Synonyms of layover

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noun

ˈlā-ˌō-vər 

as in stop

a brief halt in a journey

our flight from New York to San Francisco made a layover in Chicago

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stop
• stopover
• rest
• pause
• break

lay over

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verb

as in to postpone

to assign to a later time

we'll have to lay over a discussion of the issue until the next meeting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• postpone
• delay
• put over
• defer
• put off
• hold over
• hold off (on)
• hold up
• remit
• wait
• shelve
• hesitate
• suspend
• stretch (out)
• stay
• pause
• slow
• retard
• prolong
• lengthen
• detain
• extend
• protract

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• work (on)
• do
• deal (with)
• act
• decide (upon)

Examples of layover in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

When my family landed in Boston, for a layover, Mostafa jumped on one of our carry-on suitcases and asked me to pull him along. —Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2024

The train departs from Grand Junction Station for a roughly four-hour trip to Summerville, Georgia, where passengers have an hour layover to explore the town before boarding back to Chattanooga. —Korrin Bishop, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2024

Verb

Footage of Hart reflecting on his career and working in his recording studio is interspersed between interviews of athletes reflecting on their own relationships with music and rhythm, all of which is laid over an original score by Hart himself. —Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024

For a preppy moment, style the cardigan laid over your shoulders with some extra-baggy jeans. —Glamour, 2 Aug. 2024