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Synonyms for laid on
verb put substance on another

administer
spread
cover
join

anoint
rub
smear
affix

paint
bestow
place
touch

fasten
massage
put on
lay on

Antonyms for laid on

detach

loosen

Synonyms
verb giving honor, award

provide
bestow
grant
vouchsafe

accord
give
award
allot

donate
present
gift with
lay on

sweeten the kitty

Antonyms

deprive
refuse
withhold

disallow
refrain
dishonor

take
keep
taking

Synonyms
verb divulge information

disclose
reveal
whisper
confess
impart

admit
suggest
breathe
intimate
hint

insinuate
buzz
tell
bend an ear
crack to

lay it on
lay the gaff
let in on
spill to
unload on

Antonyms

conceal
hide

deny
suppress

secrete
keep

Synonyms
verb make a gift of

give
grant
provide
contribute
give away
hand out

devote
bequeath
award
present
subscribe
bestow

accord
confer
chip in
dole out
ante up
feed the kitty

get in the act
get it up
lay on
pass the hat
sweeten the pot
do one’s part

Antonyms

conceal
refrain
withhold

refuse
renege
keep

take
disagree

Synonyms
verb make a performance of

amplify
overstate
exaggerate
execute
overdo
show
perform

splash
burlesque
produce
present
act
enact
stage

ham it up
play up
playact
farcialize
give color to
lay it on
make a production of

melodramatize
play on heartstrings
play to gallery
tragedize

Antonyms

ignore
refuse
veto
prevent

refrain
reduce
abandon
fail

neglect
halt
stop

Synonyms
verb give large gift

subsidize
enable
enrich
empower
bestow
enhance
donate
organize
supply
contribute

back
subscribe
bequeath
sponsor
establish
endue
will
grant
provide
support

favor
accord
finance
confer
award
fund
promote
heighten
invest
leave

found
furnish
come through with
lay on
make over
settle on
vest in

Antonyms

decrease
refuse
destroy
withhold
disapprove
condemn

deny
dishonor
reduce
take
hurt
neglect

oppose
take away
discourage
disagree
keep
receive

Synonyms
verb ingratiate oneself to; serve

crouch
grovel
defer
kowtow
flatter
stroke
submit
toady
creep
cotton
pander
debase
snow

scrape
jolly
stoop
woo
cajole
abase
kneel
oil
invite
court
crawl
truckle
blandish

cower
yield
bow
slaver
cringe
massage
apple-polish
brownnose
butter up
curry favor
be at beck and call
be obsequious
be servile

buddy up
cater to
cave in to
fall all over
honey up
lay it on
lick boots
make up to
pay court
play up to
fall on one’s knees

Antonyms

deny
refuse
honor

ignore
reject
force

fight

Synonyms
verb assess, impose

collect
exact
raise
extort
set

wrest
gather
tax
summon
charge

call
demand
place
wring
put on

call up
lay on

Antonyms

exonerate
disapprove

veto
give

displace
remove

Synonyms
verb go to extremes; carry too far

overrate
overplay
exaggerate
overstate
overreach
magnify
stretch
hype
overwork
overload

belabor
pressure
fatigue
puff
overburden
overindulge
amplify
run riot
wear down
overvalue

overestimate
overuse
overtire
overtax
be intemperate
bite off too much
do to death
drive oneself
go overboard
go too far

lay it on
make federal case
not know when to stop
pile on
run into the ground
strain oneself
talk big
wear oneself out

Antonyms

play down
decrease

lessen
compress

ignore
neglect

Synonyms
verb cater to, indulge

satisfy
gratify
please
snow

stroke
cajole
soap
massage

brownnose
politic
fall all over
lay it on

play the game
play up to
soften up
suck up to

Antonyms

anger
disappoint
frustrate

annoy
deny
dissatisfy

refuse
upset
disturb

Synonyms
verb give, hand over

hand out
award
offer
gift
grant

devote
confer
bestow
proffer
entrust

donate
furnish
come up with
give away
kick in

lay on
put at disposal
put forth

Antonyms

refuse
refrain

subdue
withhold

take

Synonyms
verb plan out; supply instructions

set up
register
compute
feed
set
figure
process
design
poll

calculate
itemize
book
draft
schedule
slate
formulate
estimate
arrange

engage
edit
bill
list
budget
compile
enter
lay out
work out

prioritize
prearrange
get on line
lay on
line up
map out
pencil in

Antonyms

disorder
disorganize
disperse

scatter
forget
cancel

let go
neglect

Synonyms
verb find fault with

scold
chide
admonish
discredit
upbraid
rebuke
reprimand
cavil

trim
criticize
reprehend
rake
defame
blame
abuse
censure

ream
lesson
disparage
reprove
condemn
jawbone
call down
call to task

give comeuppance
give the devil
lay on
sit on
take to task

Antonyms

compliment
praise
laud

exalt
exonerate
sanction

flatter
commend
approve

Synonyms
verb fawn

kowtow
flatter
woo
stroke
oil
cajole

bootlick
massage
truckle
apple-polish
brownnose
butter up

be servile
fall all over
honey up
kiss-up
lay it on
lick boots

pay court
play up to
suck up to
fall on one’s knees
kiss one’s feet
scratch one’s back

Synonyms
verb fawn

kowtow
flatter
woo
grovel
stroke
oil
cajole

bootlick
toady
massage
apple-polish
brownnose
butter up
be servile

fall all over
honey up
kiss-up
lay it on
lick boots
pay court
play up to

suck up to
fall on one’s knees
kiss one’s feet
scratch one’s back

Synonyms
verb talk into

finagle
cajole
draw
oil
court
coax
seduce

flatter
banter
snow
inveigle
persuade
charm
entice

sweet-talk
blandish
kowtow
soap
con
butter up
soft-soap

worm
lay it on
soften up
spread it on
sweeten up
work on

Antonyms

offend
disgust
dissuade

repel
repulse
turn off

disenchant

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.