LAYING ON Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

laying on

verb

present participle of lay on

as in applying

to put a layer of on a surface she lays the butter on so thickly that you hardly taste the bagel

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as in employing

chiefly British to provide with a paying job lay on more staff for the busy tourist season in the Lake District

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Instead of a pomade stick, Tauber recommends using Oribe Gel Sérum on coils, applying a generous amount around the hairline before smoothing it back with a boar bristle brush.

— Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Aug. 2026
Before applying, make sure the lender offers loans for your specific trade school or career program.

— Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of applying

Verb

But health experts also recommend covering bare skin, employing mosquito nets and using insect repellent, especially at night, when mosquito bites most often occur.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2026
Most Versatile Our writer Julia Harrison doesn’t use this bar cabinet for bar things at all, instead employing it as additional shoe storage.

— Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of employing

Verb

The study is ongoing, but interim results found the treatment, Intismeran, met both its primary target of reducing cancer recurrence and its secondary ⁠goal of keeping cancers from spreading to other parts of the body.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Getty Images As wildfires sweep Europe and North America, falsehoods about their causes and the nature of climate change are spreading like, well, wildfire.

— David Vetter, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of spreading

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New institutions get their room to maneuver through carve-outs from rules that are meant to apply across all of government, such as hiring authorities that bypass the normal process or waivers from cumbersome procedural requirements.

— Jennifer Pahlka, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
That includes hiring staff, acquiring technology resources and making an impact on individual lives.

— Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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At the entrance of Kollparay, Quispe pauses, taking my hands and smearing them with soil—the soil of her village.

— Paola Miglio, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 June 2026
This will lead to smearing dust particles around instead of picking them up, which is where a wet cloth comes into play.

— Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 5 June 2026

Definition of smearing

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And recruiting on the defensive interior had been poor the previous few cycles, as Notre Dame went four years without signing a front-line tackle who developed into a high-end college player.

— Pete Sampson, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
The boyfriend of an 18-year-old college soccer player in Washington County, Pennsylvania, is accused of fatally stabbing her, putting her body in the hatch of her vehicle and recruiting his mother for help disposing of the body, authorities said.

— Michael Guise, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

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The carrier is still under construction until 2034 but the Navy is under a time crunch to finalize the name as the ship’s keel-laying ceremony is expected at the end of this year, according to CNN.

— Michael Loria, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
The president and his allies have spent months laying the groundwork for potential fraud claims relating to the 2026 midterm elections.

— Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of laying

Verb

But now Buc-ee's has set off a Buckeye backlash across Ohio and beyond after taking on a beaver in the city of Beavercreek.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
According to the World Economic Forum, women perform a disproportionate share of emotional labor in professional settings, from taking on invisible tasks at work to maintaining team harmony and managing other people’s needs.

— Kelly Ehlers, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

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