WordNet: compensate, cover, overcompensate
make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for being a bad father"
- verb group cover, insure, underwrite
compensate
- (englanti) compensation (derivationally related)
- (suomi) hyvittää (synonyymi)
- (suomi) kompensoida (synonyymi)
cover
- (suomi) korvata (synonyymi)
overcompensate
- (englanti) overcompensation (derivationally related)
- (suomi) ylikompensoida (synonyymi)