Thesaurus / lay it on thick
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synonyms for lay it on thick
- overdo
- exaggerate
- overstate
- magnify
- stretch
- dramatize
- accent
- overwork
- mug
- accentuate
- hyperbolize
- ham it up
- show off
- overuse
- overemphasize
- maximize
- overdraw
- overact
- overstress
- blow out of proportion
- get carried away
- labor at
- point up
- overdo
- magnify
- emphasize
- inflate
- misrepresent
- heighten
- amplify
- lie
- boast
- fabricate
- boost
- enlarge
- embellish
- hike
- exalt
- pad
- expand
- puff
- brag
- fudge
- embroider
- build up
- play up
- overestimate
- overemphasize
- misquote
- blow out of proportion
- misreport
- adulate
- bootlick
- brownnose
- build up
- cajole
- flatter
- inveigle
- massage
- soften
- stroke
- sweet-talk
- play up to
- spread it on
- suck up to
- work on
- wheedle
- entice
- seduce
- tantalize
- dupe
- deceive
- tempt
- entrap
- delude
- crowd
- urge
- influence
- soften
- beguile
- decoy
- snow
- jolly
- blandish
- soap
- maneuver
- lure
- oil
- banter
- induce
- sweet-talk
- inveigle
- stroke
- mislead
- bootlick
- push
- massage
- con
- brownnose
- build up
- butter up
- soft-soap
- apple polish
- argue into
- get around
- get next to
- hand a line
- make up to
- play up to
- rub the right way
- spread it on
- suck up to
- sweeten up
- work on
- work over
- fawn
- salve
- inveigle
- honey
- stroke
- oil
- toady
- sell
- court
- snow
- jolly
- cajole
- blandish
- wheedle
- bootlick
- adulate
- charm
- humor
- soften
- grovel
- glorify
- praise
- slaver
- massage
- con
- brownnose
- build up
- butter up
- soft-soap
- overpraise
- beslaver
- cater to
- get next to
- play up to
- rub the right way
- spread it on
- suck up to
- sweeten up
- work on
- work over
- feign
- bluff
- assume
- adopt
- contrive
- act
- simulate
- fake
- counterfeit
- sham
- put on
- take on
- playact
- aspire to
- do a bit
- make out like
- put up a front
- overdo
- magnify
- fabricate
- distort
- emphasize
- inflate
- misrepresent
- heighten
- falsify
- amplify
- pyramid
- scam
- color
- corrupt
- fudge
- lie
- caricature
- stretch
- enlarge
- romance
- exalt
- pad
- embroider
- boost
- intensify
- expand
- boast
- hike
- up
- hyperbolize
- brag
- puff
- romanticize
- build up
- cook up
- put on
- overdraw
- overestimate
- overemphasize
- misquote
- blow out of proportion
- go to extremes
- loud talk
- make too much of
- misreport
- pretty up
- charm
- fawn
- salve
- soften
- stroke
- wheedle
- sweet-talk
- toady
- sell
- court
- snow
- jolly
- cajole
- blandish
- glorify
- oil
- adulate
- humor
- inveigle
- grovel
- praise
- bootlick
- massage
- con
- brownnose
- build up
- butter up
- soft-soap
- overpraise
- beslaver
- cater to
- get next to
- play up to
- rub the right way
- spread it on
- suck up to
- sweeten up
- work on
- work over
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antonyms for lay it on thick
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- shrink
- reduce
- lower
- tell truth
- contract
- simplify
- abridge
- deprecate
- compress
- play down
- lessen
- decrease
- ignore
- depreciate
- shrink
- reduce
- lower
- contract
- understate
- minimize
- deprecate
- abridge
- compress
- play down
- lessen
- decrease
- ignore
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How to use lay it on thick in a sentence
A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTThe seed of discontent was again germinating under the duplicity of the Spanish lay and clerical authorities.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANAt the sight, Felipe flung himself on his knees before her; he kissed the aged hands as they lay trembling in her lap.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONAlone Orlean lay trying vainly to forget something—something that stood like a spectre before her eyes.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXSometimes the child lay so still that Aristide arose to see whether he was alive.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEThere lay Bob Rock, covered with blood, and apparently insensible.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSThis road ran north and south, and nearly in front of where he lay another road entered it, coming in from the west.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNAt last he lay upon the floor, while around her, Mrs. Merley and the other girl begged and beseeched.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXIn Paris, Joachim soon found that the royal road to success lay in denouncing loudly all superior officers of lack of patriotism.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONWe always lay our notes on the table, and he takes them, looks them over, and calls out what he'll have played.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYWORDS RELATED TO LAY IT ON THICK
- apple polish
- argue into
- banter
- beguile
- blandish
- bootlick
- brownnose
- build up
- butter up
- con
- crowd
- deceive
- decoy
- delude
- dupe
- entice
- entrap
- get around
- get next to
- hand a line
- induce
- influence
- inveigle
- jolly
- lay it on thick
- lure
- make up to
- maneuver
- massage
- mislead
- oil
- play up to
- push
- rub the right way
- seduce
- snow
- soap
- soft-soap
- soften
- spread it on
- stroke
- suck up to
- sweet-talk
- sweeten up
- tantalize
- tempt
- urge
- wheedle
- work on
- work over
- apple polish
- arguing into
- bantering
- beguiling
- blandishing
- bootlicking
- brownnosing
- building up
- buttering up
- conning
- crowding
- deceiving
- decoying
- deluding
- duping
- enticing
- entrapping
- getting around
- getting next to
- handing a line
- inducing
- influencing
- inveigling
- jollying
- luring
- lying it on thick
- making up to
- maneuvering
- massaging
- misleading
- oiling
- playing up to
- pushing
- rubbing the right way
- seducing
- snowing
- soaping
- soft-soaping
- softening
- spreading it on
- stroking
- sucking up to
- sweet-talking
- sweetening up
- tantalizing
- tempting
- urging
- wheedling
- working on
- working over
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.