LAYOVER Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈlā-ˌō-vər

Definition of layover next

as in stop

a brief halt in a journey our flight from New York to San Francisco made a layover in Chicago

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Relevance

lay over

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verb

as in to postpone

to assign to a later time we'll have to lay over a discussion of the issue until the next meeting

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Recent Examples of layover

Noun

The lawsuit came after the company allegedly terminated her following a serious injury during a crew layover. —

Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026 Those wanting to fly from Kansas City to Los Angeles now have another option to fly without a layover. —

Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026

Verb

In the end, his beautiful story solutions are formulaic fixes laid over those details, meant to do little more than the eternal work of cajoling the audience into rooting for the leading players. —

Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025 By contrast, Doom: The Dark Ages opens with a text wall laid over black, filling in some lore about the eponymous Doom Slayer with the whistling winds of a storm brewing in the background. —

Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for layover

Recent Examples of Synonyms for layover

Noun

Amble, Northumberland At the mouth of the River Coquet, Amble has transformed itself into one of Northumberland’s most likable coastal stops.

— Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 May 2026
But inspector Caridad Delgado brought a hurricane of stop use orders and stop sales that smashed normal operations at Nattal.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026