lay claim

Questions about lay claim

What is another word for lay claim?

It depends which lay claim you mean. In the sense “demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to”, the synonyms are claim, arrogate. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of lay claim?

WordNet records no antonym for lay claim. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for lay claim come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of lay claim

• Full entry for lay claimAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for lay claimWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.