Laying Synonyms and Antonyms

The production of eggs (especially in birds)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. arranging
  2. setting
  3. egg laying
  4. putting
To bet
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. wagering
  2. gaming
  3. gambling
  4. playing
  5. betting
To bring forth
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. alleging
  2. depositing
  3. presenting
  4. yielding
  5. citing
  6. generating
  7. adducing
Put into a certain place or abstract location
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. setting
  2. putting
  3. sticking
  4. positioning
  5. placing
  6. posing
  7. depositing
To arrange tableware upon (a table) in preparation for a meal
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. spreading
  2. setting
To regard as belonging to or resulting from another
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. referring
  2. imputing
  3. crediting
  4. charging
  5. attributing
  6. assigning
  7. ascribing
  8. accrediting
Put in a horizontal position
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. reposing
  2. interring
  3. organizing
  4. entombing
  5. systematizing
  6. arranging
  7. burying
Antonyms:
  1. lifting
  2. taking
To place (a story, for example) in a designated setting
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. setting

Words Related to Laying

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Laying Sentence Examples

  • She moved closer to him, laying her head on his chest.

  • He put the box behind the seat in the truck and climbed in, laying the picture beside him.

  • Dry your bathing suit by laying it flat on a towel or hang it in the shade.

  • The works sent to Clement he regarded as preliminaries, laying down principles which were afterwards to be applied to the sciences.

  • He, among others, prepared designs for laying out the City anew.

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