • salarialreceiving pay
  • pagadofor which pay is given
  • remuneradofor which pay is given
  • con sueldofor which pay is given
  • salarialfor which pay is given

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with paid

madetradegradeaidupgradedisplayedarcadelaidbladedecadeafraiddelayedparaderaidshadeprepaidwademaidsuedecascadefadeaideunpaidpersuade
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Sounds the same

payedpayed

Anagrams

DapiapidiPadDIPA
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paid.

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