Thesaurus / lay on thick
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synonyms for lay on thick
- allure
- bait
- bamboozle
- beguile
- blandish
- butter
- cajole
- charm
- coax
- con
- decoy
- ensnare
- entrap
- honey
- hook
- influence
- jolly
- lure
- maneuver
- massage
- oil
- persuade
- seduce
- snow
- soap
- stroke
- tempt
- toll
- urge
- wheedle
- egg on
- get around
- lay it on thick
- lead on
- overdo it
- play up to
- rope in
- soften up
- string along
- sweet talk
- work over
- 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
- lay it on thick
- 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
- lay it on thick
- misreport
- adulate
- bootlick
- brownnose
- build up
- cajole
- flatter
- inveigle
- massage
- soften
- stroke
- sweet-talk
- lay it on thick
- play up to
- spread it on
- suck up to
- work on
- advertise
- shovel
- crow
- gasconade
- flaunt
- fake
- bully
- blow
- swagger
- prate
- exult
- sling
- strut
- grandstand
- gloat
- flourish
- shuck
- shoot
- glory
- exaggerate
- preen
- triumph
- puff
- vapor
- bluster
- aggrandize
- con
- show off
- jive
- cock-a-doodle-doo
- showboat
- attract attention
- blow smoke
- congratulate oneself
- flatter oneself
- give a good account of oneself
- hug oneself
- psych
- sound off
- talk big
- blow one's own horn
- 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
- lay it on thick
- 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
- lay it on thick
- 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
- lay it on thick
- 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
- lay it on thick
- 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
- lay it on thick
- 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 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 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 ON THICK
- advertise
- aggrandize
- attract attention
- blow
- blow one's own horn
- blow smoke
- bluster
- bully
- cock-a-doodle-doo
- con
- congratulate oneself
- crow
- exaggerate
- exult
- fake
- flatter oneself
- flaunt
- flourish
- gasconade
- give a good account of oneself
- gloat
- glory
- grandstand
- hug oneself
- jive
- lay on thick
- prate
- preen
- psych
- puff
- shoot
- shovel
- show off
- showboat
- shuck
- sling
- sound off
- strut
- swagger
- talk big
- triumph
- vapor
- advertised
- aggrandized
- attracted attention
- blew
- blew one's own horn
- blew smoke
- blustered
- bullied
- cock-a-doodle-dooed
- congratulated oneself
- conned
- crowed
- exaggerated
- exulted
- faked
- flatter oneself
- flaunted
- flourished
- gasconaded
- gave a good account of oneself
- gloated
- gloried
- grandstanded
- hugged oneself
- jived
- lay on thick
- prated
- preened
- psyched
- puffed
- shot
- shoveled
- showboated
- showed off
- shucked
- slung
- sounded off
- strutted
- swaggered
- talked big
- triumphed
- vapored
- advertises
- aggrandizes
- attracts attention
- blows
- blows one's own horn
- blows smoke
- blusters
- bullies
- cock-a-doodle-doos
- congratulates oneself
- cons
- crows
- exaggerates
- exults
- fakes
- flatter oneself
- flaunts
- flourishes
- gasconades
- gives a good account of oneself
- gloats
- glories
- grandstands
- hugs oneself
- jives
- lies on thick
- prates
- preens
- psyches
- puffs
- shoots
- shovels
- showboats
- shows off
- shucks
- slings
- sounds off
- struts
- swaggers
- talks big
- triumphs
- vapors
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.