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layoff

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of layoff

1 the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily

  • even senior employees lost their jobs in the massive layoff
Synonyms of layoff

ax (or axe), discharge, dismissal, furlough, redundancy [chiefly British]
Words Related to layoff

pink slip

bird [chiefly British], boot, bum's rush, downsizing, firing, heave-ho, sack

closing, shutdown

shakeout, shake-up
Near Antonyms of layoff

callback, recall, reemployment, rehire, rehiring

2 a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness

  • after such a long layoff the boxer badly needed to get back into shape
Synonyms of layoff

downtime, time-out, winter
Words Related to layoff

break, breath, breather, interruption, lull, pause, recess

abeyance, doldrums, dormancy, latency, quiescence, suspense, suspension

lay off

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of lay off

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end

  • you need to lay off eating those jelly doughnuts, or youʼll end up looking like one
Synonyms of lay off

break, break off, break up, can [slang], cease, cut off, cut out, desist (from), discontinue, drop, end, give over, halt, knock off, leave off, pack (up or in), quit, shut off, stop
Words Related to lay off

complete, conclude, finish

close (down)

deactivate

block, blockade, dam, delay, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, kibosh, obstruct, stem

call, suspend

arrest, brake, check, clamp down, rein (in), squash, squelch, stamp, stanch (or staunch), stunt, suppress, turn back

pause, stay, suspend

abolish, abort, annul, demolish, destroy, dissolve, kill, ruin, scuttle, snuff
Phrases Synonymous with lay off

have done with, put the kibosh on
Near Antonyms of lay off

carry on, continue, follow through (with), keep up, run on

advance, proceed, progress

actuate, drive, impel, propel, stir

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