reward NOUN for effort, etc. PHRASES reward enough The look on her face when I told her was reward enough. reward NOUN for helping the police ADJ big, huge, large, substantial | $20,000, £10,000, etc. | cash criminal NOUN ADJ dangerous, violent | serious | habitual, hardened | professional | master | petty | convicted | known He has been associating with known criminals. | notorious | common She was treated like a common criminal. | white-collar | war He was tried as a war criminal. |