Rewarding

rewarding
    adj 1: providing personal satisfaction; "a rewarding career as a
           paramedic" [ant: {unrewarding}]
    

Reward \Re*ward"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rewarded}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Rewarding}.] [OF. rewarder, another form of regarder, of
   German origin. The original sense is, to look at, regard,
   hence, to regard as worthy, give a reward to. See {Ward},
   {Regard}.]
   To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a
   good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to
   compensate.
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         After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward,
         Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord.  --Piers
                                                  Plowman.
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         Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded
         thee evil.                               --1 Sam. xxiv.
                                                  17.
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         I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will
         reward them that hate me.                --Deut. xxxii.
                                                  41.
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         God rewards those that have made use of the single
         talent.                                  --Hammond.
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64 Moby Thesaurus words for "rewarding":
      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