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Synonyms for laid down
verb gamble

speculate
wager
set
chance
hazard
put

game
venture
ante
trust
risk
pledge

pony up
dice
buy in on
lay down
lay odds
play against

play for
play the ponies
put money on
tempt fortune
toss up

Antonyms for laid down

displace

remove

Synonyms
verb hit half-heartedly

sacrifice
toss

meet
throw

butt
lay it down

Synonyms
verb command; give instructions

impose
prescribe
guide
govern
control
decree
set
lead

bid
manage
pronounce
direct
rule
ordain
charge
regiment

enjoin
instruct
bulldoze
order
lay down
call the shots
call the play
call the tune

lay down the law
put foot down
read the riot act
take the reins
walk heavy

Antonyms

disallow
implore

request
mismanage

ask

Synonyms
verb speak clearly

outline
affirm
articulate
intone
propound
utter
sound

express
develop
show
deliver
vocalize
pronounce
state

submit
proclaim
say
promulgate
announce
postulate
voice

modulate
declare
enounce
publish
lay down
phonate

Antonyms

repress
confine
conceal
hide
deny

withhold
muffle
mumble
leave alone
be quiet

ask
question
mispronounce

Synonyms
verb set, dictate

appoint
levy
force
institute
require
introduce
order
foist
charge
place
promulgate
inflict

demand
put
establish
enforce
presume
visit
trespass
enjoin
intrude
wreck
fix
compel

wreak
lade
oblige
prescribe
decree
lay
burden
exact
saddle
wish
ordain
infringe

command
encroach
obtrude
constrain
horn in
lay down
force upon
lay down the law
move in on
put foot down
read riot act
take advantage

Antonyms

prevent
disorder
aid

displace
remove
forget

overlook
neglect
help

Synonyms
verb forget, neglect

drop
allow
have
omit

mislay
suffer
let
permit

leave behind
lay down
let be
let continue

let go
let stay

Antonyms

disallow
refuse
reject
keep

come
go
continue
hold

care
maintain

Synonyms
verb bet; maneuver

move
play
jockey

risk
manage
speculate

plan
venture
wager

gamble
engineer
lay down

Antonyms

ignore

neglect

Synonyms
verb stipulate action to be taken

require
impose
determine
dictate
establish
specify
define

appoint
decree
set
fix
direct
rule
guide

settle
command
choose
decide
enjoin
ordain
assign

order
select
designate
lay down
pick out
write prescription

Antonyms

refuse
reject
disorganize
unsettle

mislead
mix up
disallow
confuse

neglect
misguide
leave

Synonyms
verb determine, specify

require
state

postulate
condition

stipulate
lay down

Antonyms

deprive

remove

take

Synonyms
verb lie down

lounge
sprawl
loll
slope
lie

stretch
tip
lean
slant
rest

list
cant
repose
tilt
heel

stretch out
be recumbent
lay down

Antonyms

even
straighten
energize

level
stand
forget

sit up
be active

Synonyms
verb write down; store information

copy
log
register
list
mark
file
report
post
document
preserve
insert
enroll

cut
chronicle
indite
enumerate
matriculate
inscribe
note
transcribe
catalog
book
tape
can

enter
video
dub
tabulate
wax
chalk up
put down
take down
videotape
cut a track
jot down
keep account

lay down
make a recording
mark down
put in writing
put on file
put on paper
put on tape
set down
tape-record
write in

Antonyms

ignore
withdraw

cancel
neglect

Synonyms
verb relax; recline

lie
loaf
stretch
slumber
slant

rest
loll
lounge
settle
sleep

deposit
tilt
place
lie down
lay down

settle down
stretch out
take it easy

Antonyms

straighten
energize
stand

do
move
be active

be busy

Synonyms
verb pull back, go away

reverse
depart
fall back
backtrack
retire
recede
evacuate
leave
abandon
back down
go back
withdraw
escape
go

hide
back off
reel
shrink
pull out
relinquish
quit
run
ebb
resign
avoid
back
elude
disengage

fold
sequester
decamp
evade
retrograde
vacate
recoil
regress
quail
back away
back out
beat it
draw back
hand over

opt out
turn tail
retrocede
cave in
give ground
go along with
keep aloof
keep apart
lay down
move back
seclude oneself
start back

Antonyms

remain
meet
come
enter
continue

stay
forge
forward
advance
keep

go forward
take on
face

Synonyms
verb judge, decide

resolve
conclude
determine
hold
establish
find

decree
theorize
adjudicate
figure
prescribe
fix

gather
pronounce
deduce
settle
postulate
adjudge

infer
lay down
pass upon

Antonyms

waver
unsettle
ignore
misunderstand

begin
start
miss
serve

submit
plead

Synonyms
verb decide upon

appoint
name
schedule
make
impose
stipulate
settle
determine

establish
fix
specify
designate
decree
resolve
rate
conclude

price
prescribe
direct
value
ordain
allocate
instruct
allot

dictate
estimate
regulate
assign
arrange
lay down
agree upon
fix price

Antonyms

refuse
ignore
disorganize
destroy
ruin
unsettle
disallow
liquefy
soften

ascend
dissuade
hinder
neglect
confuse
mismanage
keep
ask
displace

remove
go up
rise
discourage
end
finish
halt

Synonyms
verb decide on conditions

provide
require
impose
spell out
designate
specify
guarantee
covenant

slot
engage
pledge
particularize
make
detail
contract
bargain

state
settle
promise
postulate
arrange
agree
condition
name

lay down
insist upon
lay finger on
make a point
pin down
put down for
specificate
specificize

Antonyms

refuse
mix up
imply
wish

break
disagree
decline
break off

discourage
calculate
confuse

Synonyms
verb stipulate

pledge
promise
guarantee
slot
provide
make
detail
state

condition
postulate
designate
covenant
specify
arrange
engage
name

require
impose
bargain
contract
settle
agree
spell out
insist upon

lay down
lay finger on
make a point
pin down
put down for
specificate
specificize

Antonyms

refuse
mix up
break

discourage
calculate
disagree

confuse
decline
break off

Usage Notes

Lay1 and lie2 are often confused. Lay is most commonly a transitive verb and takes an object. Its forms are regular. If “place” or “put” can be substituted in a sentence, a form of lay is called for: Lay the folders on the desk. The mason is laying brick. She laid the baby in the crib. Lay also has many intransitive senses, among them “to lay eggs” (The hens have stopped laying), and it forms many phrasal verbs, such as lay off “to dismiss (from employment)” or “to stop annoying or teasing” and lay over “to make a stop.” Lie, with the overall senses “to be in a horizontal position, recline” and “to rest, remain, be situated, etc.,” is intransitive and takes no object. Its forms are irregular; its past tense form is identical with the present tense or infinitive form of lay: Lie down, children. Abandoned cars were lying along the road. The dog lay in the shade and watched the kittens play. The folders have lain on the desk since yesterday. In all but the most careful, formal speech, forms of lay are commonly heard in senses normally associated with lie. In edited written English such uses of lay are rare and are usually considered nonstandard: Lay down, children. The dog laid in the shade. Abandoned cars were laying along the road. The folders have laid on the desk since yesterday.