lay down

The phrase “lay down” has 2 syllables: lay down

It's pronounced as /leɪ daʊn/

What is synonym and antonym for lay down?

In the thesaurus, “lay down” has 386 synonyms and 109 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for lay down along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for lay down

abandon
abnegate
accent
accentuate
adjudge
adjudicate
adjure
administer
advance
advertise
advocate
affirm
agree
agree upon
allocate
allot
allow
announce
ante
appoint
approve
arrange
articulate
assert
assign
assure
authorize
aver
avoid
avouch
avow
back
back away
back down
back off
back out
backtrack
bargain
be recumbent
beat it
bid
blaze
book
boost
bring about
bulldoze
burden
buy in on
call
call the play
call the shots
call the tune
can
cant
catalog
cave in
cede
chalk up
champion
chance
charge
choose
chronicle
coerce
command
commit
compel
conclude
condition
conduct
confirm
consign
constitute
constrain
contract
control
convince
copy
cough up
covenant
cut
cut a track
decamp
decide
declare
decree
deduce
defend
define
deliver
demand
depart
deposit
desert
designate
detail
determine
develop
dice
dictate
direct
discard
disengage
document
draw back
drop
dub
ebb
effect
elude
emphasize
enact
encroach
enforce
engage
engineer
enjoin
enounce
enroll
enter
entrust
enumerate
escape
espouse
establish
estimate
evacuate
evade
exact
execute
explain
express
fall back
figure
file
find
fix
fix price
foist
fold
force
force upon
forfeit
forsake
gamble
game
gather
give ground
give up
go
go along with
go back
govern
guarantee
guide
hand over
have
hazard
heel
hide
hold
horn in
impose
indite
infer
inflict
infringe
inscribe
insert
insist upon
institute
instruct
intone
introduce
intrude
intrust
jockey
jot down
justify
keep account
keep aloof
keep apart
lade
lay
lay down the law
lay finger on
lay odds
lead
lean
leave
leave behind
legislate
let
let be
let continue
let go
let stay
levy
lie
lie down
list
loaf
log
loll
lounge
make
make a point
make a recording
manage
mark
mark down
matriculate
mislay
modulate
move
move back
move in on
name
note
obligate
oblige
obtrude
omit
opt out
ordain
order
outline
particularize
pass
pass upon
permit
persuade
phonate
pick out
pin down
place
plan
play
play against
play for
play the ponies
pledge
plug
pony up
post
postulate
prescribe
preserve
presume
price
proclaim
profess
promise
promote
promulgate
pronounce
propound
provide
provision
publicize
publish
pull out
put
put down
put down for
put foot down
put in writing
put money on
put on file
put on paper
put on tape
quail
qualify
quit
rate
ratify
rationalize
read riot act
read the riot act
reaffirm
reassert
recede
recoil
reel
reenact
regiment
register
regress
regulate
release
relinquish
render
renounce
repass
report
repose
require
resign
resolve
rest
retire
retrocede
retrograde
reverse
risk
rule
run
saddle
sanction
say
schedule
seclude oneself
select
sequester
set
set down
settle
settle down
shed
show
shrink
slant
sleep
slope
slot
slumber
sound
specificate
specificize
specify
speculate
spell out
sprawl
start back
state
stipulate
stress
stretch
stretch out
submit
suffer
support
surrender
tabulate
take advantage
take down
take it easy
take the reins
tape
tape-record
tell
tempt fortune
theorize
tilt
tip
toss up
transcribe
transfer
trespass
trust
turn in
turn over
turn tail
underline
underscore
uphold
utter
vacate
value
venture
video
videotape
visit
vocalize
voice
wager
waive
walk heavy
wax
wish
withdraw
wreak
wreck
write in
write prescription
yield

Antonyms for lay down

abolish
abrogate
advance
aid
annul
ascend
ask
be active
be busy
be quiet
begin
break
break off
calculate
cancel
care
come
conceal
confine
confuse
continue
decline
deny
destroy
disagree
disallow
discourage
disorder
disorganize
displace
disregard
dissuade
do
end
energize
enter
even
face
finish
forge
forget
forward
go
go forward
go up
halt
help
hide
hinder
hold
ignore
implore
imply
invalidate
keep
kill
leave
leave alone
level
liquefy
maintain
meet
minimize
misguide
mislead
mismanage
mispronounce
miss
misunderstand
mix up
move
muffle
mumble
neglect
nullify
overlook
overturn
plead
prevent
question
refuse
reject
remain
remove
repeal
repress
request
rescind
retain
reverse
revoke
rise
ruin
serve
sit up
soften
stand
start
stay
straighten
submit
take on
understate
unsettle
void
waver
wish
withdraw
withhold

Meanings of lay down

verb
1. To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground.
2. To intentionally take a fall while riding a motorcycle, in order to prevent a more serious collision.
3. To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate (rules or policies).
4. To stock, store (e.g. wine) for the future. See also lay by.
5. To euthanize an animal.
6. To sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life.".
7. To lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting.
8. To draw the lines of a ship's hull at full size, before starting a build.
9. To assume a reclining position.
10. To be lazy or remiss.
11. To submit passively.

Example Sentences

After a long day at work, he needed to lay down and rest.
The general decided to lay down his weapons and surrender.
She told the child to lay down for a nap before dinner.
The company will lay down new rules for remote work.
He refused to lay down his beliefs, even under pressure.

On this page you'll find 495 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to lay down, such as: abandon, abnegate, abolish, abrogate, accent, accentuate, adjudge.

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