Synonyms for set
verb
To place
insert, deposit, arrange; see place 1.
To establish
anchor, fix, introduce; see establish 2, install.
To become firm
jell, solidify, congeal; see harden 2, stiffen 1, thicken 1.
To value
rate, fix a price, estimate; see price, value 2.
To fasten
lock, make fast, fix; see fasten 1.
To start
commence, initiate, put in motion; see begin 1.
To brood
incubate, hatch, hover; see produce 1.
See set in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To deposit in a specified place:
lay1, place, put, stick. See place, riseTo put in or assign to a certain position or location:
emplace, install, locate, place, position, site, situate, spot. See placeTo alter for proper functioning:
adjust, fix, regulate, tune (up). (Music) attune. See change, helpTo arrange tableware upon (a table) in preparation for a meal:
lay1, spread. See orderTo place (a story, for example) in a designated setting:
lay1. See placeTo bring about or come to an agreement concerning:
arrange, conclude, fix, negotiate, settle. See agreeTo appoint and send to a particular place:
assign, post2, station. See placeTo calculate approximately:
approximate, estimate, place, put, reckon. See preciseTo move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something:
aim, cast, direct, head, level, point, train, turn, zero in. (Military) lay1. See seekTo change or be changed from a liquid into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass:
clot, coagulate, congeal, curdle, gelatinize, jell, jelly. See solidTo make or become physically hard:
cake, concrete, congeal, dry, harden, indurate, petrify, solidify. See solid
phrasal verb set aboutTo go about the initial step in doing (something):
approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set out, set to, start, take on, take up, undertake. (Informal) kick off. Idioms: get cracking, get going, get the show on the road. See start
phrasal verb set apartTo make noticeable or different:
characterize, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, individualize, mark, signalize, singularize. See same
phrasal verb set asideTo put an end to, especially formally and with authority:
abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, cancel, invalidate, negate, nullify, vitiate, void. (Law) extinguish. See continue
phrasal verb set backTo cause to be later or slower than expected or desired:
delay, detain, hang up, hold up, lag, retard, slow (down or up), stall2. See help, time
phrasal verb set byTo reserve for the future:
keep, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put by, salt away, save (up). See keep, save
phrasal verb set downTo register in or as if in a book:
book, catalog, enroll, inscribe, list1, write down. See rememberTo come to rest on the ground:
alight1, land, light2, settle, touch down. See move
phrasal verb set forthTo state, as an idea, for consideration:
advance, offer, pose, propose, propound, put forward, submit, suggest. See offer
phrasal verb set offTo be the cause of:
bring, bring about, bring on, cause, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, make, occasion, result in, secure, stir1 (up), touch off, trigger. Idioms: bring to pass (or effect), give rise to. See startTo stir to action or feeling:
egg on, excite, foment, galvanize, goad, impel, incite, inflame, inspire, instigate, motivate, move, pique, prick, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, spur, stimulate, touch off, trigger, work up. See cause, exciteTo endow with beauty and elegance by way of a notable addition:
adorn, beautify, embellish, enhance, grace. See beautifulTo act as an equalizing weight or force to:
balance, compensate, counteract, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, make up, offset. See orderTo make up for:
balance, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, neutralize, offset, outweigh, redeem. See substitute
phrasal verb set outTo go about the initial step in doing (something):
approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set to, start, take on, take up, undertake. (Informal) kick off. Idioms: get cracking, get going, get the show on the road. See startTo work out and arrange the parts or details of:
blueprint, design, lay out, map (out), plan. See plannedTo proceed in a specified direction:
bear, go, head, make, strike out. See approach
phrasal verb set toTo go about the initial step in doing (something):
approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set out, start, take on, take up, undertake. (Informal) kick off. Idioms: get cracking, get going, get the show on the road. See start
phrasal verb set upTo raise upright:
erect, pitch, put up, raise, rear2, upraise, uprear. See horizontal, riseTo bring into existence formally:
constitute, create, establish, found, institute, organize, originate, start. See start- (Informal)
To pay for the food, drink, or entertainment of (another):
treat. (Informal) stand. (Slang) blow1. Idiom: stand treat. See pay
adjective
Firmly established by long standing:
confirmed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, entrenched, hard-shell, ineradicable, ingrained, inveterate, irradicable, settled. See continueIn a definite and final form; not likely to change:
certain, firm1, fixed, flat. See changeFixed and distinct from others:
express, particular, special, specific. See specificOn an unwavering course of action:
bent, decided, determined, fixed, intent, resolute. See decideIn a state of preparedness:
ready. (Informal) go. (Slang) together. Idioms: all set, in working order. See prepared
noun
A number of individuals making up or considered a unit:
array, band2, batch, bevy, body, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, clutch2, collection, group, knot, lot, party. See groupA subdivision of a larger group:
category, class, classification, order. See groupA group of people sharing an interest, activity, or achievement:
circle, crowd, group. See groupA particular social group:
circle, clique, coterie, crowd. (Informal) bunch, gang. See groupThe properties, backdrops, and other objects arranged for a dramatic presentation:
mise en scène, scene, scenery, setting. See performing arts
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