Synonyms of lays by

lays by

verb

present tense third-person singular of lay by

1

as in dumps

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

a politician who had laid by his principles years ago

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dumps
• ditches
• discards
• unloads
• loses
• casts (off)
• exorcizes
• throws away
• sloughs (off)
• throws out
• flings (off or away)
• sets aside
• sheds
• sluffs (off)
• scraps
• rejects
• disposes of
• abandons
• shucks (off)
• tosses
• exorcises
• deep-sixes
• removes
• jettisons
• chucks
• 86es
• eighty-sixes
• junks
• eliminates
• kicks out
• dismisses
• wipes out
• cashiers
• abdicates
• pitches
• stamps (out)
• deserts
• forsakes
• abolishes
• eradicates
• roots (out)
• extirpates
• expunges
• exterminates
• annihilates
• extinguishes
• liquidates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• takes on
• uses
• adopts
• embraces
• employs
• utilizes
• holds
• keeps
• retains
• holds back

2

as in stores

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

• stores
• stashes
• lays up
• lays in
• hoards
• accumulates
• lays away
• sets aside
• puts by
• treasures
• stows
• collects
• acquires
• squirrels (away)
• saves
• conserves
• caches
• piles
• keeps
• deposits
• preserves
• stockpiles
• stacks
• gathers
• salts away
• rounds up
• assembles
• scrapes (together)
• picks up
• retains
• amasses
• garners
• sets by
• concentrates
• reserves
• husbands
• holds
• heaps
• banks
• conceals
• coffers
• stocks
• buries
• withholds
• secretes
• ensconces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• throws out
• throws away
• casts
• ditches
• flings (off or away)
• dumps
• uses up
• discards
• consumes
• runs through
• unloads
• wastes
• spends
• hands out
• relinquishes
• hands over
• blows
• squanders
• jettisons
• surrenders
• dissipates
• exhausts
• misspends
• expends
• lavishes
• depletes
• impoverishes
• dispels
• fritters (away)
• disperses
• scatters