lay low

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

It's pronounced as /leɪ loʊ/


What is synonym and antonym for lay low?

In the thesaurus, “lay low” has 213 synonyms and 71 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for lay low

  • abase
  • abrade
  • abstain
  • avert
  • avoid
  • avoided
  • baffle
  • balk
  • beat
  • beat around bush
  • beat around the bush
  • beat down
  • beg the question
  • bewilder
  • blow down
  • bowl over
  • bring down
  • bring up short
  • bulldoze
  • bypass
  • cause to fall
  • cavil
  • circumlocute
  • circumvent
  • cleave
  • cold-shoulder
  • compress
  • conceal
  • conclude
  • confuse
  • conquer
  • cop out
  • crush
  • cut
  • cut down
  • damage
  • dance around an issue
  • dash
  • debase
  • deceive
  • decline
  • defeat
  • deflate
  • deflect
  • demolish
  • depopulate
  • depredate
  • depress
  • desecrate
  • desist
  • despoil
  • devastate
  • devour
  • discharge
  • discomfit
  • disconcert
  • dispose of
  • ditch
  • divert
  • dodge
  • double
  • down
  • drop
  • duck
  • dumbfound
  • eat up
  • elude
  • eluded
  • equalize
  • equivocate
  • escape
  • eschew
  • evade
  • evaded
  • even out
  • expedite
  • fake out
  • fell
  • fence
  • fend off
  • flatten
  • flee
  • floor
  • flush
  • fly
  • fudge
  • gash
  • get around
  • give the runaround
  • give the slip
  • grade
  • ground
  • hack
  • hedge
  • hem and haw
  • hew
  • hid
  • hide
  • hold off
  • holed up
  • injure
  • iron out
  • jump
  • keep clear
  • keep distance
  • knock down
  • knock over
  • ko
  • lay
  • lay waste
  • lead on a merry chase
  • level
  • lie
  • lower
  • lurked
  • mangle
  • mow
  • mow down
  • murder
  • nonplus
  • obviate
  • overthrow
  • overturn
  • parry
  • pass up
  • perform
  • pillage
  • plane
  • plaster
  • plunder
  • polish off
  • pretend
  • prevaricate
  • prostrate
  • pull down
  • pussyfoot
  • put off
  • puzzle
  • raze
  • recoil
  • renege
  • reposed
  • rive
  • roll
  • ruin
  • run for cover
  • sack
  • sat tight
  • scarf down
  • settle
  • sever
  • shake
  • shake and bake
  • shake off
  • shift
  • shirk
  • shoot
  • shoot down
  • shrink from
  • shuck
  • shuffle
  • shuffle off
  • shun
  • shy
  • sidestep
  • skip
  • skip out on
  • skip town
  • skirt
  • skulked
  • slash
  • slay
  • slinked
  • slip
  • slip out
  • slunk
  • smash
  • smooth
  • sneak away
  • sneaked
  • snuck
  • split
  • spoliate
  • spread out
  • squash
  • stay away
  • stay out
  • steer clear of
  • step aside
  • straighten
  • strike down
  • stump
  • subdue
  • sunder
  • tap dance
  • tear down
  • tergiversate
  • throw
  • throw down
  • trample
  • trick
  • tumble
  • turn aside
  • undermine
  • upset
  • waffle
  • ward off
  • waste
  • weasel
  • weave
  • withdraw
  • wound
  • wreck

Antonyms for lay low

  • accept
  • aid
  • allow
  • appeared
  • assist
  • be honest
  • blow up
  • break
  • build
  • came out
  • clarify
  • clear up
  • combine
  • confront
  • construct
  • create
  • disclose
  • divulge
  • elevate
  • encounter
  • encourage
  • enlighten
  • erect
  • expand
  • explain
  • explicate
  • expose
  • face
  • halt
  • help
  • hold
  • hold back
  • improve
  • incite
  • increase
  • join
  • keep
  • lay bare
  • let out
  • lift
  • lose
  • make uneven
  • materialized
  • meet
  • open
  • order
  • organize
  • permit
  • prohibit
  • protect
  • raise
  • release
  • remain
  • retain
  • reveal
  • round
  • save
  • seek
  • show
  • showed up
  • stay
  • stop
  • take on
  • tell
  • tell the truth
  • turned up
  • uncompress
  • uncover
  • unite
  • unsettle
  • want

Example Sentences

  • After the argument, he decided to lay low for a while.
  • The criminal tried to lay low to avoid being caught by the police.
  • She told me to lay low and keep quiet until the situation calmed down.
  • They had to lay low after the scandal broke out.
  • During the storm, the best thing to do is lay low and stay indoors.

On this page you'll find 284 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to lay low, such as: abase, abrade, abstain, accept, aid, allow, appeared.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • act
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  • allege
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  • assume
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  • baffle
  • bamboozle
  • bash
  • be deceitful
  • be first
  • be hypocritical
  • beat
  • beguile
  • best
  • betray
  • better
  • bewilder
  • bleed
  • blow away
  • blow out of water
  • bluff
  • buffalo
  • bulldoze
  • bunco
  • burn
  • bury
  • bypass
  • cap
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chicane
  • chisel
  • circumlocute
  • circumvent
  • claim
  • claim falsely
  • clobber
  • cold-shoulder
  • con
  • confuse
  • cook
  • counterfeit
  • cozen
  • cream
  • deceive
  • defeat
  • deflect
  • deflection
  • defraud
  • deke
  • delude
  • departure
  • desist
  • detour
  • deviation
  • diddle
  • digression
  • dissemble
  • dissimulate
  • ditch
  • divergence
  • divert
  • do a number on
  • do in
  • dodge
  • double-cross
  • down
  • duck
  • dupe
  • eclipse
  • elude
  • end-run
  • escape
  • eschew
  • euchre
  • evade
  • exceed
  • excel
  • fake
  • feign
  • fend off
  • figure out
  • finagle
  • fish
  • flee
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • fool
  • fox
  • frame
  • fudge
  • gaff
  • gammon
  • give the slip
  • go beyond
  • go one better
  • gull
  • have
  • have on
  • hide
  • hoax
  • hold off
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • humbug
  • hustle
  • illude
  • impersonate
  • jazz
  • jive
  • juggle
  • juke
  • jump
  • keep clear
  • kid
  • lay claim
  • lay low
  • lead astray
  • lead on
  • lead one down the garden path
  • lead one up the garden path
  • leave behind
  • let on
  • lick
  • lie
  • make a fool of
  • make a monkey of
  • make believe
  • make out
  • malinger
  • masquerade
  • misguide
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • mulct
  • murphy
  • obviate
  • outclass
  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outfox
  • outgeneral
  • outguess
  • outgun
  • outjockey
  • outmaneuver
  • outrival
  • outshine
  • outsmart
  • outstrip
  • outthink
  • overreach
  • overrun
  • pass off
  • pass oneself off as
  • play a trick on
  • play games with
  • play-act
  • pretend
  • profess
  • psych out
  • pull a fast one
  • pull a fast one on
  • pump-fake
  • purport
  • put on
  • put one over on
  • put up a front
  • recoil
  • red herring
  • rook
  • run a game on
  • run circles around
  • run for cover
  • scam
  • set up
  • shake
  • shake and bake
  • shake off
  • sham
  • shirk
  • shoot ahead
  • shortchange
  • shrink from
  • shuck
  • shuffle off
  • shun
  • shut out
  • shy
  • sidestep
  • simulate
  • skin
  • skip
  • skip out on
  • skip town
  • skirt
  • slip
  • snooker
  • snow
  • spoof
  • squeeze
  • stay away
  • stay out
  • steer clear of
  • step aside
  • stick
  • sting
  • stonewall
  • string along
  • stutter-step
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • surpass
  • swindle
  • take for a ride
  • take in
  • tease
  • top
  • total
  • transcend
  • trash
  • trick
  • trifle
  • turn aside
  • turning
  • variation
  • ward off
  • weave
  • whitewash
  • withdraw
  • worst

sat tight

  • anticipated
  • avoided
  • awaited
  • bided
  • bode
  • eluded
  • evaded
  • expected
  • held on
  • hid
  • holed up
  • hung around
  • lay
  • lay low
  • lingered
  • lurked
  • remained
  • reposed
  • skulked
  • slinked
  • slunk
  • sneaked
  • snuck
  • stayed
  • stood by
  • stuck around
  • tarried
  • waited

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