LAID ON Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

laid on

verb

past tense of lay on

as in applied

to put a layer of on a surface she lays the butter on so thickly that you hardly taste the bagel

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as in employed

chiefly British to provide with a paying job lay on more staff for the busy tourist season in the Lake District

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The gorgeous and tasty caramel and cream cheese frosting looks the best when applied with a small offset spatula to give it that swirly effect on the cake.

— Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2026
While traditionally only achievable in real life through plastic surgery or extreme makeup, it can be applied instantly online using beauty filters.

— Chloe Veltman, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of applied

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But the very reticence my father employed to protect us had hollowed out our family.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Gonska pushed back on that assertion, saying the political strategy employed by Bass during the June 2 primary was different from the activities now being conducted by Building LA in the runoff.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of employed

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The leachate is byproduct of an underground garbage fire that has only spread since it was first confirmed in 2023.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
If that model spreads, shoppers may set rules once and let agents transact repeatedly without a per-order click.

— Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of spread

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Jennifer Shuford, who had been Texas’s health commissioner, was part of a team hired to restore confidence in the agency.

— Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Prosecutors said evidence presented in Hubbs’ trial established that Hubbs had been hired by someone else to break into the home and set it on fire.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of hired

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Republicans argue the second Sullivan was recruited into the race to sow confusion, an allegation substantiated on Wednesday by a bombshell New York Times report.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026
Undaunted by the huge blank wall, Mendez recruited some of the same young people working on the 23rd Street mural along with youth from the neighborhood.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of recruited

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Apparently, ancient Greeks used breadsticks smeared with olive oil as a lubricant.

— Rachel Handler, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
Her makeup, crafted by Diana Shin, was equally as striking and overtly feminine, featuring pink shadow smeared in her crease, shimmer on her lids, falsies glued to her top lash line and burgundy lip liner accenting her lips.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026

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