lays on

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

It's pronounced as /leɪz ɒn/


What is synonym and antonym for lays on?

In the thesaurus, “lays on” has 46 synonyms and 14 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for lays on

  • advances
  • anoints
  • applies
  • apprentices
  • assumes
  • bedaubs
  • besmears
  • blankets
  • carpets
  • coats
  • contracts
  • covers
  • dabs
  • daubs
  • employs
  • engages
  • enlists
  • fees
  • headhunts
  • hires
  • jobs
  • layers
  • lays
  • mantles
  • overlays
  • overlies
  • overspreads
  • partners
  • pays
  • places
  • plasters
  • promotes
  • recruits
  • reemploys
  • reengages
  • rehires
  • retains
  • scouts
  • sheets
  • slathers
  • smears
  • spreads
  • subcontracts
  • surfaces
  • takes on
  • upgrades

Antonyms for lays on

Example Sentences

  • She lays on the perfume a little too heavily.
  • He lays on the charm when trying to win people over.
  • The decorator lays on a fresh coat of paint every year.
  • She lays on the pressure to get the project done faster.
  • He lays on the excuses every time he’s late to work.

On this page you'll find 60 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to lays on, such as: advances, anoints, applies, apprentices, assumes, axes, bares.

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

Related Words

dabs

  • KOs
  • Renaissance men
  • aces
  • addicts
  • adepts
  • afficionados
  • aficionados
  • all-rounders
  • anoints
  • applies
  • artists
  • atoms
  • authorities
  • bangs
  • bashes
  • bastinades
  • bastinadoes
  • bats
  • batterings
  • beatings
  • beats
  • bedaubs
  • belts
  • besmears
  • biffs
  • bites
  • bits
  • blankets
  • blows
  • body blows
  • bops
  • boxes
  • brushes
  • buffets
  • buffs
  • busts
  • carpets
  • chips
  • chops
  • chucks
  • claps
  • clasps
  • clenches
  • clippings
  • clips
  • clouts
  • clutches
  • coats
  • cognoscenti
  • connoisseurs
  • consultants
  • counter-blows
  • counter-strokes
  • counterblows
  • counterpunches
  • counters
  • counterstrokes
  • covers
  • crackajacks
  • crackerjacks
  • cracks
  • craftsmen
  • crumbs
  • crunchers
  • cuffs
  • dab hands
  • dashes
  • daubs
  • devotees
  • digs
  • doses
  • dots
  • douses
  • drams
  • driblets
  • drops
  • drops in the bucket
  • drubbings
  • enthusiasts
  • experts
  • fans
  • feels
  • fiends
  • fillips
  • flakes
  • flecks
  • flicks
  • flyspecks
  • fragments
  • geeks
  • glimmers
  • grains
  • granules
  • grasps
  • grazes
  • grips
  • gurus
  • hacks
  • handfuls
  • handles
  • hands
  • handsful
  • haymakers
  • hints
  • hired guns
  • hits
  • holds
  • hooks
  • hoots
  • hotshots
  • iotas
  • jabs
  • jacks-of-all-trades
  • jams
  • jerks
  • jogs
  • jots
  • journeymen
  • kayos
  • kicks
  • knees
  • knockdowns
  • knockouts
  • knocks
  • larrups
  • lashes
  • layers
  • lays
  • lays on
  • lefts
  • lickings
  • licks
  • little
  • lunges
  • maestri
  • maestros
  • mantles
  • masters
  • mavens
  • mavins
  • meisters
  • minima
  • minims
  • minimums
  • mistresses
  • mites
  • modicums
  • molecules
  • morsels
  • motes
  • nibbles
  • nips
  • nubbins
  • nudges
  • one-twos
  • ounces
  • overlays
  • overlies
  • overspreads
  • palms
  • palpates
  • palps
  • parings
  • particles
  • parts
  • past masters
  • pastings
  • patches
  • pats
  • peanuts
  • pelts
  • picks
  • pinches
  • plasters
  • plumps
  • pokes
  • portions
  • pounds
  • professionals
  • proficients
  • pros
  • punches
  • pushes
  • rabbit punches
  • raps
  • rays
  • right-handers
  • rights
  • roundhouses
  • scatterings
  • scholars
  • scintillas
  • scraps
  • scruples
  • sections
  • semblances
  • shades
  • shadows
  • shards
  • sharks
  • sharps
  • shaves
  • shavings
  • sheets
  • shivers
  • shots
  • shoves
  • shreds
  • sidewinders
  • skims
  • skoshes
  • slams
  • slaps
  • slathers
  • slivers
  • slugs
  • smacks
  • smashes
  • smatterings
  • smatters
  • smears
  • smells
  • smidgens
  • smidgeons
  • smidges
  • smidgins
  • smithereens
  • snaps
  • socks
  • spanks
  • sparks
  • spatters
  • specialists
  • specks
  • splashes
  • splinters
  • spots
  • spreads
  • sprinklings
  • stabs
  • sticks
  • stingers
  • strains
  • streaks
  • stripes
  • strokes
  • sucker punches
  • surfaces
  • suspicions
  • swats
  • swings
  • swipes
  • switches
  • syllables
  • tags
  • taps
  • tastes
  • tatters
  • thrashings
  • thuds
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • tips
  • tittles
  • touches
  • traces
  • uppercuts
  • vestiges
  • virtuosi
  • virtuosos
  • wallopings
  • wallops
  • welts
  • whacks
  • whams
  • whaps
  • whippings
  • whips
  • whits
  • whizzes
  • whops
  • wizards

laces

  • adulterates
  • alternates
  • amalgamates
  • aromatizes
  • assails
  • assaults
  • assimilates
  • attacks
  • attenuates
  • bashes
  • bastes
  • bats
  • batters
  • beats
  • beats up on
  • befouls
  • belabors
  • belts
  • besets
  • birches
  • blackjacks
  • blends
  • bludgeons
  • boxes
  • braidings
  • braids
  • buffets
  • bungee cords
  • bungees
  • bungs up
  • busts
  • cables
  • canes
  • cheapens
  • chops
  • clobbers
  • clouts
  • clubs
  • combines
  • commingles
  • contaminates
  • cords
  • cornrows
  • corrupts
  • counterfeits
  • cowhides
  • cracks
  • cudgels
  • cuffs
  • curries
  • cuts
  • debases
  • defiles
  • degrades
  • dilutes
  • dirties
  • doctors
  • does
  • dreadlocks
  • drubs
  • embodies
  • enhances
  • enlaces
  • enriches
  • entwines
  • envenoms
  • extends
  • fakes
  • falsifies
  • fibs
  • flagellates
  • flavors
  • flogs
  • fouls
  • fudges
  • fuses
  • fustigates
  • gores
  • guys
  • halyards
  • hammers
  • hides
  • hits
  • horsewhips
  • implicates
  • incorporates
  • infects
  • inserts
  • integrates
  • interlaces
  • intermingles
  • intersperses
  • intertwines
  • intertwists
  • interweaves
  • inweaves
  • joins
  • juxtaposes
  • knocks
  • lacerates
  • lacings
  • lambastes
  • lambasts
  • lams
  • lanyards
  • lashes
  • lathers
  • lays on
  • leathers
  • licks
  • lines
  • links
  • loads
  • maims
  • mangles
  • manipulates
  • mauls
  • merges
  • mingles
  • misrepresents
  • mixes
  • moderates
  • mutilates
  • paddles
  • pastes
  • pelts
  • peppers
  • perfumes
  • pigtails
  • pistol-whips
  • plaits
  • plats
  • pleaches
  • plies
  • poisons
  • pollutes
  • pommels
  • pounds
  • pummels
  • punches
  • punches out
  • qualifies
  • queues
  • raids
  • rawhides
  • rickracks
  • ricracs
  • ropes
  • rushes
  • salts
  • sauces
  • savors
  • savours
  • scourges
  • seasons
  • slams
  • slaps
  • slates
  • slogs
  • smacks
  • smashes
  • socks
  • soils
  • sophisticates
  • spanks
  • spices
  • spikes
  • spoils
  • stays
  • storms
  • straps
  • strings
  • stripes
  • sullies
  • swats
  • swipes
  • switches
  • taints
  • tans
  • tempers
  • thins
  • thrashes
  • threads
  • threshes
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • tromps
  • twists
  • wallops
  • waters down
  • weakens
  • weaves
  • whacks
  • whales
  • whams
  • whaps
  • whipcords
  • whips
  • whomps
  • whops
  • whups
  • wires
  • works over
  • wounds
  • wreathes
  • writhes

paddles

  • assails
  • assaults
  • attacks
  • bashes
  • bastes
  • bats
  • batters
  • beats
  • beats up on
  • belabors
  • belts
  • besets
  • birches
  • blackjacks
  • bludgeons
  • boxes
  • buffets
  • bungs up
  • busts
  • canes
  • canoes
  • chops
  • clobbers
  • clouts
  • clubs
  • cowhides
  • cracks
  • cudgels
  • cuffs
  • curries
  • does
  • drubs
  • feathers
  • fibs
  • flagellates
  • flogs
  • fustigates
  • gores
  • hammers
  • hides
  • hits
  • horsewhips
  • kayaks
  • knocks
  • lacerates
  • laces
  • lambastes
  • lambasts
  • lams
  • lashes
  • lathers
  • lays on
  • leathers
  • licks
  • maims
  • mangles
  • mauls
  • mutilates
  • oars
  • pastes
  • pelts
  • pistol-whips
  • poles
  • pommels
  • pounds
  • pulls
  • pummels
  • punches
  • punches out
  • punts
  • raids
  • rawhides
  • rows
  • rushes
  • scourges
  • sculls
  • slams
  • slaps
  • slates
  • slogs
  • smacks
  • smashes
  • socks
  • spanks
  • storms
  • straps
  • swats
  • swipes
  • switches
  • tans
  • thrashes
  • threshes
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • tromps
  • wallops
  • whacks
  • whales
  • whams
  • whaps
  • whips
  • whomps
  • whops
  • whups
  • works over
  • wounds

lambastes

  • abuses
  • admonishes
  • affronts
  • asperses
  • assails
  • assaults
  • attacks
  • bad-mouths
  • bashes
  • bastes
  • bats
  • batters
  • bawls out
  • beats
  • beats up on
  • belabors
  • belittles
  • belts
  • berates
  • besets
  • birches
  • blackguards
  • blackjacks
  • blames
  • blasphemes
  • blasts
  • bludgeons
  • boxes
  • buffets
  • bungs up
  • busts
  • calls down
  • canes
  • castigates
  • censures
  • chastises
  • chews out
  • chides
  • chops
  • clobbers
  • clouts
  • clubs
  • condemns
  • cowhides
  • cracks
  • criticizes
  • crucifies
  • cudgels
  • cuffs
  • curries
  • curses
  • denounces
  • disparages
  • disses
  • does
  • dresses down
  • drubs
  • excoriates
  • execrates
  • faults
  • fibs
  • flagellates
  • flays
  • flogs
  • fulminates
  • fustigates
  • gores
  • hammers
  • harangues
  • harasses
  • harries
  • hides
  • hits
  • horsewhips
  • imprecates
  • insults
  • jaws
  • keelhauls
  • knocks
  • lacerates
  • laces
  • lams
  • lashes
  • lathers
  • lays into
  • lays on
  • leathers
  • lectures
  • libels
  • licks
  • lights into
  • maims
  • mangles
  • mauls
  • mocks
  • mutilates
  • paddles
  • pans
  • pastes
  • pelts
  • pistol-whips
  • pommels
  • potshots
  • pounds
  • profanes
  • pummels
  • punches
  • punches out
  • puts down
  • rags
  • raids
  • rates
  • rawhides
  • rebukes
  • reprehends
  • reprimands
  • reproaches
  • reproves
  • reviles
  • ridicules
  • rushes
  • sails into
  • savages
  • scathes
  • scoffs
  • scolds
  • scores
  • scorns
  • scourges
  • slams
  • slanders
  • slaps
  • slates
  • slogs
  • slurs
  • smacks
  • smashes
  • socks
  • spanks
  • storms
  • straps
  • swats
  • swipes
  • switches
  • takes to task
  • tans
  • thrashes
  • threshes
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • ties into
  • tongue-lashes
  • traduces
  • trashes
  • tromps
  • upbraids
  • vilifies
  • vituperates
  • wallops
  • whacks
  • whales
  • whams
  • whaps
  • whips
  • whomps
  • whops
  • whups
  • works over
  • wounds

lambasts

  • abuses
  • admonishes
  • affronts
  • asperses
  • assails
  • assaults
  • attacks
  • bad-mouths
  • bashes
  • bastes
  • bats
  • batters
  • bawls out
  • beats
  • beats up on
  • belabors
  • belittles
  • belts
  • berates
  • besets
  • birches
  • blackguards
  • blackjacks
  • blames
  • blasphemes
  • blasts
  • bludgeons
  • boxes
  • buffets
  • bungs up
  • busts
  • calls down
  • canes
  • castigates
  • censures
  • chastises
  • chews out
  • chides
  • chops
  • clobbers
  • clouts
  • clubs
  • condemns
  • cowhides
  • cracks
  • criticizes
  • crucifies
  • cudgels
  • cuffs
  • curries
  • curses
  • denounces
  • disparages
  • disses
  • does
  • dresses down
  • drubs
  • excoriates
  • execrates
  • faults
  • fibs
  • flagellates
  • flays
  • flogs
  • fulminates
  • fustigates
  • gores
  • hammers
  • harangues
  • harasses
  • harries
  • hides
  • hits
  • horsewhips
  • imprecates
  • insults
  • jaws
  • keelhauls
  • knocks
  • lacerates
  • laces
  • lams
  • lashes
  • lathers
  • lays into
  • lays on
  • leathers
  • lectures
  • libels
  • licks
  • lights into
  • maims
  • mangles
  • mauls
  • mocks
  • mutilates
  • paddles
  • pans
  • pastes
  • pelts
  • pistol-whips
  • pommels
  • potshots
  • pounds
  • profanes
  • pummels
  • punches
  • punches out
  • puts down
  • rags
  • raids
  • rates
  • rawhides
  • rebukes
  • reprehends
  • reprimands
  • reproaches
  • reproves
  • reviles
  • ridicules
  • rushes
  • sails into
  • savages
  • scathes
  • scoffs
  • scolds
  • scores
  • scorns
  • scourges
  • slams
  • slanders
  • slaps
  • slates
  • slogs
  • slurs
  • smacks
  • smashes
  • socks
  • spanks
  • storms
  • straps
  • swats
  • swipes
  • switches
  • takes to task
  • tans
  • thrashes
  • threshes
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • ties into
  • tongue-lashes
  • traduces
  • trashes
  • tromps
  • upbraids
  • vilifies
  • vituperates
  • wallops
  • whacks
  • whales
  • whams
  • whaps
  • whips
  • whomps
  • whops
  • whups
  • works over
  • wounds

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