Synonyms of lay
112 similar words · 2 opposite words
Another word for lay is attribute. Other synonyms of lay are becalm, settle down, lie by, lie with and sleep with.
Synonyms and similar words for lay
verbTo cause to subside or abate.
verbTo have sex with.
- lie by
- lie with
- sleep with
- Formal terms
- bedTo have sex (with).
- coit
- coitizeTo sexually penetrate.
- enjoy
- go to bed withTo have sex with someone.
- have
- love euphemistic
- mount
- penetrate
- seduce euphemisticTo have sexual intercourse with.
- takeTo have sex with.
- Informal and slang terms
- ballTo have sexual intercourse (with).
- bangTo engage in sexual intercourse.
- beepTo have sexual intercourse with (someone), referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts.
- be with euphemistic
- boneTo have sexual intercourse (with).
- boff
- boink
- bonkTo have sexual intercourse (with).
- boom-boom
- dickTo penetrate sexually with a penis.
- diddle
- dig out
- doTo have sex with. (See also do it).
- doink US, humorousTo have sex with.
- drillTo have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
- eff euphemistic
- fill
- frackFuck.
- frakFuck.
- frickA surname.
- frig
- fuckTo have sexual intercourse with.
- get into someone's pantsTo have sex with someone, especially for the first time.
- get over on
- get up in
- give someone oneTo have sexual intercourse with someone.
- give someone the timeTo have sexual intercourse with.
- go withTo have sexual relations with (someone).
- have one's way with
- have one's wicked way withSynonym of have one's way with (“have sexual intercourse with”).
- hit
- hump
- jump
- jump someone's bonesTo have sex with someone; to initiate the physical move.
- knob UK
- knockTo have sex with.
- knock offTo have sex with (a woman).
- know someone in the biblical senseTo have sex with someone.
- love up
- makeTo have sexual intercourse with.
- nailOf a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.
- ploughTo sexually penetrate, typically in a vigorous manner.
- plug
- pokeTo penetrate in sexual intercourse.
- porkTo have sex with (someone).
- poundTo penetrate sexually, with vigour.
- prigTo copulate.
- ravageTo have vigorous sexual intercourse with.
- ream
- rock euphemistic
- roger
- root AustraliaTo sexually penetrate.
- run throughTo have sex with (someone).
- schlongTo engage in sexual intercourse (with); to fuck.
- screwTo have sexual intercourse with.
- service
- shaftTo fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.
- shagTo have sex with.
- shelveTo have sex with (someone).
- slayTo have sex with.
- slip it to
- smash
- smush US, dialectal
- stallionize
- tapTo have sexual intercourse with (someone).
- tupTo mate; used of a ram mating with a ewe.
- wap
- dight obsolete
- feague obsolete
- go in unto obsoleteOf a man: to have sexual intercourse with (a woman).
- know archaic
- occupy obsolete
- season obsolete
- bauf rareTo hit the ground with one's shoes.
- expletive deleted euphemistic, humorousTo have sex with.
- jape obsoleteTo have sexual intercourse with.
- pump UK, obsoleteTo have sex with; to sexually penetrate, especially with a thrusting motion.
- rut rareTo have sexual intercourse with.
- sard obsoleteTo have sexual intercourse with (a woman).
- swive obsoleteTo have sex with (someone).
verbTo impute; to charge; to allege.
- ascribe
- attributeTo ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.; to affix.
- accreditTo ascribe; attribute; credit with.
- attach figurativelyTo connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
- chalk up toTo attribute or account for something; to ascribe.
- chargeTo impute or ascribe.
- imputeTo attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.
- put down toTo ascribe; to assume to be the cause of a situation.
- draw figuratively, obsoleteTo attribute (something) to a person or thing; to ascribe.
- repose obsoleteTo regard (something) as being embodied in another thing; to ascribe, to attribute.
adjectiveNot belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
- laicalOf or pertaining to a layperson, layman, laywoman, or laypeople, i.e. the laity in general.
Opposite of lay
Meaning of lay
- verb To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
- verb To cause to subside or abate.
- verb To compel a supernatural entity to cease haunting a place, often by ritual or prayer; to exorcise or banish (a spirit or ghost).
lay in other languages
Questions about synonyms of lay
- What is another word for lay?
- Lay has 112 synonyms on Word.ws, such as attribute, becalm, settle down, lie by, lie with, sleep with, Formal terms and bed.
- What is the opposite of lay?
- The opposite of lay is secular. Other antonyms of lay are clerical.
- What does lay mean?
- Lay means to place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
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