Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb lay_up

1 sense of lay up

Sense 1
lay up -- (disable or confine, as with an illness; "She was laid up with pneumonia for six weeks")
       => disable, disenable, incapacitate -- (make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer")

Antonyms of adj laid_up

1 sense of laid up

Sense 1
laid up (predicate) -- (ill and usually confined; "laid up with a bad cold")

INDIRECT (VIA ill) -> well -- (in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury; "appears to be entirely well"; "the wound is nearly well"; "a well man"; "I think I'm well; at least I feel well")

Similarity of adj laid_up

1 sense of laid up

Sense 1
laid up (predicate) -- (ill and usually confined; "laid up with a bad cold")
       => ill (vs. well), sick -- (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering")

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