Thesaurus:lay off
English
editVerb
editSense: to dismiss from employment
editSynonyms
edit- axe (figurative)
- can (euphemistic, US)
- decruit (euphemistic)
- dehire
- discard
- discharge
- dismiss
- downsize (euphemistic)
- fire
- give the axe
- give someone the boot (UK)
- give someone their cards
- give the chop (idiomatic)
- give the elbow (UK)
- give someone the heave-ho (idiomatic, UK)
- give someone the old heave-ho (idiomatic, UK)
- lay off (idiomatic, chiefly US)
- let go (euphemistic)
- let someone go (idiomatic, euphemistic)
- make redundant
- pink slip (US)
- promote to customer
- retrench
- sack
- serve notice (idiomatic)
- shit-can (vulgar)
- term [⇒ thesaurus]
- terminate (euphemistic)
- throw out (idiomatic)
- unhire (euphemistic)
Antonyms
editHyponyms
editHypernyms
editVarious
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “678. disuse” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “756. abrogation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “lay off” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.