Synonyms for Lay off:

• n.

  •
  • pause.
  •
  • pension off,
  • give someone notice,
  • pay off,
  • retire.
  •
  • let go.
  •
  • desist.
  •boot out (noun)
  • boot.
  •cease (noun)
  • cease.
  •cut out (noun)
  • cut.
  •discontinue (noun)
  • discontinue.
  •lay off (noun)
  • quit,
  • stop,
  • give up.

• v.

  •abort (verb)
  • called quits,
  • calling it quits,
  • calling quits,
  • knocks it off,
  • knocking it off,
  • knocked it off,
  • called it quits,
  • call quits,
  • calls quits.
  •ax/axe (verb)
  • gave pink slip,
  • re-moves,
  • giving the boot,
  • gives a pink slip,
  • re moved,
  • re moves,
  • gave a pink slip,
  • re moving,
  • gave the boot,
  • gives boot,
  • re-move,
  • giving pink slip,
  • giving a pink slip,
  • gives pink slip,
  • giving boot,
  • re-moving,
  • re move,
  • give boot,
  • gave boot,
  • gives the boot.
  •discharge (verb)
  • dis-charge,
  • un loads,
  • dis-card,
  • dis-carding,
  • running out of town,
  • dis-burdened,
  • un loading,
  • froze out,
  • un-loaded,
  • un-loading,
  • gives one notice,
  • freezes out,
  • privileges from,
  • rides out rail,
  • dis burdens,
  • giving one notice,
  • dis-charged,
  • un load,
  • dis placing,
  • dis charging,
  • dis burden,
  • dis-placing,
  • lets one go,
  • gave one notice,
  • dis encumbering,
  • un-loads,
  • re-placed,
  • dis-burdens,
  • dis charge,
  • dis placed,
  • shows the door,
  • booted out,
  • dis card,
  • showing door,
  • runs out town,
  • runs out of town,
  • dis-encumbering,
  • run out town,
  • dis-encumber,
  • rode out rail,
  • dis carded,
  • dis-burden,
  • freezing out,
  • locking out,
  • gives notice,
  • lets out,
  • privileging from,
  • dis-cards,
  • riding out on rail,
  • letted go,
  • ran out town,
  • re placed,
  • rid out on rail,
  • re-place,
  • rid out rail,
  • dis-place,
  • dis-placed,
  • riding out rail,
  • running out town,
  • giving notice,
  • gave notice,
  • dis-charging,
  • dis-encumbered,
  • showed door,
  • nixed,
  • dis-carded,
  • rides out on rail,
  • un-load,
  • un loaded,
  • re-places,
  • shows door,
  • rode out on rail,
  • dis-burdening,
  • dis burdening,
  • dis encumbered,
  • re-placing,
  • re places,
  • dis charges,
  • boots out,
  • dis-charges,
  • dis encumber,
  • privileged from,
  • dis places,
  • showed the door,
  • dis cards,
  • letting one go,
  • dis carding,
  • dis encumbers,
  • dis-places,
  • show door,
  • dis charged,
  • showing the door,
  • locks out,
  • dis place,
  • ride out rail,
  • letted one go,
  • locked out,
  • re placing,
  • letted out,
  • ran out of town,
  • re place,
  • dis-encumbers,
  • dis burdened.
  •dismiss (verb)
  • dis qualified,
  • gave the heave ho,
  • de-selecting,
  • dis-missing,
  • dis-frock,
  • give heave ho,
  • give the heaveho,
  • dis missing,
  • de frocks,
  • gives heave-ho,
  • giving the heave-ho,
  • gave the gate,
  • gave heaveho,
  • gives notice to,
  • giving walking papers,
  • giving warning,
  • dis-qualified,
  • disfrocked,
  • giving the ax,
  • disemploys,
  • gave heave-ho,
  • giving heave-ho,
  • un-seats,
  • gave heave ho,
  • un seat,
  • giving the gate,
  • dis employs,
  • deselected,
  • de-frock,
  • giving notice to,
  • gave the heaveho,
  • dis missed,
  • de pone,
  • re-call,
  • defrocks,
  • dis qualifying,
  • giving heave ho,
  • dis frocking,
  • gives walking papers,
  • dis frocked,
  • un-seating,
  • dis-employing,
  • re-tire,
  • disfrocks,
  • give gate,
  • re tired,
  • un seats,
  • un frocks,
  • un frocked,
  • de pones,
  • re calls,
  • re tire,
  • un-frocked,
  • de-pones,
  • un frock,
  • de-select,
  • de-pose,
  • de-posing,
  • giving the heaveho,
  • de frock,
  • give ax,
  • un seating,
  • un-seated,
  • dis-employ,
  • dis-employed,
  • gives the heaveho,
  • giving gate,
  • gave the heave-ho,
  • gave the ax,
  • giving the heave ho,
  • de pose,
  • dis qualify,
  • dis employ,
  • un seated,
  • de-pone,
  • disfrocking,
  • re calling,
  • gives the heave ho,
  • gave gate,
  • gives the heave-ho,
  • Disemployed,
  • dis-frocks,
  • re-tiring,
  • re tiring,
  • give heaveho,
  • gives the ax,
  • re tires,
  • gives heave ho,
  • dis-qualifying,
  • gave warning,
  • un frocking,
  • dis-qualify,
  • giving ax,
  • de selected,
  • dis frock,
  • de selects,
  • de posing,
  • de-selects,
  • dis-frocking,
  • un-frock,
  • gives gate,
  • un-frocking,
  • dis frocks,
  • gave ax,
  • unfrocks,
  • de-frocks,
  • deselects,
  • disemploying,
  • de-selected,
  • gives heaveho,
  • de-frocking,
  • dis qualifies,
  • un-frocks,
  • re-calls,
  • dis employing,
  • gives warning,
  • re-tires,
  • de frocking,
  • de-frocked,
  • dis-missed,
  • de frocked,
  • gave notice to,
  • gives the gate,
  • gave walking papers,
  • giving heaveho,
  • de posed,
  • dis-frocked,
  • dis employed,
  • gives ax,
  • de selecting,
  • re-called,
  • dis-qualifies,
  • de select,
  • de-posed,
  • un-seat,
  • re-calling,
  • dis-employs.
  •fire (verb)
  • give bums rush,
  • gave sack,
  • gave marching orders,
  • handed walking papers,
  • gave bum's rush,
  • gives bum rush,
  • give bum rush,
  • giving marching orders,
  • gives the sack,
  • giving sack,
  • gives marching orders,
  • gave the sack,
  • gives bums rush,
  • giving bum rush,
  • gives sack,
  • give sack,
  • gave bum rush,
  • handing walking papers,
  • pink slipt,
  • hands walking papers,
  • giving bum's rush,
  • giving bums rush,
  • gave bums rush,
  • giving the sack,
  • gives bum's rush.
  •oust (verb)
  • dis possessing,
  • de-throne,
  • dis-possesses,
  • drave out,
  • dis-lodge,
  • giving 1-2-3,
  • de thrones,
  • dis-lodges,
  • ex-pulse,
  • ex pulsing,
  • dis possess,
  • dis lodge,
  • drove out,
  • dis-possessing,
  • be reft,
  • dis inherit,
  • gives 1-2-3,
  • dis possessed,
  • de-thrones,
  • give the 1 2 3,
  • be reave,
  • giving the 1 2 3,
  • re legates,
  • forced out,
  • de-throned,
  • giving the 1-2-3,
  • de-throning,
  • dis inheriting,
  • give 1-2-3,
  • bundling off,
  • gave 1 2 3,
  • giving 1 2 3,
  • be reaved,
  • bundled off,
  • gives 1 2 3,
  • ex pulsed,
  • de throning,
  • gives the 1-2-3,
  • dis inherits,
  • dis-possess,
  • dis lodging,
  • gave the 1 2 3,
  • be-reaving,
  • ex-pulsing,
  • top pled,
  • dis-inherits,
  • dis-inheriting,
  • be reaves,
  • dis-inherit,
  • gave the 1-2-3,
  • dis possesses,
  • be-reft,
  • packing off,
  • re-legate,
  • dis-inherited,
  • dis-lodged,
  • gave 1-2-3,
  • ex-pulses,
  • dis lodges,
  • gives the 1 2 3,
  • ex pulse,
  • be-reaved,
  • dis-possessed,
  • de throned,
  • expulses,
  • trans ported,
  • be-reaves,
  • dis lodged,
  • re-legates,
  • ex-pulsed,
  • expulsed,
  • dis-lodging,
  • de throne,
  • casts out,
  • re legate,
  • dis inherited,
  • give 1 2 3,
  • ex pulses,
  • be reaving,
  • expulsing,
  • packed off,
  • packs off,
  • bundles off,
  • be-reave.
  •pink-slip (verb)
  • gives someone or walking papers,
  • gives his or her walking papers,
  • give his her walking papers,
  • give someone ax,
  • gave someone the pink slip,
  • giving her walking papers,
  • give someone walking papers,
  • gave someone pink slip,
  • gives his her walking papers,
  • gave the pink slip,
  • giving someone ax,
  • gives someone ax,
  • give his or her walking papers,
  • gives her walking papers,
  • gave or her walking papers,
  • gave his walking papers,
  • giving someone his or her walking papers,
  • gave someone her walking papers,
  • gave her walking papers,
  • gave someone his or walking papers,
  • gives someone gate,
  • gives or her walking papers,
  • give someone pink slip,
  • gives someone his her walking papers,
  • gives or walking papers,
  • gave someone his walking papers,
  • give someone his her walking papers,
  • giving someone pink slip,
  • showed someone the door,
  • give someone gate,
  • giving his or her walking papers,
  • giving his or walking papers,
  • gave someone his her walking papers,
  • gave someone or walking papers,
  • giving someone his or walking papers,
  • giving someone his her walking papers,
  • gave someone ax,
  • giving his walking papers,
  • gave his her walking papers,
  • shows someone the door,
  • shows someone door,
  • giving someone gate,
  • show someone door,
  • gives someone or her walking papers,
  • gave someone his or her walking papers,
  • gives someone the gate,
  • giving someone the pink slip,
  • giving someone his walking papers,
  • showed someone door,
  • giving or her walking papers,
  • gives someone walking papers,
  • gives the pink slip,
  • gives someone the pink slip,
  • gave his or walking papers,
  • pinkslip,
  • give his walking papers,
  • gave someone the ax,
  • showing someone door,
  • gave someone the gate,
  • giving his her walking papers,
  • give or walking papers,
  • giving someone her walking papers,
  • giving someone the ax,
  • gave or walking papers,
  • give someone or walking papers,
  • gave someone or her walking papers,
  • gave someone gate,
  • give his or walking papers,
  • gives someone her walking papers,
  • giving someone walking papers,
  • gives someone his walking papers,
  • gives someone pink slip,
  • gives someone his or her walking papers,
  • give someone or her walking papers,
  • give someone his walking papers,
  • giving someone or her walking papers,
  • gives someone his or walking papers,
  • give or her walking papers,
  • give her walking papers,
  • gives someone the ax,
  • showing someone the door,
  • giving someone the gate,
  • gives his or walking papers,
  • gives his walking papers,
  • gave his or her walking papers,
  • giving the pink slip,
  • giving someone or walking papers,
  • give the pink slip,
  • giving or walking papers,
  • gave someone walking papers,
  • give someone his or walking papers.
  •spell (verb)
  • lying by,
  • takes the place of,
  • lied by,
  • took the place of,
  • standing in for,
  • re-lease,
  • all-owing,
  • re-leases,
  • taking place of,
  • takes place of,
  • stands in for,
  • all owing,
  • re lease,
  • lies by,
  • takes over,
  • re leases,
  • all-owed,
  • taking the place of,
  • re-leased,
  • took over,
  • took place of,
  • all owed.
  •stop doing (verb)
  • let up.
  •suspend (verb)
  • pro rogue,
  • lays on the table,
  • putting the shelf,
  • putting a stop to,
  • with held,
  • laying on table,
  • puts hold,
  • lays table,
  • dis-continues,
  • puts ice,
  • de-bars,
  • pro tract,
  • laid on the table,
  • puts a stop to,
  • putting shelf,
  • hanged fire,
  • de bars,
  • post-pones,
  • hanging up,
  • de barring,
  • lays on table,
  • dis continue,
  • lay table,
  • de-barred,
  • pro-tracts,
  • laying the table,
  • in-activated,
  • puts end to,
  • laid on table,
  • dis continuing,
  • with-holds,
  • puts on back burner,
  • in activate,
  • put ice,
  • pro-rogued,
  • post pone,
  • pro roguing,
  • putting on back burner,
  • puts an end to,
  • puts back burner,
  • lay the table,
  • in activated,
  • putting end to,
  • putting back burner,
  • pro-rogues,
  • de-barring,
  • dis continued,
  • in-activates,
  • in activating,
  • puts on the shelf,
  • de bar,
  • with hold,
  • pro-tract,
  • hung fire,
  • puts the shelf,
  • putting on shelf,
  • laid over,
  • pro rogues,
  • putting on ice,
  • dis-continue,
  • puts stop to,
  • pro tracts,
  • put on shelf,
  • de-bar,
  • put shelf,
  • dis-continued,
  • with holds,
  • putting hold,
  • with-held,
  • laying over,
  • pro-roguing,
  • post pones,
  • intermits,
  • dis continues,
  • laid table,
  • lays the table,
  • laid the table,
  • in-activate,
  • with holding,
  • laying aside,
  • laying table,
  • put hold,
  • lay on table,
  • put back burner,
  • with-hold,
  • hanged up,
  • laying on the table,
  • de barred,
  • puts shelf,
  • putting stop to,
  • putting on the shelf,
  • puts on ice,
  • dis-continuing,
  • putting ice,
  • puts on shelf,
  • put the shelf,
  • in-activating,
  • in activates,
  • lays over.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • pink slip,
  • removal,
  • sacking,
  • outplacement,
  • elbow out,
  • ease out,
  • defrock,
  • avoid,
  • marching orders.
  •
  • layoff,
  • retrench,
  • hatchet man,
  • redundancy.
  •
  • severance,
  • relieve of,
  • buy out,
  • stand-down.
  •
  • eject,
  • sack,
  • dismissal.
  •
  • remit.
  •
  • excess.
  •
  • can.
  •
  • bump.
  •
  • get out.
  •
  • fall.
  •discharge
  • show the door,
  • ride out on rail,
  • privilege from,
  • run out of town,
  • lock out,
  • give notice,
  • letting go,
  • nixing,
  • lets go,
  • let one go,
  • let out,
  • letting out,
  • give one notice,
  • freeze out,
  • boot out,
  • booting out.
  •dismiss
  • Pensioned,
  • unfrocked,
  • give warning,
  • unfrock,
  • washes out,
  • Disfrock,
  • Pensioning,
  • Shelving,
  • turns away,
  • give heave-ho,
  • deselect,
  • washing out,
  • defrocking,
  • furlough,
  • defrocked,
  • deselecting,
  • turn away,
  • Disemploy,
  • turned away,
  • wash out,
  • give walking papers,
  • give the heave ho,
  • give notice to,
  • washed out,
  • turning away,
  • Furloughing,
  • give the gate,
  • give the heave-ho,
  • Furloughed,
  • give the ax,
  • pink-slip,
  • unfrocking.
  •refrain
  • abstain.
  •spell
  • take the place of,
  • take place of,
  • taking over,
  • take over,
  • lay by,
  • stand in for,
  • stood in for.
  •work stoppage
  • unemployment.
  •Other relevant words:
  • break,
  • surround,
  • leave alone,
  • surplus,
  • displace,
  • go on strike,
  • deplume,
  • push aside,
  • aestivate,
  • rule,
  • abandon,
  • delimit,
  • plot,
  • belay,
  • delimitate,
  • finish,
  • drop,
  • lie fallow,
  • specify,
  • give over,
  • close down,
  • renounce,
  • degrade,
  • toss out,
  • drop it,
  • drum out,
  • sketch out,
  • send packing,
  • lie up,
  • measure,
  • cashier,
  • mark off,
  • diagram,
  • circumscribe,
  • fix,
  • shut down,
  • step off,
  • enclose,
  • hold,
  • chart,
  • spell,
  • relinquish,
  • lay out,
  • kick upstairs,
  • determine,
  • cut it out,
  • bust,
  • breathe,
  • kick out,
  • strike,
  • bounce,
  • throw in the towel,
  • set out,
  • disbar,
  • walk out,
  • take time out,
  • map out,
  • measure out,
  • leave off,
  • replace,
  • lie dormant,
  • scrub,
  • release,
  • terminate,
  • turn off,
  • halt,
  • break off,
  • have done with,
  • kick,
  • rest,
  • stop for breath,
  • lie off,
  • pace off,
  • rope off,
  • discard,
  • depart,
  • swear off,
  • take a break,
  • unseat,
  • shunt,
  • conclude,
  • give a rest,
  • side,
  • cancel,
  • contain,
  • remove,
  • deprive,
  • displume,
  • stay,
  • retire early,
  • take ten,
  • foist,
  • lay to,
  • take five,
  • lie by,
  • close shop,
  • put aside,
  • measure off,
  • forfeit,
  • cede,
  • bound,
  • secure,
  • set by,
  • free,
  • depose,
  • be over,
  • demote,
  • pace out,
  • mark out,
  • recess,
  • sketch,
  • blueprint,
  • surrender,
  • limit,
  • superannuate,
  • expel,
  • throw out,
  • call it a day,
  • hibernate,
  • refrain,
  • check,
  • end,
  • lie to,
  • strip,
  • map,
  • demarcate,
  • define,
  • graph,
  • pack in.

Antonyms for Lay off:

• v.

  • stop doing
    employ, start, begin, hire.
  • Other antonyms:
    impel, uphold, drive.

Homophones for Lay off:

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