Synonyms for lieu
lulieu

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.9 / 7 votes

1. stead, position, place, lieunoun

   the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another

   "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of"

   Synonyms:
   stance, billet, berth, seat, place, spot, perspective, locating, plaza, station, view, post, property, space, topographic point, shoes, location, position, spatial relation, status, positioning, blank space, posture, military position, attitude, placement, home, emplacement, stead, situation, side, piazza, office

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1. • Function

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. lieunoun

   Synonyms:
   [Fr.] place, room, stead

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "lieu":

   replacement, place, substitute, substitution, replace, replacing, location, alternative

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1. Candace Owens:

   I think it's pretty apparent that Mr. Lieu believes that black people are stupid and will not pursue the clip in its full entirety.

2. Cassie Kreitner:

   I’ve always loved hot sauce, but over the past few years I’ve started using it in lieu of salad dressing, since it’s a lot lower in calories but adds a ton of flavor, i keep a bunch at my desk and sometimes in my purse.

3. Roy Blunt:

   Weve done that before but it never worked out very well, farmers dont want payments in lieu of selling crops at a fair price.

4. Robert Mueller:

   I'd like to go back to one thing that was said this morning by Mr. Lieu who said and I quote,' You didn't charge the President because of the OLC opinion.' That is not the correct way to say it, as we say in the report and as I said at the opening, we did not reach a determination as to whether the President committed a crime.

5. President Tayyip Erdogan:

   We are saying we should form such a safe zone that we, as Turkey, can build towns here in lieu of the tent cities here. Let's carry them to the safe zones there, give us logistical support and we can go build housing at 30 km (20 miles) depth in northern Syria. This way, we can provide them with humanitarian living conditions.