lay on

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

It's pronounced as /leɪ ɑːn/


What is synonym and antonym for lay on?

In the thesaurus, “lay on” has 187 synonyms and 62 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for lay on

  • abuse
  • accord
  • administer
  • admonish
  • advance
  • affix
  • allot
  • anoint
  • ante up
  • apply
  • apprentice
  • arrange
  • assume
  • award
  • back
  • bedaub
  • bequeath
  • besmear
  • bestow
  • bill
  • blame
  • blanket
  • book
  • budget
  • calculate
  • call
  • call down
  • call to task
  • call up
  • carpet
  • cavil
  • censure
  • charge
  • chide
  • chip in
  • coat
  • collect
  • come through with
  • come up with
  • compile
  • compute
  • condemn
  • confer
  • contract
  • contribute
  • cover
  • criticize
  • dab
  • daub
  • defame
  • demand
  • design
  • devote
  • discredit
  • disparage
  • dole out
  • donate
  • draft
  • edit
  • employ
  • empower
  • enable
  • endue
  • engage
  • enhance
  • enlist
  • enrich
  • enter
  • entrust
  • establish
  • estimate
  • exact
  • extort
  • fasten
  • favor
  • fee
  • feed
  • feed the kitty
  • figure
  • finance
  • formulate
  • found
  • fund
  • furnish
  • gather
  • get in the act
  • get on line
  • gift
  • gift with
  • give
  • give away
  • give comeuppance
  • give the devil
  • grant
  • hand out
  • headhunt
  • heighten
  • hire
  • invest
  • itemize
  • jawbone
  • job
  • join
  • kick in
  • lay
  • lay out
  • layer
  • leave
  • lesson
  • line up
  • list
  • make over
  • mantle
  • map out
  • massage
  • offer
  • organize
  • overlay
  • overlie
  • overspread
  • paint
  • partner
  • pass the hat
  • pay
  • pencil in
  • place
  • plaster
  • poll
  • prearrange
  • present
  • prioritize
  • process
  • proffer
  • promote
  • provide
  • put at disposal
  • put forth
  • put on
  • raise
  • rake
  • ream
  • rebuke
  • recruit
  • reemploy
  • reengage
  • register
  • rehire
  • reprehend
  • reprimand
  • reprove
  • retain
  • rub
  • schedule
  • scold
  • scout
  • set
  • set up
  • settle on
  • sheet
  • sit on
  • slate
  • slather
  • smear
  • sponsor
  • spread
  • subcontract
  • subscribe
  • subsidize
  • summon
  • supply
  • support
  • surface
  • sweeten the kitty
  • sweeten the pot
  • take on
  • take to task
  • tax
  • touch
  • trim
  • upbraid
  • upgrade
  • vest in
  • vouchsafe
  • will
  • work out
  • wrest
  • wring

Antonyms for lay on

  • approve
  • ax
  • axe
  • bare
  • can
  • cancel
  • commend
  • compliment
  • conceal
  • condemn
  • decrease
  • deny
  • deprive
  • destroy
  • detach
  • disagree
  • disallow
  • disapprove
  • discharge
  • discourage
  • dishonor
  • dismiss
  • disorder
  • disorganize
  • disperse
  • displace
  • exalt
  • exonerate
  • expose
  • fire
  • flatter
  • forget
  • furlough
  • give
  • hurt
  • keep
  • laud
  • lay off
  • let go
  • lock out
  • loosen
  • neglect
  • oppose
  • peel
  • praise
  • receive
  • reduce
  • refrain
  • refuse
  • remove
  • renege
  • sack
  • sanction
  • scatter
  • strip
  • subdue
  • take
  • take away
  • taking
  • uncover
  • veto
  • withhold

Meanings of lay on

  • verb
    1. To provide (food or drinks) for free.
    2. To provide.
    3. To apply or implement (something).
    4. To repeatedly say (particular things).
    5. To do something excessively.
    6. To cover something with a layer of (something).
    7. To impart or explain (something) in words.
    8. To attack or strike.
    9. To give (something) as a gift, special treat or bonus.
    10. To sail towards or to arrive at (a destination).
    11. To vigorously row (an oar) to propel a boat or ship.

Example Sentences

  • They decided to lay on extra buses for the festival crowd.
  • The host will lay on a big dinner for all the guests.
  • Can you lay on some entertainment for the kids at the party?
  • The coach told the team to lay on the pressure in the second half.
  • The hotel agreed to lay on a shuttle service to the airport.

On this page you'll find 249 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to lay on, such as: abuse, accord, administer, admonish, advance, affix, allot.

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

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  • authority
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  • bat
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  • carpet
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  • clap
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  • clip
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  • clobbering
  • clout
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  • coat
  • cognoscente
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  • counter
  • counterblow
  • counterpunch
  • counterstroke
  • cover
  • crack
  • crackajack
  • crackerjack
  • craftsman
  • crumb
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  • cudgeling
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  • drubbing
  • enthusiast
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  • feel
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  • fillip
  • flake
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  • flyspeck
  • fragment
  • geek
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  • guru
  • hack
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  • hand
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  • haymaker
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  • kayo
  • kick
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  • lambasting
  • larrup
  • lash
  • lay
  • lay on
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  • left
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  • little
  • lunge
  • maestro
  • mantle
  • master
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  • minim
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  • mistress
  • mite
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  • molecule
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  • nudge
  • one-two
  • ounce
  • overlay
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  • palm
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  • paring
  • part
  • particle
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  • peanuts
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  • pelt
  • pick
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  • plaster
  • plump
  • poke
  • portion
  • pound
  • pounding
  • pro
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  • pummeling
  • pummelling
  • punch
  • push
  • rabbit punch
  • rap
  • ray
  • right
  • right-hander
  • roundhouse
  • scattering
  • scholar
  • scintilla
  • scrap
  • scruple
  • section
  • semblance
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  • shot
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  • smell
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  • smidgeon
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  • snap
  • sock
  • spank
  • spark
  • spatter
  • specialist
  • speck
  • splash
  • splinter
  • spot
  • spread
  • sprinkling
  • stab
  • stick
  • stinger
  • stipple
  • strain
  • streak
  • stripe
  • stroke
  • sucker punch
  • surface
  • suspicion
  • swab
  • swat
  • swing
  • swipe
  • switch
  • syllable
  • tad
  • tag
  • tap
  • taste
  • tatter
  • thrashing
  • thud
  • thump
  • thwack
  • tip
  • tittle
  • touch
  • trace
  • uppercut
  • vestige
  • virtuoso
  • wallop
  • walloping
  • welt
  • whack
  • wham
  • whap
  • whip
  • whipping
  • whit
  • whiz
  • whop
  • wipe
  • wizard

lace

  • add
  • adulterate
  • alternate
  • amalgamate
  • aromatize
  • assail
  • assault
  • assimilate
  • attach
  • attack
  • attenuate
  • band
  • banding
  • bash
  • baste
  • bat
  • batter
  • beat
  • beat up on
  • befoul
  • belabor
  • belt
  • beset
  • bind
  • birch
  • blackjack
  • blend
  • bludgeon
  • border
  • box
  • braid
  • braiding
  • buffet
  • bung up
  • bungee cord
  • bust
  • cable
  • cane
  • cheapen
  • chop
  • clobber
  • close
  • clout
  • club
  • combine
  • commingle
  • contaminate
  • cord
  • cornrow
  • corrupt
  • counterfeit
  • cowhide
  • crack
  • crochet
  • cudgel
  • cuff
  • curry
  • cut
  • debase
  • defile
  • degrade
  • dilute
  • dirty
  • do
  • do up
  • doctor
  • dreadlock
  • drub
  • edging
  • embody
  • enhance
  • enlace
  • enrich
  • entwine
  • envenom
  • extend
  • fake
  • falsify
  • fib
  • filigree
  • flagellate
  • flavor
  • flog
  • fortify
  • foul
  • fudge
  • fuse
  • fustigate
  • gore
  • guy
  • halyard
  • hammer
  • hide
  • hit
  • horsewhip
  • implicate
  • incorporate
  • infect
  • insert
  • integrate
  • interlace
  • intermingle
  • intersperse
  • intertwine
  • intertwist
  • interweave
  • inweave
  • join
  • juxtapose
  • knock
  • lacerate
  • lacing
  • lam
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lanyard
  • lash
  • lather
  • lay on
  • leather
  • lick
  • line
  • link
  • load
  • maim
  • mangle
  • manipulate
  • maul
  • merge
  • mesh
  • mingle
  • misrepresent
  • mix
  • moderate
  • mutilate
  • net
  • netting
  • openwork
  • ornament
  • paddle
  • paste
  • pelt
  • pepper
  • perfume
  • pigtail
  • pistol-whip
  • plait
  • plat
  • pleach
  • ply
  • poison
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  • pommel
  • pound
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  • punch
  • punch out
  • qualify
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  • raid
  • rawhide
  • rickrack
  • ricrac
  • rope
  • rush
  • salt
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  • scourge
  • season
  • shoelace
  • slam
  • slap
  • slate
  • slog
  • smack
  • smash
  • sock
  • soil
  • sophisticate
  • spank
  • spice
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  • spoil
  • stay
  • storm
  • strap
  • string
  • stripe
  • sully
  • swat
  • swipe
  • switch
  • taint
  • tan
  • tatting
  • temper
  • thin
  • thong
  • thrash
  • thread
  • threadwork
  • thresh
  • thump
  • thwack
  • tie
  • tissue
  • trim
  • trimming
  • tromp
  • twine
  • twist
  • wallop
  • water down
  • weaken
  • weave
  • whack
  • whale
  • wham
  • whap
  • whip
  • whipcord
  • whomp
  • whop
  • whup
  • wire
  • work over
  • wound
  • wreathe
  • writhe

paddle

  • assail
  • assault
  • attack
  • bash
  • baste
  • bat
  • batter
  • beat
  • beat up on
  • belabor
  • belt
  • beset
  • birch
  • blackjack
  • bludgeon
  • boat
  • box
  • buffet
  • bung up
  • bust
  • cane
  • canoe
  • chop
  • clobber
  • clout
  • club
  • cowhide
  • crack
  • cruise
  • cudgel
  • cuff
  • curry
  • cut water
  • do
  • drift
  • drive
  • drub
  • feather
  • fib
  • flagellate
  • flog
  • fustigate
  • gore
  • hammer
  • hide
  • hit
  • horsewhip
  • kayak
  • knock
  • lace
  • lacerate
  • lam
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lash
  • lather
  • lay on
  • leather
  • lick
  • maim
  • mangle
  • maul
  • mutilate
  • navigate
  • oar
  • paddlewheel
  • paste
  • pelt
  • pistol-whip
  • pole
  • pommel
  • pound
  • propeller
  • pull
  • pummel
  • punch
  • punch out
  • punt
  • raid
  • rawhide
  • row
  • run rapids
  • rush
  • scourge
  • scull
  • sky an oar
  • slam
  • slap
  • slate
  • slog
  • slop
  • smack
  • smash
  • sock
  • spank
  • splash
  • stir
  • storm
  • strap
  • swat
  • sweep
  • swipe
  • switch
  • tan
  • thrash
  • thresh
  • thump
  • thwack
  • tromp
  • wade
  • wallop
  • whack
  • whale
  • wham
  • whap
  • whip
  • whomp
  • whop
  • whup
  • work over
  • wound

call down

  • Bronx cheer
  • abase
  • abuse
  • adjudge
  • admonish
  • advise
  • afflict
  • affront
  • animadversion
  • asperse
  • aspersion
  • assail
  • attack
  • bad press
  • bad-mouth
  • baste
  • bawl out
  • belittle
  • berate
  • black list
  • blackball
  • blame
  • blast
  • blister
  • blow whistle on
  • boo
  • boycott
  • brickbat
  • brickbats
  • brush-off
  • call on the carpet
  • call to task
  • caluminate
  • carping
  • castigate
  • castigation
  • catcall
  • cavil
  • caviling
  • censure
  • chastise
  • check
  • chew
  • chew out
  • chide
  • cold shoulder
  • come down hard on
  • come down on
  • condemn
  • contempt
  • counsel
  • cow
  • critical remarks
  • criticism
  • criticize
  • crucify
  • curb
  • curse
  • cuss
  • cuss out
  • cut
  • damn
  • debase
  • decry
  • defame
  • denigrate
  • denounce
  • denunciate
  • denunciation
  • deprecate
  • deprecation
  • depreciate
  • dig
  • ding
  • dis
  • disapprobation
  • disapprove
  • discipline
  • discontent
  • discourtesy
  • discredit
  • disdain
  • disfavor
  • dislike
  • disparage
  • disparagement
  • displeasure
  • disregard
  • diss
  • dissatisfaction
  • doom
  • draw the line
  • dress down
  • dump on
  • eat out
  • enjoin
  • excoriate
  • exhort
  • exprobate
  • fault
  • faultfinding
  • find fault
  • find fault with
  • find guilty
  • flak
  • flay
  • forewarn
  • frame
  • fulminate against
  • give a black eye
  • give a going over
  • give a hard time
  • give comeuppance
  • give one hell
  • give the devil
  • give what for
  • glue
  • go-by
  • growl
  • hammer
  • hang something on
  • harangue
  • have on the carpet
  • hiss
  • hit
  • hoist
  • humble
  • inattention
  • indifference
  • jack up
  • jaw
  • jawbone
  • jinx
  • judge
  • jump all over
  • keelhaul
  • kick
  • knock
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lash
  • lay into
  • lay on
  • lecture
  • lesson
  • let have it
  • libel
  • malign
  • mistreat
  • mock
  • monish
  • mudsling
  • name
  • neglect
  • nit-picking
  • nix
  • notice
  • objection
  • objurgate
  • opprobrium
  • ostracism
  • pan
  • panning
  • pass sentence on
  • penalize
  • pin it on
  • point finger at
  • pronounce
  • proscribe
  • punish
  • put a whammy on
  • put away
  • put down
  • put-down
  • quibble
  • rag
  • rag on
  • rail at
  • rake
  • rake over the coals
  • rap
  • rap on knuckles
  • rate
  • ream
  • rebuff
  • rebuke
  • rejection
  • reprehend
  • repress
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • reprobate
  • reproof
  • reprove
  • restrain
  • revile
  • ridicule
  • rip up
  • roast
  • run down
  • scoff
  • scold
  • scorch
  • score
  • scorn
  • scourge
  • send up
  • send up the river
  • sentence
  • sit on
  • skin
  • skin alive
  • slam
  • slander
  • slap
  • slap in the face
  • slap on the wrist
  • slap on wrist
  • slur
  • smear
  • snub
  • soften
  • speak ill of
  • speak to
  • static
  • stricture
  • subdue
  • swipe
  • take down
  • take down a peg
  • take to task
  • talk to
  • tame
  • tear down
  • tear into
  • tell a thing or two
  • tell off
  • thumbs down on
  • thumbs-down
  • tick off
  • tongue-lash
  • traduce
  • trim
  • try
  • upbraid
  • vitriol
  • vituperate
  • voodoo
  • warn
  • zapper
  • zing

lambast

  • abuse
  • admonish
  • affront
  • asperse
  • assail
  • assault
  • attack
  • bad-mouth
  • bash
  • baste
  • bat
  • batter
  • bawl out
  • beat
  • beat up on
  • belabor
  • belittle
  • belt
  • berate
  • beset
  • birch
  • blackguard
  • blackjack
  • blame
  • blaspheme
  • blast
  • bludgeon
  • box
  • buffet
  • bung up
  • bust
  • call down
  • cane
  • castigate
  • censure
  • chastise
  • chew out
  • chide
  • chop
  • clobber
  • clout
  • club
  • condemn
  • cowhide
  • crack
  • criticize
  • crucify
  • cudgel
  • cuff
  • curry
  • curse
  • denounce
  • dis
  • disparage
  • diss
  • do
  • dress down
  • drub
  • excoriate
  • execrate
  • fault
  • fib
  • flagellate
  • flay
  • flog
  • fulminate
  • fustigate
  • gore
  • hammer
  • harangue
  • harass
  • harry
  • hide
  • hit
  • horsewhip
  • imprecate
  • insult
  • jaw
  • keelhaul
  • knock
  • lace
  • lacerate
  • lam
  • lash
  • lather
  • lay into
  • lay on
  • leather
  • lecture
  • libel
  • lick
  • light into
  • maim
  • mangle
  • maul
  • mock
  • mutilate
  • paddle
  • pan
  • paste
  • pelt
  • pistol-whip
  • pommel
  • potshot
  • pound
  • profane
  • pummel
  • punch
  • punch out
  • put down
  • rag
  • raid
  • rate
  • rawhide
  • rebuke
  • reprehend
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • reprove
  • revile
  • ridicule
  • rush
  • sail into
  • savage
  • scathe
  • scoff
  • scold
  • score
  • scorn
  • scourge
  • slam
  • slander
  • slap
  • slate
  • slog
  • slur
  • smack
  • smash
  • sock
  • spank
  • storm
  • strap
  • swat
  • swipe
  • switch
  • take to task
  • tan
  • thrash
  • thresh
  • thump
  • thwack
  • tie into
  • tongue-lash
  • traduce
  • trash
  • tromp
  • upbraid
  • vilify
  • vituperate
  • wallop
  • whack
  • whale
  • wham
  • whap
  • whip
  • whomp
  • whop
  • whup
  • work over
  • wound

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