Synonyms & related words for paycheck

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of paycheck. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to paycheck

Explore words related to paycheck — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include payday, salary, payroll, payslip, wages, nonsalaried, cashing, wageworker. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does paycheck come from?

The word paycheck breaks down into 2 roots of Latin and Persian origin: pay, from Latin pacare (“to appease, pacify (hence pay)”); and check, from Persian shah (“king (via chess; hence a draft/counter)”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.