242 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ lˈe͡ɪɒf], [ lˈe‍ɪɒf], [ l_ˈeɪ_ɒ_f]

Similar words for layoff:

• act (noun)
• break (noun)
• cessation (noun)
• dismissal (noun)
• dismissal from job or responsibility (noun)
• economy (noun)
• ending (noun)
• furlough (noun)
• halt (noun)
• holiday (noun)
• interim (noun)
• intermission (noun)
• interval (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• pause (noun)
• recess (noun)
• respite (noun)
• stop (noun)
• stoppage (noun)
• suspension (noun)
• tie-up (noun)
• vacation (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

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Synonyms for Layoff:

• n.

  • act (noun)
  • layoff.
  • break (noun)
  • inter ludes,
  • inter lude,
  • inter-lude,
  • Apneas,
  • inter-ludes.
  • cessation (noun)
  • break-off,
  • grinding halt,
  • screaming halt,
  • timeout,
  • let-up,
  • Desistance,
  • breakoff.
  • dismissal (noun)
  • brushoff,
  • freeing,
  • old heave ho,
  • conge,
  • kiss-off,
  • Freedoms,
  • dislodgment,
  • relegation,
  • housecleaning,
  • relegations,
  • kiss off,
  • Deposal,
  • old heave-ho,
  • brush-off.
  • dismissal from job or responsibility (noun)
  • early retirement,
  • discharge,
  • cutback,
  • unemployment.
  • economy (noun)
  • niggardliness,
  • thriftiness,
  • prudence,
  • rollback,
  • sparingness,
  • miserliness,
  • rollbacks,
  • retrenchments,
  • Parcity,
  • stinginess,
  • retrenchment.
  • ending (noun)
  • cessation.
  • furlough (noun)
  • rest and recuperations,
  • r & amps,
  • r amp,
  • rest recreation,
  • r and amps,
  • rest recuperation,
  • rest relaxation,
  • r & amp,
  • rest and relaxations,
  • rest recuperations,
  • r and amp,
  • rest relaxations,
  • r amps.
  • halt (noun)
  • screeching halts.
  • holiday (noun)
  • redletter day,
  • saints day,
  • saint days,
  • few days offs,
  • gone fishings,
  • saint's days,
  • long weekends,
  • saint day,
  • day rest,
  • saints days.
  • interim (noun)
  • take tens,
  • interregna,
  • breathing spells,
  • meanwhiles.
  • intermission (noun)
  • quiescency.
  • interval (noun)
  • pausations.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • saint's day,
  • stop,
  • gridlock,
  • screeching halt,
  • leisure,
  • sit-downs,
  • two weeks with pay,
  • cutoff,
  • Interregnums,
  • interruption,
  • interim,
  • economy,
  • apnea,
  • stoppage,
  • re-creations,
  • respite,
  • interval,
  • sit-down,
  • playtime,
  • halt,
  • time out,
  • interregnum,
  • walkouts,
  • walkout,
  • tie-up,
  • break,
  • long weekend,
  • suspension,
  • lockouts,
  • jubilees,
  • dismissal,
  • rest period,
  • heave-ho,
  • time off,
  • recess,
  • holiday,
  • few days off,
  • pause,
  • rest and recuperation,
  • breathing spell,
  • jubilee,
  • intermission,
  • disbarment,
  • lockout,
  • Downs,
  • sabbatical,
  • rest and relaxation,
  • pausation,
  • sit down,
  • gone fishing,
  • lull,
  • liberty,
  • Festivities,
  • re-creation,
  • furlough,
  • vacation,
  • take ten.
  • pause (noun)
  • rest periods.
  • recess (noun)
  • re-cesses,
  • re-cess,
  • re cesses,
  • re cess.
  • respite (noun)
  • re lease,
  • re-spite,
  • pro tractions,
  • re spites,
  • de ferment,
  • re-spites,
  • de-ferment,
  • re leases,
  • re-laxations,
  • re spite,
  • re lief,
  • pro traction,
  • pro-traction,
  • re-lease,
  • re-leases,
  • de-ferments,
  • re laxations,
  • de ferments,
  • re-laxation,
  • pro-tractions,
  • re-lief,
  • re laxation.
  • stop (noun)
  • blank wall,
  • brick wall.
  • stoppage (noun)
  • sitdowns,
  • sit downs,
  • sitdown.
  • suspension (noun)
  • discontinuings,
  • heavehos,
  • heave hos,
  • dis continuing,
  • dis-continuing,
  • heaveho,
  • disbarments,
  • heave ho,
  • concludings,
  • heave-hos.
  • tie-up (noun)
  • tieup.
  • vacation (noun)
  • re creation,
  • r r,
  • re creations,
  • leave absence,
  • two weeks with pays.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • absenteeism.
  •
  • pension off,
  • lay off,
  • pink slip,
  • fire,
  • ease out,
  • give someone notice,
  • pay off,
  • retire,
  • dismiss.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • Disemployment,
  • stand-down,
  • sack,
  • delay,
  • time-out,
  • spell,
  • firing,
  • corner,
  • winter,
  • ax,
  • letup,
  • lapse,
  • intermittence,
  • stay,
  • interlude,
  • tie up,
  • walking papers,
  • expulsion,
  • rest,
  • truce,
  • intermezzo,
  • boot,
  • expatriation,
  • drumming out,
  • nook,
  • day off,
  • repose,
  • Inoccupation,
  • cyclical unemployment,
  • block,
  • drop,
  • gate,
  • adjournment,
  • ticket,
  • caesura,
  • niche,
  • reprieve,
  • hitch,
  • Displacing,
  • redundancy,
  • abeyance,
  • half-day,
  • retirement,
  • hesitation,
  • technological unemployment,
  • removal,
  • layoffs,
  • relief,
  • Cashiering,
  • unemployment insurance,
  • Furloughing,
  • cease-fire,
  • remission,
  • arrest.

How to use "Layoff" in context?

Paraphrases for Layoff:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    laying-off.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    redundancies.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    availability, dismissal, downsizing, firing, redundancy, retrenchment, severance, termination.

Homophones for Layoff:

• leap, l-p, life, lapp, lope, leipoa, loop, leave off, lullaby, lav, lippi, lv, layup, life buoy, leppy, lvi, lay-by, levi, livy, levee, leafy, luff, lay off, lava, lief, leaf, lovoa, lab, lvii, layby, lob, loaf, lap, Lowboy, lollop, lobe, lbf., lowlife, lip off, lb, lp, loupe, loofa, lollipop, loeb, liv, lavabo, luffa, leave, luba, lobby, lay up, libya, lviii, lay-up, lev, loofah, libby, lave, lip, llb, live, lifo, love, levy, lap up, lop off, Li Po, loopy, lube, lop, lf.

Hyponym for Layoff:

• n.

  • act
    shutdown, closing, closedown, closure.