"We attended a very rewarding seminar on the meaning of words."
To reward is a verb meaning to recompense; to repay, to compensate, as in the sentence
"The boss will reward us well for our hard work."
Reward is a noun, meaning a payment made in return for a service rendered, as in the sentence
"The reward for our hard work was a week's paid vacation."
Note: Do not confuse reward with the 're-word', which means to say the same thing using different words.
Synonyms:
advantageous, affable, agreeable, amiable, amicable, blissful, cheerful, compatible, compensating, compensative, compensatory, complaisant, congenial, cordial, desirable, dulcet, en rapport, enjoyable, enriched, enriching, fair, fair and pleasant, felicific, felicitous, fine, fruitful, gainful, genial, good, goodly, gracious, grateful, gratifying, harmonious, heart-warming, honeyed, likable, lucrative, mellifluous, mellow, moneymaking, nice, of value, paying, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving, pleasureful, productive, profitable, remunerative, reparative, repaying, retributive, retributory, rewardful, satisfying, sweet, valuable, welcome, well-spent, worthwhile, yielding a return
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