Synonyms of laid by

laid by

verb

past tense of lay by

1

as in discarded

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

a politician who had laid by his principles years ago

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discarded
• dumped
• unloaded
• ditched
• lost
• threw away
• disposed of
• abandoned
• flung (off or away)
• threw out
• sloughed (off)
• scrapped
• set aside
• shed
• rejected
• tossed
• shucked (off)
• cast (off)
• jettisoned
• removed
• chucked
• junked
• exorcised
• eliminated
• sluffed (off)
• cashiered
• dismissed
• kicked out
• pitched
• eighty-sixed
• abdicated
• deep-sixed
• wiped out
• deserted
• eradicated
• forsook
• abolished
• stamped (out)
• rooted (out)
• expunged
• exterminated
• extinguished
• extirpated
• annihilated
• liquidated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopted
• used
• employed
• took on
• utilized
• embraced
• held
• kept
• retained
• held back

2

as in stored

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

• stored
• stashed
• laid in
• laid up
• hoarded
• accumulated
• put by
• laid away
• collected
• set aside
• acquired
• stowed
• conserved
• treasured
• stockpiled
• saved
• gathered
• preserved
• kept
• cached
• piled
• stacked
• deposited
• salted away
• assembled
• squirreled (away)
• retained
• rounded up
• garnered
• set by
• scraped (together)
• amassed
• held
• buried
• picked up
• concentrated
• reserved
• concealed
• heaped
• withheld
• stocked
• banked
• secreted
• husbanded
• ensconced
• coffered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discarded
• threw out
• flung (off or away)
• cast
• used up
• dumped
• unloaded
• consumed
• wasted
• threw away
• spent
• handed over
• handed out
• relinquished
• squandered
• surrendered
• jettisoned
• ditched
• dissipated
• ran through
• blew
• expended
• exhausted
• depleted
• scattered
• lavished
• dispersed
• impoverished
• frittered (away)
• dispelled
• misspent