Without the ozone layer, we would be in danger.
Source: tatoeba (31061)
Layer
/lɛə/
Synonyms for "layer" (181 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (54)
Noun(32 words)
deckdelaminatedesquamateexfoliatef layerfilmflakefloorfoilgalleryheaviside-kennelly layerionosphereisothermal regionlaminatelay downlay upledgelower atmosphere
Adjective(2 words)
foliate motifimbricated
Verb(1 words)
Determiner(1 words)
most coating
Related words (90)
Noun(50 words)
multi-plyoverburdenovercoatsoverlayoverlay layeroverlayingoverlayspaintpetticoatpliesplies the riverplypyramidpyramidsraise counterpointrevetementromanian acoperisandwichsandwichingseam
outer atmospherephotosphereplatescaleseamsheetshelfslicespreadstagestepstorystratifystratospherestratumstreaksubstratospheresubstratumthicknesstopsoil
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Adjective(7 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: level, stratum, appleton layer, applied, apply covering.
- Sentence evidence is available for layer, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "layer".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "layer"
Keep "layer" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "layer" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "layer", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "layer" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
More specific
7 entriesCollocations
10 entriescake layerlayer cakelayer heightlayer of dustlayer of paintlayer of sedimentlower layerthick layersthin layerstop layer
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
5 entriesTranslations
121 translations across 76 languages.
Adyghe
1 entries- пцум noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Albanian
1 entries- shtresë noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Arabic
1 entries- طَبَقَة noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Armenian
1 entries- շերտ noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- lay noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- qat noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- təbəqə noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Bashkir
2 entries- ҡат noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- ҡатлам noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Belarusian
2 entries- пласт noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- слой noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Bengali
1 entries- পরত noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Bulgarian
2 entries- пласт noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- слой noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Burmese
1 entries- အထပ် noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Catalan
1 entries- capa noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Chinese
1 entries- цын noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 層 /层 noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 層 /层 noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Czech
1 entries- vrstva noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Danish
1 entries- lag noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Dari
2 entries- طَبَقَه noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- لَایَه noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Dutch
1 entries- laag noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Esperanto
1 entries- tavolo noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Estonian
1 entries- kiht noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Finnish
2 entries- kerros noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- munija noun (mature female animal able to lay eggs)
French
1 entries- couche noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Galician
1 entries- capa noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Georgian
2 entries- ფენა noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- შრე noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
German
2 entries- Lage noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- Schicht noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Greek
4 entries- διάστρωση noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- στιβάδα noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- στρώμα noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- στρώση noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Hebrew
2 entries- רוֹבֶד noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- שִׁכְבָה noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Hindi
4 entries- तबक़ा noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- तबका noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- तह noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- परत noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Hungarian
1 entries- réteg noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Icelandic
1 entries- lag noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Ido
1 entries- strato noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Ingrian
1 entries- kerros noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- طَبَقِه noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- لایِه noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Irish
1 entries- sraith noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Italian
1 entries- strato noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Japanese
2 entries- 層 noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- 膜 noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Kazakh
3 entries- қабат noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- қат noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- қаттам noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Khmer
1 entries- ជាន់ noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Korean
1 entries- 층 noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- кабат noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- кат noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- катмар noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Lao
1 entries- ຊັ້ນ noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Latvian
1 entries- slānis noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sluoksnis noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- warsta noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Macedonian
1 entries- слој noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Malay
1 entries- lapisan noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Marathi
1 entries- थर noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Mongolian
2 entries- давхарга noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- үе noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Māori
3 entries- apa noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- papanga noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- paparanga noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- lag noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Pashto
1 entries- طبقه noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schicht noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Polish
1 entries- warstwa noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Portuguese
1 entries- camada noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Romanian
3 entries- acoperământ noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- așternut noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- strat noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Russian
2 entries- пласт noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- слой noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Sanskrit
1 entries- धातु noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- slȏj noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- сло̑ј noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Slovak
1 entries- vrstva noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Slovene
1 entries- plast noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Spanish
4 entries- capa noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- tanda noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- tonga noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- tongada noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Swedish
2 entries- lager noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- skikt noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Tagalog
1 entries- suson noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Tajik
2 entries- табақа noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- қабат noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Tatar
2 entries- кат noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- катлам noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Telugu
1 entries- పొర noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Thai
1 entries- ชั้น noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Turkish
2 entries- katman noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- tabaka noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Turkmen
2 entries- gat noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- gatlak noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Ukrainian
4 entries- верства́ noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- пласт noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- слой noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- шар noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- woršta noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Urdu
2 entries- طَبَقَہ noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- پَرَت noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Uyghur
3 entries- قات noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- قاتلام noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- قەۋەت noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Uzbek
3 entries- qat noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- qatlam noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- qavat noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lớp noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Welsh
1 entries- haen noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
This is a layer of soil that is permanently frozen, and in some places it's many feet deep.
Source: tatoeba (55809)
This chart illustrates the function of ozone layer.
Source: tatoeba (58310)
This debate about the future of the ozone layer has been mostly about profits and politics.
Source: tatoeba (61896)
Showing 4 of 23 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "layer"?
Closest matches include level, stratum, appleton layer, applied, apply covering.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "layer"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.