lam

The word “lam” has 1 syllable: lam

It's pronounced as /læm/


What is synonym and antonym for lam?

In the thesaurus, “lam” has 97 synonyms and 46 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for lam along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for lam

  • abscond
  • avoid
  • bail out
  • blow
  • bolt
  • break
  • break free
  • break out
  • breakout
  • bring off
  • bunk
  • burst out
  • circumvent
  • clear out
  • close call
  • close shave
  • cut and run
  • cut loose
  • decamp
  • deliverance
  • depart
  • desert
  • disappear
  • disentangle
  • dodge
  • double
  • duck
  • duck out
  • elope
  • elude
  • emancipate
  • emerge
  • enfranchise
  • escape
  • evade
  • exit
  • extricate
  • flee
  • flight
  • fly
  • fly the coop
  • free
  • get away
  • get away with
  • get off
  • get out
  • getaway
  • give someone the slip
  • go
  • go scot-free
  • jailbreak
  • leave
  • liberate
  • liberation
  • loose
  • loosen
  • lose
  • make a getaway
  • make getaway
  • make off
  • make oneself scarce
  • manumit
  • move
  • near miss
  • pass
  • play hooky
  • pull out
  • quit
  • redeem
  • redemption
  • release
  • rescue
  • rout
  • run
  • run away
  • run off
  • run out on
  • salvation
  • shun
  • skip
  • slip
  • slip away
  • spring
  • steal away
  • take a powder
  • take flight
  • take it on the lam
  • take off
  • take on the lam
  • unbind
  • uncage
  • unchain
  • unfetter
  • vanish
  • walk out
  • work out of
  • wriggle out

Antonyms for lam

Meanings of lam

  • verb
    1. To beat or thrash.
    2. To flee or run away.
  • noun
    1. The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, ل. It is preceded by ك and followed by م.

Example Sentences

  • Lam quickly if you see any signs of danger.
  • He decided to lam from the party when it became too crowded.
  • Don't just lam without considering the consequences.
  • The thief attempted to lam after realizing the police were on their way.
  • Sometimes it's better to lam and live to fight another day.

On this page you'll find 143 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to lam, such as: abide, abscond, accept, aid, appear, arrive, assist.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

aah

  • bellow
  • blat
  • bleat
  • blunder
  • bolt
  • crow
  • cry
  • ejaculate
  • ejaculation
  • exclaim
  • exclamation
  • holler
  • hoot
  • howl
  • interject
  • interjection
  • leak
  • ooh
  • roar
  • scream
  • screech
  • shout
  • shriek
  • squall
  • squeak
  • squeal
  • whoop
  • yell
  • yelp
  • yowl

aahs

  • bellows
  • blats
  • bleats
  • blunders
  • bolts
  • cries
  • crows
  • ejaculates
  • ejaculations
  • exclaims
  • exclamations
  • hollers
  • hoots
  • howls
  • interjections
  • interjects
  • leaks
  • oohs
  • roars
  • screams
  • screeches
  • shouts
  • shrieks
  • squalls
  • squeaks
  • squeals
  • whoops
  • yells
  • yelps
  • yowls

abbey

  • cloister
  • convent
  • friary
  • hermitage
  • house
  • lamasery
  • ministry
  • monastery
  • nunnery
  • priory
  • temple

abbeys

  • cloisters
  • convents
  • friaries
  • hermitages
  • houses
  • lamaseries
  • monasteries
  • nunneries
  • priories

ABCs

  • ABCs
  • Bible
  • abecedarian
  • accessory
  • accidence
  • account
  • acknowledgment
  • affidavit
  • affirmation
  • allegation
  • alphabet
  • amount
  • annal
  • announcement
  • article
  • articulation
  • aside
  • asseveration
  • assurance
  • authority
  • averment
  • avowal
  • axiom
  • background
  • bare bones
  • basal
  • base
  • basic
  • basics
  • basis
  • beacon
  • bed
  • bedrock
  • beginning
  • beginnings
  • belief
  • bellwether
  • blow-by-blow
  • body
  • bottom
  • bottom line
  • brass tacks
  • brief
  • bulletin
  • burden
  • canon
  • cap
  • capital
  • case
  • catalog
  • center
  • chapter and verse
  • character
  • characterization
  • characters
  • charge
  • chronicle
  • circumstance
  • circumstantiality
  • clear
  • clue
  • coal-and-ice
  • comment
  • communication
  • compendium
  • component
  • condition
  • confession
  • constituent
  • core
  • cornerstone
  • corpus
  • count
  • crux
  • cue
  • declaration
  • definition
  • delineation
  • depiction
  • description
  • design
  • detail
  • dictum
  • directory
  • doctrine
  • dogma
  • dope
  • drift
  • duck soup
  • easy
  • effect
  • ejaculation
  • element
  • elemental
  • elements
  • enchiridion
  • essence
  • essential
  • essentiality
  • essentials
  • explanation
  • explication
  • facile
  • fact
  • factor
  • facts of life
  • faith
  • feature
  • fine point
  • fingerprint
  • fire and ice
  • first principles
  • first steps
  • focus
  • foot
  • footing
  • foundation
  • foundational
  • fraction
  • fundamental
  • fundamentals
  • fundaments
  • general meaning
  • gist
  • gospel
  • grammar
  • graphic representation
  • gravamen
  • groceries
  • ground
  • groundwork
  • guidebook
  • guiding light
  • guts
  • handbook
  • heart
  • hieroglyphs
  • history
  • hot lead
  • ideograph
  • import
  • information
  • infrastructure
  • initial
  • innards
  • introductory
  • item
  • justification
  • kernel
  • key
  • keystone
  • know
  • landmark
  • law
  • linguistics
  • lodestar
  • lowdown
  • majuscule
  • make
  • manifesto
  • manual
  • mark
  • marker
  • marrow
  • mass
  • matter
  • meat
  • meat and potatoes
  • mention
  • minor point
  • minuscule
  • minutia
  • monograph
  • morphemes
  • morphology
  • must
  • name of the game
  • narration
  • narrative
  • nicety
  • nitty-gritty
  • nub
  • nuts and bolts
  • observation
  • origin
  • original
  • part
  • part and parcel
  • particular
  • peculiarity
  • philosophy
  • phonemes
  • pictograph
  • picture
  • pith
  • plain
  • plan
  • play by play
  • point
  • pointer
  • portion
  • portraiture
  • portrayal
  • precept
  • precondition
  • prefatory
  • preliminaries
  • preliminary
  • preparation
  • prerequisite
  • presentation
  • presentment
  • primary
  • primitive
  • primo
  • principium
  • principle
  • principles
  • print
  • proclamation
  • profession
  • prop
  • protestation
  • purport
  • quintessence
  • rationale
  • reason
  • recital
  • recitation
  • record
  • recountal
  • rehearsal
  • relation
  • remark
  • report
  • representation
  • requirement
  • requisite
  • respect
  • rock bottom
  • root
  • rudiment
  • rudimentary
  • rudiments
  • rule
  • run down
  • rundown
  • rune
  • schedule
  • scoop
  • score
  • sense
  • sentence structure
  • setup
  • sign
  • signal
  • significance
  • signpost
  • signs
  • simplest
  • simplex
  • simplified
  • sine qua non
  • singularity
  • sketch
  • small letter
  • soul
  • speciality
  • specialty
  • specific
  • specification
  • standard
  • staple
  • statement
  • stay
  • story
  • straightforward
  • stratification
  • strength
  • structure
  • stuff
  • subject
  • substance
  • substratal
  • substratum
  • substructure
  • sum total
  • summarization
  • summary
  • support
  • syllabary
  • symbols
  • syntax
  • tab
  • tagmemics
  • take
  • tale
  • technicality
  • telltale
  • tenet
  • tenor
  • testimony
  • the book
  • the numbers
  • the picture
  • the whole picture
  • theme
  • theorem
  • thing
  • thrust
  • tip-off
  • trait
  • trivia
  • triviality
  • type
  • uncial
  • uncomplex
  • uncomplicated
  • underlying
  • underpinning
  • understructure
  • upshot
  • utterance
  • vade mecum
  • ventilation
  • verbalization
  • version
  • vignette
  • virtuality
  • vital part
  • vocalization
  • voice
  • way of it
  • whole story
  • word
  • writeup
  • yarn

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