LAID DOWN Synonyms: 144 Similar and Opposite Words

laid down

verb

past tense of lay down

as in enacted

to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action the city council promises to lay down new ordinances that will force dog walkers to clean up after their animals

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in declared

to state clearly and strongly at the risk of their popularity, the parents laid down the rules for the party and wouldn't accept any arguments

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in specified

to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly the supervisor laid down the procedure for a complaint of sexual harassment

Synonyms & Similar Words

as in relinquished

to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress commanded the surrounded troops to lay down their weapons

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for laid down

Verb

The Farm Recovery and Support Block Grant program hit a number of speed bumps since Congress enacted it in late 2024.

— Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026
Nationwide, about 141 municipalities have enacted permanent or temporary bans, according to the city.

— Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 24 July 2026

Definition of enacted

Verb

Craig Harris reported at 12News that the level of fraud and unallowable purchases was not the 1% declared by voucher supporters like state Schools Chief Tom Horne, but closer to 20%.

— Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Construction on the facility began in 2020; at the time, Iran declared the facility to the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency as a future facility to assemble the centrifuges that make nuclear fuel.

— Arpita Dasika, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

Definition of declared

Verb

Zelenskyy specified in his post on X that the parents of the kids were killed as well in the same attack, but two more children were pulled alive from under the rubble.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
At least, not as of 2009, when SWA regulations and UK legislation specified single malt Scotch whisky must be produced in pot stills.

— David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of specified

Verb

The sculptures were among 34 Southeast Asian antiquities voluntarily relinquished by the collector in 2021 after investigators determined they had been looted.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
With the game tied at 60 entering the fourth quarter, Phoenix scored consecutive baskets and never relinquished its advantage.

— Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Definition of relinquished

Verb

In addition, Fed Chair Kevin Warsh has repeatedly asserted that inflation needs to be lower to hit the FOMC’s targets, perhaps implying a need for higher interest rates to achieve that.

— Simon Moore, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
Fauci has asserted that the scientific evidence points to a spillover — whereby the virus would have found its way from an animal into its first human host, and then spread at that point from human to human.

— Ari Daniel, NPR, 27 July 2026

Definition of asserted

Verb

In her role as well as elsewhere, Kalle downplays the explicit homophobia that might have rendered this a more simplistic allegory, making Asla less a figure of interfering jealousy than a woman who simply doesn’t want to be abandoned yet again.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 July 2026
The tall block heels were rendered in translucent amber and black with a horn-like mottled finish, introducing a second clear element without turning the design into a fully transparent shoe.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 26 July 2026

Definition of rendered

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

laid by

laid down

laid eyes on

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Laid down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laid%20down. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of laid down

verb

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

spindrift

Popular in Grammar & Usage

7 Pairs of Commonly Confused Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

Why does English have so many silent letters?

Your vs. You're: How to Use Them Correctly

Popular in Wordplay

Dutch Treat and French Leave: Eight Place-Based Compounds

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List

The Words of the Week - Jul. 31

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

Popular

7 Pairs of Commonly Confused Words

Dutch Treat and French Leave: Eight Place-Based Compounds

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

Games & Quizzes