lay - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a narrative poem of popular origin

Synonyms

• ballad
• lay

More generic

• poem
• verse form

More specific

• Edda

Noun

a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

Synonyms

• ballad
• lay

More generic

• song
• vocal

More specific

• minstrelsy

Verb

put into a certain place or abstract location

Synonyms

• lay
• place
• pose
• position
• put
• set

More generic

• displace
• move

Also See

• lay out

More specific

• appose
• arrange
• barrel
• bed
• bottle
• bucket
• butt
• clap
• cock
• coffin
• cram
• deposit
• dispose
• docket
• emplace
• enclose
• ensconce
• fix
• glycerolise
• glycerolize
• ground
• imbricate
• inclose
• insert
• instal
• install
• intersperse
• introduce
• jar
• juxtapose
• ladle
• lay
• lay over
• lean
• load
• marshal
• middle
• misplace
• nestle
• parallelize
• park
• perch
• pigeonhole
• pile
• pillow
• place down
• place upright
• plant
• poise
• posit
• position
• postpose
• prepose
• put back
• put down
• put in
• rack up
• recess
• recline
• replace
• repose
• reposition
• rest
• seat
• seed
• set
• set down
• set up
• settle
• settle down
• shelve
• ship
• sign
• siphon
• sit
• sit down
• situate
• snuggle
• sow
• space
• stand
• stand up
• step
• stick in
• stratify
• superimpose
• superpose
• tee
• tee up
• throw
• thrust
• trench
• underlay
• upend

Verb

put in a horizontal position

Synonyms

• lay
• put down
• repose

More generic

• lay
• place
• pose
• position
• put
• set

Also See

• lay aside
• lay away
• lay over

More specific

• blow
• bury
• entomb
• inhume
• inter
• lay
• lay to rest
• rail
• rebury

Related

• lie

Verb

lay eggs

Synonyms

• lay

More generic

• lay
• put down
• repose

More specific

• spawn

Verb

prepare or position for action or operation

Synonyms

• lay

More generic

• devise
• get up
• machinate
• organise
• organize
• prepare

Verb

impose as a duty, burden, or punishment

Synonyms

• lay

More generic

• impose
• levy

Adjective

not of or from a profession

Synonyms

• lay

Related

• nonprofessional

Adjective

characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

Synonyms

• laic
• lay
• secular

Related

• profane
• secular

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