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Synonyms for lay
leɪlay

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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. lay

    Put is the most general term for bringing an object to some point or within some space, however exactly or loosely; we may put a horse in a pasture, or put a bullet in a rifle or into an enemy. Place denotes more careful movement and more exact location; as, to place a crown on one's head, or a garrison in a city. To lay is to place in a horizontal position; to set is to place in an upright position; we lay a cloth, and set a dish upon a table. To deposit is to put in a place of security for future use; as, to deposit money in a bank; the original sense, to lay down or let down (quietly), is also common; as, the stream deposits sediment.

    Synonyms:
    deposit, place, put, set

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. lay

    Synonyms:
    place, establish, deposit, allay, prostrate, arrange, dispose, put, spread, set down

    Antonyms:
    erect, raise, lift, excite, disarrange, disorder, scrape, abrade

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ballad, laynoun

    a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

    Synonyms:
    ballad

    Antonyms:
    sacred, professional

  2. ballad, layadjective

    a narrative poem of popular origin

    Synonyms:
    ballad

    Antonyms:
    professional, sacred

  3. laic, lay, secularadjective

    characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

    "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"

    Synonyms:
    profane, temporal, laic, secular, worldly

    Antonyms:
    professional, sacred

  4. layverb

    not of or from a profession

    "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"

    Synonyms:
    laic, secular

    Antonyms:
    sacred, professional

  5. put, set, place, pose, position, layverb

    put into a certain place or abstract location

    "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

    Synonyms:
    sit, site, redact, gear up, fructify, send, mystify, put down, coiffure, plant, cast, put, prepare, do, rank, frame, place, impersonate, fix, countersink, arrange, stick, set up, define, station, gravel, aim, repose, amaze, beat, posture, come out, dress, typeset, localise, dumbfound, localize, mark, go under, point, locate, specify, correct, bewilder, set, personate, position, come in, rate, sic, range, limit, jell, grade, present, coiffe, post, baffle, pose, vex, coif, commit, direct, perplex, stupefy, flummox, ready, rig, get, order, invest, identify, determine, target, puzzle, model, go down, congeal, assign, lay out, couch, adjust, nonplus

    Antonyms:
    professional, sacred

  6. lay, put down, reposeverb

    put in a horizontal position

    "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"

    Synonyms:
    put, destroy, bring down, enter, get down, recline, disgrace, set, pose, put down, place, degrade, discharge, drop, unload, rest, repose, set down, record, land, take down, reside, position, demean, drop off, recumb, place down, write down

    Antonyms:
    sacred, professional

  7. layverb

    prepare or position for action or operation

    "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan"

    Synonyms:
    set, place, put down, put, position, pose, repose

    Antonyms:
    professional, sacred

  8. layverb

    lay eggs

    "This hen doesn't lay"

    Synonyms:
    set, place, put down, put, position, pose, repose

    Antonyms:
    professional, sacred

  9. layverb

    impose as a duty, burden, or punishment

    "lay a responsibility on someone"

    Synonyms:
    set, place, put down, put, position, pose, repose

    Antonyms:
    professional, sacred

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. layverb

    Synonyms:
    put, place, lay down

  2. layverb

    Synonyms:
    impose, assess

  3. layverb

    Synonyms:
    impute, charge, ascribe

  4. layverb

    Synonyms:
    spread (on a surface)

  5. layverb

    Synonyms:
    prepare, set in order, get ready

  6. layverb

    Synonyms:
    contrive, scheme, devise

  7. layverb

    Synonyms:
    allay, quiet, calm, still, appease

  8. layverb

    Synonyms:
    bet, stake, wager, risk, hazard

  9. layverb

    Synonyms:
    produce, bring forth and deposit (as eggs)

  10. layverb

    Synonyms:
    10. (Naut.) depress, sink, sail away from so as to lose sight of

  11. layverb

    Synonyms:
    (Law.) allege, state, name

  12. laynoun

    Synonyms:
    [rare.] row, stratum, layer

  13. laynoun

    Synonyms:
    bet, wager, stake, pledge

  14. laynoun

    Synonyms:
    [U. s.] share of profit

  15. laynoun

    Synonyms:
    song

  16. layadjective

    Synonyms:
    laic, laical

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. layadjective

    Synonyms:
    laic, laical

  2. laynoun

    Synonyms:
    song, ballad, lyric

  3. layverb

    Synonyms:
    deposit, place, impose, assess, impute, charge, ascribe, attribute, submit, present, offer, superimpose

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How to use lay in a sentence?

  1. Cicero:

    Can anything be more absurd than that the nearer we are to our journeys end, we should lay in the more provision for it?

  2. Marc Lotter:

    To give voice to that agenda, to lay it out for the congressional midterms and beyond, I think there is nobody better than the former President to be able to do that, what is going to happen next is entirely up to the voters and the President and any other people who might be getting into the race.

  3. Niccolo Machiavelli:

    He who has not first laid his foundations may be able with great ability to lay them afterwards, but they will be laid with trouble to the architect and danger to the building.

  4. Steven Morris:

    If you start playing Trump's game, it's going to get you in the gutter. And Donald Trump's the best gutter fighter there is, but you can't lay down and be weak in front of Donald Trump.

  5. Anthony Fauci:

    As difficult as that is, at least this time around, just lay low and cool it.


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