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

Think outposts, scientific centers, maybe even launch pads that can serve as a cosmic layover for astronauts headed to Mars someday. —

Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2026 This means guests can now bypass a layover in Providenciales and reach paradise in less than two hours. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 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

At each stop, around 90% of tickets were distributed to farmers, workers, and students and—partnering with Maya Penn, a 26-year-old organizer and the leader of the Dear Everything Youth Council—the production left some $20,000 for local groups working in the climate space.

— Juan A. Ramírez, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2026
The stores became a first stop for Hollywood stylists pulling looks for celebrities like Nicole Byer and Megan Stalter and an essential destination for out-of-town plus-size travelers who often came from communities where a store like the Plus Bus didn’t exist.

— Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026