salary: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 9 letter points · starts with S · ends with Y
Meaning of salary
noun
A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.
Listed forms: salaries, sallary, sellary.
Source: Wiktionary — salary.
verb
To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.
Listed forms: salaries, salarying, salaried, sallary, sellary.
Source: Wiktionary — salary.
adj
- obsolete
Saline.
Listed forms: sallary, sellary.
Source: Wiktionary — salary.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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noun
something that remunerates
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is salary in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of salary
S(1) + A(1) + L(1) + A(1) + R(1) + Y(4) = 9 points.
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Anagrams of salary
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from salary
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