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lay - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | lay |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amateur, not trained in a religious or other profession |
| Synonyms: | inexpert, nonprofessional, ordinary, secular, temporal, nonclerical, nonspecialist, unsacred |
| Notes: | to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline |
| Antonyms: | ordained, professional |
| Main Entry: | lay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put, place |
| Synonyms: | arrange, deposit, dispose, establish, fix, leave, locate, order, organize, plant, position, repose, rest, set, settle, spread, stick, systematize, posit, set down, set out |
| Antonyms: | lift, take |
| Main Entry: | lay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce, advance |
| Synonyms: | adduce, allege, bear, cite, deposit, generate, lodge, offer, present, submit, yield, bring forth, bring forward, put forward |
| Main Entry: | lay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | credit, allocate |
| Synonyms: | accredit, address, aim, allot, apply, ascribe, assess, assign, attribute, burden, cast, charge, direct, encumber, impose, impute, incline, level, point, refer, saddle, tax, train, turn, zero in* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | design, plan |
| Synonyms: | concoct, contrive, devise, hatch, plot, prepare, work out |
| Antonyms: | neglect |
| Main Entry: | lay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make smooth |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, even, flatten, flush, iron, level, plane, press, quiet, relieve, steam, still, suppress |
| Antonyms: | rough |
| Main Entry: | lay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bet, wager |
| Synonyms: | gamble, game, hazard, play, risk, stake, give odds |
| Main Entry: | lie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell an untruth |
| Synonyms: | beguile, bull*, con, concoct, deceive, delude, dissemble, dissimulate, distort, dupe*, equivocate, exaggerate, fabricate, fake, falsify, fib, forswear, frame, fudge, invent, make believe, malign, misinform, mislead, misrepresent, misstate, palter, perjure, pervert, phony, plant*, prevaricate, promote, put on*, snow*, string along*, victimize, BS, be untruthful, bear false witness, break promise, go back on, misguide, misinstruct, misspeak, overdraw, put up a front, soft-soap |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be prostrate, flat |
| Synonyms: | couch, loll, lounge, nap, recline, repose, rest, retire, sleep, sprawl, turn in, be prone, be recumbent, be supine, go to bed, laze, lie down, siesta, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | stand, straighten, be upright |
| Main Entry: | lie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be situated |
| Synonyms: | be, belong, beset, exist, extend, occupy, prevail, reach, remain, spread, stretch, be beside, be buried, be established, be even, be fixed, be found, be interred, be level, be located, be on, be placed, be seated, be smooth, have its seat in |
| Main Entry: | allege |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assert; claim |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, affirm, aver, avow, charge, cite, declare, depose, lay, maintain, offer, plead, present, profess, recite, recount, state, testify, asservate, avouch, put forward |
| Antonyms: | contradict, deny, disagree, dissent, object, protest, repudiate |
| Main Entry: | ascribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign to source |
| Synonyms: | accredit, attribute, charge, credit, hang on, impute, lay, refer, reference, pin on, set down |
| Main Entry: | attribute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ascribe, assign to source |
| Synonyms: | account for, accredit, apply, associate, blame, charge, connect, credit, hang on, impute, lay, refer, reference, trace, fix upon, hold responsible, pin on |
| Main Entry: | carol |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joyful hymn |
| Synonyms: | ballad, chorus, ditty*, lay, song, strain, Christmas song, canticle, canzonet, madrigal, noel |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | complain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grumble about |
| Synonyms: | accuse, ascribe, attack, beef*, bellyache*, bemoan, bewail, carp, cavil, charge, contravene, criticize, defy, demur, denounce, deplore, deprecate, differ, disagree, disapprove, dissent, expostulate, fret, fuss, gainsay, grieve, gripe, groan, grouse, growl, grumble, impute, indict, lament, lay, moan, nag, object, oppose, protest, refute, remonstrate, repine, reproach, snivel, wail, whimper, whine, yammer, bitch, find fault, kick up a fuss, look askance, make a fuss, sound off, take exception to |
| Antonyms: | applaud, approve, commend, praise, recommend, sanction, be content, be happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | copulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have sexual relations |
| Synonyms: | bed, breed, cohabit, couple, fool around*, fornicate, lay*, make love, make out*, mate, unite, be carnal, conjugate, do it, go all the way, go to bed, have coition, have relations, have sex, lie with, make it, sleep together, sleep with |
| Antonyms: | abstain, refrain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deposit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | locate, put in place for safekeeping |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amass, bank, collect, commit, deliver, ditch, drop, entrust, garner, hoard, install, invest, keep, lay, park, place, plant*, plunk*, precipitate, repose, rest, salt away*, save, settle, squirrel away*, store, stow, transfer, treasure, give in trust, lay away, plop, plunk down, put aside, put by, sit down, sock away, stash, stock up |
| Antonyms: | take away, take out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | even |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | balance, make smooth |
| Synonyms: | align, equal, equalize, flatten, flush, grade, lay, level, match, pancake*, plane, roll, square, stabilize, steady, uniform, regularize, symmetrize |
| Antonyms: | break, furrow, lump, roughen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flatten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | level out |
| Synonyms: | abrade, compress, crush, debase, deflate, depress, fell, floor, flush, grade, ground, iron out, lay, plane, plaster*, prostrate, raze, roll, smash, smooth, squash, straighten, subdue, trample, beat down, even out, knock down, lay low, mow down, spread out |
| Antonyms: | break, elevate, raise, round, make uneven |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hymn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | religious song |
| Synonyms: | aria, carol, chant, descant, ditty, laud, lay, ode, paean, psalm, shout, alleluia, canticle, choral, chorale, evensong, hallelujah, hosanna, lied, littany, oratorio, song of praise, worship song |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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