lay over

Questions about lay over

What does lay over mean?

lay over means "interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for lay over?

Close synonyms include stop over, superimpose, superpose. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lay over a common word?

lay over is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.