Synonyms of laying by

laying by

verb

present participle of lay by

1

as in dumping

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

a politician who had laid by his principles years ago

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dumping
• unloading
• discarding
• ditching
• casting (off)
• losing
• sloughing (off)
• disposing of
• flinging (off or away)
• throwing away
• shucking (off)
• setting aside
• throwing out
• sluffing (off)
• abandoning
• scrapping
• shedding
• rejecting
• tossing
• removing
• jettisoning
• exorcising
• chucking
• junking
• eighty-sixing
• kicking out
• eliminating
• exorcizing
• wiping out
• stamping (out)
• dismissing
• 86ing
• deep-sixing
• cashiering
• pitching
• rooting (out)
• abolishing
• forsaking
• abdicating
• deserting
• eradicating
• exterminating
• expunging
• extirpating
• extinguishing
• annihilating
• liquidating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopting
• using
• taking on
• embracing
• utilizing
• employing
• holding
• keeping
• retaining
• holding back

2

as in storing

to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place

ever since the last hurricane caught them unprepared, they have laid by emergency supplies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• storing
• stashing
• laying in
• laying up
• setting aside
• laying away
• putting by
• hoarding
• accumulating
• squirreling (away)
• squirrelling (away)
• salting away
• collecting
• acquiring
• conserving
• stockpiling
• scraping (together)
• stowing
• saving
• rounding up
• caching
• preserving
• keeping
• treasuring
• piling
• gathering
• depositing
• stacking
• picking up
• assembling
• setting by
• retaining
• amassing
• garnering
• concentrating
• holding
• reserving
• heaping
• burying
• stocking
• withholding
• concealing
• husbanding
• banking
• secreting
• coffering
• ensconcing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• throwing away
• throwing out
• flinging (off or away)
• unloading
• dumping
• using up
• casting
• handing out
• discarding
• running through
• handing over
• ditching
• wasting
• consuming
• jettisoning
• spending
• squandering
• relinquishing
• blowing
• surrendering
• dissipating
• frittering (away)
• exhausting
• expending
• depleting
• lavishing
• scattering
• dispersing
• impoverishing
• dispelling
• misspending