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Synonyms for lay down

16 synonyms
2 meanings

verb

Most common

lay establish throw up abandon re-sign assert allege propound

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Lay

make, place, lay, establish

2. Throw up

give up, throw up, abandon, renounce, relinquish, abdicate

Other

re-sign, advance, assert, allege, propound, lob

Definitions

v. 1
To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground.
The police urged the gunman to lay down his weapon.
v. 2
To place or install on the ground, e.g. a railway on a trackbed.
lay down a mat; lay down asphalt; lay down a road

Related words

Other spellings: lay-down laydown

Example sentences

lay I'm going to lay aside that money for emergencies.
establish You establish the property right by paying for it.
abandon Many Armenians were forced to abandon their lands.
assert Taiwan can't assert its independence from China.

By length

3 letters: lay¹, lob¹
4 letters: make¹
5 letters: place¹
6 letters: assert², allege²
7 letters: advance², abandon³
8 letters: renounce², abdicate³, propound²
9 letters: establish³
10 letters: relinquish³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (assert² = 2 syllables).