Synonyms of layover

layover 1 of 2

noun

ˈlā-ˌō-vər 

as in stop

a brief halt in a journey

our flight from New York to San Francisco made a layover in Chicago

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stop
• stopover
• rest
• pause
• break

lay over

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verb

as in to postpone

to assign to a later time

we'll have to lay over a discussion of the issue until the next meeting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• postpone
• delay
• put over
• defer
• put off
• hold over
• hold off (on)
• hold up
• remit
• wait
• shelve
• hesitate
• suspend
• stretch (out)
• stay
• pause
• slow
• retard
• prolong
• lengthen
• detain
• extend
• protract

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• work (on)
• do
• deal (with)
• act
• decide (upon)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of layover

Noun

Effective July 8, 2026, during a layover, Card Members must arrive within 5 hours of the connecting flight. —Sarah Hostetler, CNBC, 5 June 2026

In early May, the full-time travel bloggers were flying from Mexico and had a 1½-hour layover in Lima before arriving in Cusco. —Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 3 June 2026

Verb

In the end, his beautiful story solutions are formulaic fixes laid over those details, meant to do little more than the eternal work of cajoling the audience into rooting for the leading players. —Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025

By contrast, Doom: The Dark Ages opens with a text wall laid over black, filling in some lore about the eponymous Doom Slayer with the whistling winds of a storm brewing in the background. —Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025

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