dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/set_MWT.json
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{
"set":{
"to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop":{
"examples":[
"the hen set for days"
],
"synonyms":[
"brood",
"hatch",
"incubate",
"sit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lay",
"spawn"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
"examples":[
"set a date for the wedding"
],
"synonyms":[
"appoint",
"designate",
"fix",
"name"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopt",
"assign",
"choose",
"determine",
"establish",
"opt (for)",
"pick",
"pin (down)",
"prefer",
"select",
"settle",
"single (out)",
"specify",
"arrange",
"coordinate",
"orchestrate",
"advertise",
"announce",
"declare",
"publish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding":{
"examples":[
"fire losses were set at a million dollars"
],
"synonyms":[
"appraise",
"assess",
"estimate",
"evaluate",
"guesstimate",
"rate",
"valuate",
"value"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adjudge",
"deem",
"judge",
"ascertain",
"determine",
"discover",
"learn",
"price",
"prize",
"decide",
"settle",
"analyze",
"assay",
"survey",
"test",
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reevaluate",
"rejudge",
"revalue",
"transvaluate",
"transvalue",
"misesteem",
"misjudge",
"misprize",
"underestimate",
"undervalue"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rest on the buttocks or haunches":{
"examples":[
"come over and set for a spell"
],
"synonyms":[
"sit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perch",
"lounge",
"slouch",
"sprawl",
"squat",
"straddle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arise",
"get up",
"rise",
"stand"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
"examples":[
"determined to see the West, she set her car towards the sun and drove off"
],
"synonyms":[
"aim",
"bend",
"cast",
"direct",
"head",
"hold",
"level",
"pinpoint",
"train"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sight",
"bear",
"face",
"concentrate",
"focus",
"incline",
"orient",
"steer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avert",
"curve",
"deflect",
"detour",
"divert",
"rechannel",
"shunt",
"sidetrack"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
"examples":[
"finally set some plans for the luncheon"
],
"synonyms":[
"agree (on)",
"arrange",
"decide",
"fix",
"settle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contract",
"pledge",
"promise",
"blueprint",
"calculate",
"chart",
"concert",
"design",
"draft",
"frame",
"hammer out",
"intrigue",
"lay out",
"maneuver",
"map (out)",
"plan",
"program",
"programme",
"schematize",
"scheme",
"shape",
"square away",
"work out",
"choose",
"conclude",
"determine",
"figure",
"opt",
"resolve",
"affirm",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"confirm",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"warrant",
"close",
"complete",
"end",
"finalize",
"finish",
"round (off or out)",
"wind up",
"wrap up",
"bargain",
"chaffer",
"deal",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
"negotiate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"differ (over)",
"disagree (with)",
"counter",
"debate",
"object",
"oppose",
"protest",
"resist",
"contest",
"dispute"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"had the jeweler set the diamond again"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchor",
"catch",
"clamp",
"fasten",
"fix",
"hitch",
"moor",
"secure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"stuff",
"wedge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extract",
"prize",
"pry",
"pull",
"root (out)",
"tear (out)",
"uproot",
"wrest",
"yank"
],
"antonyms":[
"loose",
"loosen",
"unfasten",
"unfix",
"unloose",
"unloosen"
]
},
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
"examples":[
"the gelatin is just starting to set now"
],
"synonyms":[
"clot",
"coagulate",
"congeal",
"gel",
"gelate",
"gelatinize",
"jell",
"jelly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cake",
"concrete",
"firm (up)",
"fix",
"freeze",
"harden",
"indurate",
"solidify",
"stiffen",
"condense",
"thicken",
"clump",
"curd",
"curdle",
"gum",
"lump (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesce",
"flux",
"fuse",
"liquefy",
"liquify",
"melt",
"thaw"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"set a book on the table"
],
"synonyms":[
"depose",
"deposit",
"dispose",
"emplace",
"fix",
"lay",
"place",
"position",
"put",
"set up",
"situate",
"stick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"move",
"rearrange",
"reorder",
"shift",
"orient",
"establish",
"locate",
"plant",
"settle",
"clap",
"flop",
"plank",
"plop",
"plump",
"plunk",
"plonk",
"plunk down",
"slap",
"ensconce",
"niche",
"assemble",
"collect",
"carry",
"berth",
"park",
"affix",
"anchor",
"lock",
"lodge",
"wedge",
"array",
"lay out",
"line up",
"queue",
"rank",
"set down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocate",
"remove",
"take",
"banish",
"dislodge",
"displace",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become physically firm or solid":{
"examples":[
"the concrete must set completely before anyone can walk on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"concrete",
"congeal",
"firm (up)",
"freeze",
"harden",
"indurate",
"solidify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cake",
"callus",
"encrust",
"incrust",
"clot",
"coagulate",
"gel",
"gelate",
"gelatinize",
"jell",
"jelly",
"stiffen",
"thicken",
"calcify",
"crystallize",
"crystalize",
"ossify",
"petrify",
"rigidify",
"anneal",
"case-harden",
"temper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesce",
"dissolve",
"flux",
"fuse",
"melt",
"smelt",
"thaw",
"unfreeze"
],
"antonyms":[
"liquefy",
"liquify",
"soften"
]
},
"a group of people acting together within a larger group":{
"examples":[
"the younger set is less likely to volunteer for the church's annual rummage sale"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloc",
"block",
"body",
"coalition",
"faction",
"party",
"sect",
"side",
"wing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"splinter",
"split",
"crew",
"gang",
"pack",
"team",
"denomination",
"persuasion",
"schism",
"scission",
"caucus",
"movement"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"examples":[
"they rarely associate with anyone outside their social set"
],
"synonyms":[
"body",
"bunch",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"community",
"coterie",
"coven",
"crowd",
"fold",
"gal\u00e8re",
"gang",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"network",
"pack",
"ring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charmed circle",
"elite",
"in-group",
"closed shop",
"club",
"college",
"fellowship",
"guild",
"gild",
"league",
"organization",
"society",
"camp",
"faction",
"sect",
"side",
"tribe",
"mess",
"squad",
"brotherhood",
"fraternity",
"order",
"sisterhood",
"sodality",
"sorority",
"commune",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederation",
"congress",
"council",
"federation",
"union"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loner",
"individualist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a set of tools"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"suite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety",
"cycle",
"run",
"series",
"suit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
"examples":[
"the next set of job applicants had far more education and practical experience"
],
"synonyms":[
"bracket",
"category",
"class",
"classification",
"division",
"family",
"genus",
"grade",
"group",
"kind",
"league",
"order",
"rank(s)",
"rubric",
"species",
"tier",
"type"
],
"near synonyms":[
"description",
"feather",
"ilk",
"kidney",
"like",
"manner",
"nature",
"sort",
"branch",
"section",
"speciality",
"specialty",
"subclass",
"subdivision",
"subgroup",
"subspecies",
"variety",
"breed",
"race",
"generation",
"heading",
"label",
"title"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the array of painted backgrounds and furnishings used to establish the setting in a stage production":{
"examples":[
"built sets for the play"
],
"synonyms":[
"decor",
"d\u00e9cor",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"scene",
"scenery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backdrop",
"drop",
"background",
"set piece",
"prop",
"property"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"being in a state of fitness for some experience or action":{
"examples":[
"we're all set to go"
],
"synonyms":[
"fit",
"go",
"prepared",
"ready"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conditioned",
"primed",
"ripe",
"armed",
"braced",
"fortified",
"steeled",
"qualified",
"trained"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unqualified",
"untrained"
],
"antonyms":[
"flat-footed",
"half-baked",
"half-cocked",
"underprepared",
"unprepared",
"unready"
]
},
"firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge":{
"examples":[
"that rock is really set in the hillside"
],
"synonyms":[
"fast",
"firm",
"frozen",
"jammed",
"lodged",
"snug",
"stuck",
"tight",
"wedged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bonded",
"cemented",
"glued",
"anchored",
"clamped",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"impacted",
"implanted",
"attached",
"bound",
"fastened",
"secured",
"immovable",
"unyielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"dislodged",
"freed",
"loosened",
"unattached",
"unbound",
"undone",
"unfastened",
"unsecured",
"movable",
"moveable",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[
"insecure",
"loose"
]
},
"fully committed to achieving a goal":{
"examples":[
"set on being the first in her family to graduate from college"
],
"synonyms":[
"bent (on or upon)",
"bound",
"decisive",
"determined",
"do-or-die",
"firm",
"hell-bent (on or upon)",
"intent",
"out",
"purposeful",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"single-minded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bitter",
"vehement",
"certain",
"cocksure",
"confident",
"positive",
"sure",
"earnest",
"serious",
"steady",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unswerving",
"unwavering",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"persistent",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"tenacious",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrustful",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"uncertain",
"unconvinced",
"undecided",
"unsettled",
"unsure",
"disinclined",
"indisposed",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant"
],
"antonyms":[
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"indecisive",
"irresolute",
"undetermined",
"unresolved",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"weak-kneed"
]
},
"having been established and usually not subject to change":{
"examples":[
"the library is only open during set hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"certain",
"determinate",
"final",
"firm",
"fixed",
"flat",
"frozen",
"hard",
"hard-and-fast",
"inexpugnable",
"settled",
"stable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nonadjustable",
"noncancelable",
"nonnegotiable",
"unchangeable",
"constant",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"uniform",
"unwavering",
"definite",
"exact",
"explicit",
"specific",
"given",
"stated",
"stipulated",
"dependable",
"good",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"safe",
"solid",
"sure",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adjustable",
"changeable",
"negotiable",
"indefinite",
"open-ended",
"unspecified",
"capricious",
"changeful",
"flickery",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"of a particular or exact sort":{
"examples":[
"international law has set rules for the treatment of prisoners of war"
],
"synonyms":[
"concrete",
"distinct",
"especial",
"express",
"peculiar",
"precise",
"special",
"specific"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lone",
"only",
"separate",
"single",
"sole",
"solitary",
"distinctive",
"exclusive",
"individual",
"unique",
"limited",
"restricted",
"differentiated",
"specialized",
"given",
"specified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"general",
"generalized",
"generic",
"nonexclusive",
"universal"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonspecific"
]
},
"made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing":{
"examples":[
"it was not my set purpose to cause trouble for anyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"conscious",
"deliberate",
"intended",
"intentional",
"knowing",
"purposeful",
"purposive",
"voluntary",
"willed",
"willful",
"wilful",
"witting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"designed",
"planned",
"advised",
"calculated",
"considered",
"measured",
"reasoned",
"studied",
"thoughtful",
"weighed",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepense",
"discretionary",
"elective",
"optional",
"volunteer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inadvertent",
"unwitting",
"accidental",
"chance",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"incidental",
"random",
"aimless",
"desultory",
"purposeless",
"abrupt",
"impetuous",
"sudden",
"coerced",
"forced",
"involuntary",
"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"necessary",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"ordered",
"required",
"casual",
"extemporaneous",
"impromptu",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"spontaneous",
"unforced",
"unpremeditated"
],
"antonyms":[
"nondeliberate",
"nonpurposive",
"unintentional"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"set (something) straight":{
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"clean (up)",
"pick up",
"tidy (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"houseclean",
"housekeep",
"clean (off)",
"clean (up)",
"neaten",
"police (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"turn out",
"unclutter",
"arrange",
"order"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clutter",
"disarrange",
"mess (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"set back":{
"a change in status for the worse usually temporarily":{
"examples":[
"the colonists persevered despite suffering setbacks that would have discouraged lesser souls"
],
"synonyms":[
"knock",
"lapse",
"reversal",
"reverse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disappointment",
"frustration",
"letdown",
"comedown",
"decline",
"descent",
"down",
"downfall",
"fall",
"turnabout",
"turnaround",
"recession",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion",
"relapse",
"breakdown",
"collapse",
"crash",
"meltdown",
"ruin",
"undoing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"status quo"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in keep , hold up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delay",
"detain",
"hold up",
"keep",
"retard",
"slow",
"baffle",
"balk",
"block",
"blockade",
"bottleneck",
"clog",
"dam",
"hinder",
"hold",
"hold back",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"snag",
"stem",
"hesitate",
"pause",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"stretch (out)",
"defer",
"hold off (on)",
"hold over",
"lay over",
"put off",
"put over",
"remit",
"shelve",
"conclude",
"cut off",
"end",
"terminate",
"call",
"discontinue",
"suspend",
"choke off",
"rein (in)",
"repress",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stanch",
"staunch",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"turn back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"follow through (with)",
"keep (on)",
"keep up",
"persist",
"run on",
"advance",
"fare",
"go along",
"march",
"move",
"proceed",
"progress",
"wend",
"actuate",
"budge",
"drive",
"goad",
"impel",
"propel",
"push",
"spur",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"set in":{
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"a cold spell set in sometime last week"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualize",
"appear",
"arise",
"begin",
"break",
"commence",
"dawn",
"engender",
"form",
"materialize",
"originate",
"spring",
"start"
],
"near synonyms":[
"be",
"breathe",
"exist",
"live",
"subsist",
"arrive",
"come on",
"emerge",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"shape (up)",
"continue",
"endure",
"last",
"persist",
"survive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conclude",
"desist",
"discontinue",
"finish",
"halt",
"quit",
"terminate",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evaporate",
"vanish",
"depart",
"die",
"expire",
"pass away",
"perish"
],
"antonyms":[
"cease",
"end",
"stop"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"set in motion":{
"as in raise , stir (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abet",
"brew",
"ferment",
"foment",
"incite",
"instigate",
"pick",
"provoke",
"raise",
"stir (up)",
"whip (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"discourage",
"hold",
"inhibit",
"regulate",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"tame",
"allay",
"calm",
"quiet",
"settle",
"soothe",
"still",
"subdue",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
],
"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
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"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"set out":{
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
"examples":[
"in his inaugural address, the president set out his vision for the nation over the next four years"
],
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"delineate",
"depict",
"describe",
"draw",
"image",
"limn",
"paint",
"picture",
"portray",
"render",
"sketch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"characterize",
"define",
"label",
"qualify",
"represent",
"demonstrate",
"illustrate",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report",
"tell",
"display",
"exhibit",
"show",
"hint",
"suggest",
"draft",
"outline",
"silhouette",
"trace",
"vignette",
"summarize",
"sum up",
"touch off",
"redescribe",
"reimage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"color",
"distort",
"falsify",
"garble",
"misdescribe",
"misrepresent",
"misstate",
"pervert",
"twist",
"warp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized":{
"examples":[
"the setout of the stations at the polling place was a little confusing"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"configuration",
"conformation",
"format",
"formation",
"layout",
"setup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"design",
"plan",
"scheme",
"composition",
"constitution",
"getup",
"makeup",
"build",
"construction",
"structure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"setouts":{
"the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized":{
"examples":[
"the setout of the stations at the polling place was a little confusing"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangements",
"configurations",
"conformations",
"formations",
"formats",
"layouts",
"setups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"designs",
"plans",
"schemes",
"compositions",
"constitutions",
"getups",
"makeups",
"builds",
"constructions",
"structures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sets back":{
"as in keeps , holds up":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delays",
"detains",
"holds up",
"keeps",
"retards",
"slows",
"baffles",
"balks",
"blockades",
"blocks",
"bottlenecks",
"clogs",
"dams",
"hinders",
"holds",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"snags",
"stems",
"hesitates",
"pauses",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"stretches (out)",
"defers",
"holds off (on)",
"holds over",
"lays over",
"puts off",
"puts over",
"remits",
"shelves",
"concludes",
"cuts off",
"ends",
"terminates",
"calls",
"discontinues",
"suspends",
"chokes off",
"reins (in)",
"represses",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stanches",
"staunches",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"turns back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carries on",
"continues",
"follows through (with)",
"keeps (on)",
"keeps up",
"persists",
"runs on",
"advances",
"fares",
"goes along",
"marches",
"moves",
"proceeds",
"progresses",
"wends",
"actuates",
"budges",
"drives",
"goads",
"impels",
"propels",
"pushes",
"spurs",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sets eyes on":{
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"Looking up, they set eyes on the mountain summit."
],
"synonyms":[
"beholds",
"catches",
"descries",
"discerns",
"distinguishes",
"espies",
"eyes",
"looks (at)",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"perceives",
"regards",
"remarks",
"sees",
"sights",
"spies",
"spots",
"views",
"witnesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identifies",
"makes out",
"picks out",
"picks up",
"attends (to)",
"considers",
"heeds",
"marks",
"minds",
"studies",
"watches",
"examines",
"inspects",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"glances (at)",
"glimpses",
"peers (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"misses",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"sets off":{
"to cause to function":{
"examples":[
"set off a bomb"
],
"synonyms":[
"activates",
"actuates",
"cranks (up)",
"drives",
"moves",
"runs",
"sparks",
"starts",
"touches off",
"triggers",
"turns on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kicks over",
"turns over",
"charges",
"electrifies",
"energizes",
"fires",
"fuels",
"generates",
"powers",
"pushes",
"discharges",
"launches",
"releases",
"switches",
"trips",
"reactivates",
"recharges",
"arouses",
"excites",
"jump-starts",
"kick-starts",
"stimulates",
"vitalizes",
"ignites",
"incites",
"instigates",
"provokes",
"quickens",
"stirs up",
"accelerates",
"catalyzes",
"speeds (up)",
"steps up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrests",
"brakes",
"checks",
"cuts off",
"draws up",
"halts",
"jams",
"stalls",
"sticks",
"stops",
"decelerates",
"represses",
"slows",
"stunts",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[
"cuts",
"cuts out",
"deactivates",
"kills",
"shuts off",
"turns off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"setting eyes on":{
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"Looking up, they set eyes on the mountain summit."
],
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"beholding",
"catching",
"descrying",
"discerning",
"distinguishing",
"espying",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"looking (at)",
"noticing",
"noting",
"observing",
"perceiving",
"regarding",
"remarking",
"seeing",
"sighting",
"spotting",
"spying",
"viewing",
"witnessing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identifying",
"making out",
"picking out",
"picking up",
"attending (to)",
"considering",
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"studying",
"watching",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"surveying",
"glancing (at)",
"glimpsing",
"peering (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"missing",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"setting in":{
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"a cold spell set in sometime last week"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualizing",
"appearing",
"arising",
"beginning",
"breaking",
"commencing",
"dawning",
"engendering",
"forming",
"materializing",
"originating",
"springing",
"starting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"being",
"breathing",
"existing",
"living",
"subsisting",
"arriving",
"coming on",
"emerging",
"coalescing",
"cohering",
"shaping (up)",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"lasting",
"persisting",
"surviving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concluding",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"finishing",
"halting",
"quitting",
"terminating",
"disappearing",
"dissolving",
"evaporating",
"vanishing",
"departing",
"dying",
"expiring",
"passing away",
"perishing"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceasing",
"ending",
"stopping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"setting in motion":{
"as in raising , stirring (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abetting",
"brewing",
"fermenting",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"picking",
"provoking",
"raising",
"stirring (up)",
"whipping (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"discouraging",
"holding",
"inhibiting",
"regulating",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"taming",
"allaying",
"calming",
"quieting",
"settling",
"soothing",
"stilling",
"subduing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"setting store by":{
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
"examples":[
"He sets store by the example set by his parents."
],
"synonyms":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"considering",
"esteeming",
"regarding",
"respecting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"accrediting",
"applauding",
"approving",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"crediting",
"praising",
"delighting (in)",
"drinking (in)",
"enjoying",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring",
"digging",
"fancying",
"favoring",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"adoring",
"adulating",
"canonizing",
"deifying",
"doting (on)",
"hallowing",
"idolizing",
"reverencing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"cherishing",
"loving",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"decrying",
"deploring",
"disapproving",
"discountenancing",
"discounting",
"disdaining",
"disfavoring",
"disliking",
"dismissing",
"disregarding",
"frowning (on or upon)",
"kissing off",
"scorning",
"vilifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"I don't set much store by his opinion."
],
"synonyms":[
"accepting",
"believing",
"buying",
"crediting",
"swallowing",
"taking",
"trusting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounting",
"accrediting",
"understanding",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"supposing",
"concluding",
"deducing",
"inferring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"misdoubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting",
"challenging",
"disputing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieving",
"discrediting",
"rejecting"
]
},
"to hold dear":{
"examples":[
"He'll always set store by his favorite childhood books."
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"loving",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"admiring",
"apprizing",
"esteeming",
"regarding",
"respecting",
"reverencing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"enshrining",
"memorializing",
"adoring",
"caressing",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"worshipping",
"worshiping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undervaluing",
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"disdaining",
"high-hatting",
"scorning",
"scouting",
"slighting",
"sniffing (at)",
"snubbing",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"disparaging",
"kissing off",
"minimizing",
"putting down",
"writing off",
"abandoning",
"forgetting",
"neglecting"
],
"antonyms":[
"disvaluing"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"sets up":{
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"set up tables in the living room for the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposes",
"deposits",
"disposes",
"emplaces",
"fixes",
"lays",
"places",
"positions",
"puts",
"sets",
"situates",
"sticks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moves",
"rearranges",
"reorders",
"shifts",
"orients",
"establishes",
"locates",
"plants",
"settles",
"claps",
"flops",
"planks",
"plops",
"plumps",
"plunks",
"plonks",
"plunks down",
"slaps",
"ensconces",
"niches",
"assembles",
"collects",
"carries",
"berths",
"parks",
"affixes",
"anchors",
"locks",
"lodges",
"wedges",
"arrays",
"lays out",
"lines up",
"queues",
"ranks",
"sets down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocates",
"removes",
"takes",
"banishes",
"dislodges",
"displaces",
"replaces",
"supersedes",
"supplants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
"examples":[
"set up a scholarship fund for deserving students from the inner city"
],
"synonyms":[
"begins",
"constitutes",
"establishes",
"founds",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"institutes",
"introduces",
"launches",
"pioneers",
"plants",
"starts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authors",
"fathers",
"originates",
"conceives",
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"creates",
"devises",
"fabricates",
"invents",
"makes up",
"manufactures",
"produces",
"thinks (up)",
"constructs",
"puts up",
"develops",
"enlarges",
"expands",
"endows",
"finances",
"funds",
"subsidizes",
"arranges",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"systemizes",
"refounds",
"reinitiates",
"reinstitutes",
"relaunches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolishes",
"annihilates",
"annuls",
"nullifies",
"ends",
"finishes",
"halts",
"stops",
"terminates",
"rounds (off or out)",
"winds up",
"wraps up"
],
"antonyms":[
"closes (down)",
"phases out",
"shuts (up)"
]
},
"to fix in an upright position":{
"examples":[
"set up a post from which to hang the sign"
],
"synonyms":[
"erects",
"pitches",
"puts up",
"raises",
"rears",
"upends",
"upraises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"braces",
"buttresses",
"props (up)",
"shores (up)",
"supports",
"boosts",
"cranes",
"elevates",
"heaves",
"hefts",
"heightens",
"hikes",
"hoists",
"jacks (up)",
"lifts",
"perks (up)",
"picks up",
"upholds",
"uplifts",
"ups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishes",
"flattens",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"razes",
"tears down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
"examples":[
"set up the prefabricated shed by following the instructions"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembles",
"builds",
"confects",
"constructs",
"erects",
"fabricates",
"makes",
"makes up",
"pieces",
"puts up",
"raises",
"rears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carpenters",
"fashions",
"forges",
"frames",
"hammers",
"handcrafts",
"manufactures",
"molds",
"produces",
"shapes",
"prefabricates",
"begins",
"coins",
"creates",
"generates",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"invents",
"originates",
"constitutes",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"founds",
"institutes",
"organizes",
"conceives",
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"designs",
"devises",
"imagines",
"thinks (up)",
"reassembles",
"rebuilds",
"reconstructs",
"redevelops",
"reedifies",
"retrofits",
"jerry-builds",
"rigs (up)",
"throws up",
"combines",
"unites"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"flattens",
"levels",
"pulls down",
"pulverizes",
"razes",
"ruinates",
"ruins",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"wrecks",
"blows up",
"explodes",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disunites",
"divides",
"separates"
],
"antonyms":[
"demounts",
"disassembles",
"dismantles",
"dismembers",
"knocks down",
"strikes",
"takes down",
"tears down"
]
},
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
"examples":[
"don't worry, the doctor will set you up in no time"
],
"synonyms":[
"cures",
"fixes",
"heals",
"mends",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attends (to)",
"cares (for)",
"doctors",
"medicates",
"ministers (to)",
"nurses",
"physics",
"treats",
"fortifies",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"alleviates",
"relieves",
"remedies",
"repairs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cripples",
"damages",
"disables",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"lacerates",
"lames",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates",
"wounds",
"afflicts",
"ails",
"debilitates",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"lays up",
"saps",
"sickens",
"wastes",
"weakens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"set eyes on":{
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"Looking up, they set eyes on the mountain summit."
],
"synonyms":[
"behold",
"catch",
"descry",
"discern",
"distinguish",
"espy",
"eye",
"look (at)",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"perceive",
"regard",
"remark",
"see",
"sight",
"spot",
"spy",
"view",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identify",
"make out",
"pick out",
"pick up",
"attend (to)",
"consider",
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"study",
"watch",
"examine",
"inspect",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"glance (at)",
"glimpse",
"peer (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"miss",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"settling (down)":{
"to become still and orderly":{
"examples":[
"settle down and get to work, please"
],
"synonyms":[
"calming (down)",
"chilling out",
"cooling",
"hushing",
"piping down",
"quieting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drying up",
"relaxing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"unwinding",
"zoning out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clowning (around)",
"fooling around",
"horsing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"showing off",
"skylarking"
],
"antonyms":[
"acting up",
"carrying on",
"cutting up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"setting forth":{
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
"examples":[
"The strikers set forth their demands in a written statement to the company."
],
"synonyms":[
"charting",
"chronicling",
"describing",
"narrating",
"reciting",
"recounting",
"rehearsing",
"relating",
"reporting",
"telling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivering",
"giving",
"reeling off",
"stating",
"uttering",
"voicing",
"detailing",
"enumerating",
"itemizing",
"particularizing",
"baring",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"exposing",
"letting on (about)",
"revealing",
"delineating",
"depicting",
"expressing",
"rendering",
"sketching"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"set-to":{
"as in settle (down) , knuckle down":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"knuckle down",
"settle (down)",
"readdress",
"reapply",
"busy",
"commit",
"concern",
"engage",
"involve",
"address",
"apply",
"bend",
"buckle",
"devote",
"give",
"exert",
"exhaust",
"put out",
"spend",
"strain",
"stress",
"tax",
"trouble",
"wear out",
"carry on",
"pitch in",
"plunge (in)",
"grind",
"hump",
"hustle",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug (away)",
"work"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"idle",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"examples":[
"they had a brief set-to about money, but they seem to have resolved it"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"battle royal",
"bicker",
"brawl",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"donnybrook",
"falling-out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"imbroglio",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"rhubarb",
"row",
"scrap",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clash",
"run-in",
"skirmish",
"tangle",
"tussle",
"logomachy",
"feud",
"vendetta",
"attack",
"contention",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"debate",
"difference",
"disputation",
"fuss",
"objection",
"protest",
"protestation",
"affray",
"fisticuffs",
"fracas",
"fray",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"catfight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"setback":{
"a change in status for the worse usually temporarily":{
"examples":[
"the colonists persevered despite suffering setbacks that would have discouraged lesser souls"
],
"synonyms":[
"knock",
"lapse",
"reversal",
"reverse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disappointment",
"frustration",
"letdown",
"comedown",
"decline",
"descent",
"down",
"downfall",
"fall",
"turnabout",
"turnaround",
"recession",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion",
"relapse",
"breakdown",
"collapse",
"crash",
"meltdown",
"ruin",
"undoing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"status quo"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in keep , hold up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delay",
"detain",
"hold up",
"keep",
"retard",
"slow",
"baffle",
"balk",
"block",
"blockade",
"bottleneck",
"clog",
"dam",
"hinder",
"hold",
"hold back",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"snag",
"stem",
"hesitate",
"pause",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"stretch (out)",
"defer",
"hold off (on)",
"hold over",
"lay over",
"put off",
"put over",
"remit",
"shelve",
"conclude",
"cut off",
"end",
"terminate",
"call",
"discontinue",
"suspend",
"choke off",
"rein (in)",
"repress",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stanch",
"staunch",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"turn back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"follow through (with)",
"keep (on)",
"keep up",
"persist",
"run on",
"advance",
"fare",
"go along",
"march",
"move",
"proceed",
"progress",
"wend",
"actuate",
"budge",
"drive",
"goad",
"impel",
"propel",
"push",
"spur",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"set one's heart on":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[
"She set her heart on going to Harvard when she was only a freshman in high school."
],
"synonyms":[
"ache (for)",
"covet",
"crave",
"desiderate",
"desire",
"die (for)",
"hanker (for or after)",
"hunger (for)",
"itch (for)",
"jones (for)",
"long (for)",
"lust (for or after)",
"pant (after)",
"pine (for)",
"repine (for)",
"salivate (for)",
"sigh (for)",
"thirst (for)",
"want",
"wish (for)",
"yearn (for)",
"yen (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoil (for)",
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"favor",
"prefer",
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"settee":{
"a long upholstered piece of furniture designed for several sitters":{
"examples":[
"the young couple snuggled on the settee"
],
"synonyms":[
"chesterfield",
"couch",
"davenport",
"divan",
"lounge",
"sofa",
"squab"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lounger",
"love seat",
"recamier",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
"daybed",
"sofa bed",
"studio couch",
"banquette",
"bench",
"ottoman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sets (to)":{
"as in settles (down) , knuckles down":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"knuckles down",
"settles (down)",
"readdresses",
"reapplies",
"busies",
"commits",
"concerns",
"engages",
"involves",
"addresses",
"applies",
"bends",
"buckles",
"devotes",
"gives",
"exerts",
"exhausts",
"puts out",
"spends",
"strains",
"stresses",
"taxes",
"troubles",
"wears out",
"carries on",
"pitches in",
"plunges (in)",
"grinds",
"humps",
"hustles",
"pegs (away)",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs (away)",
"works"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"fiddles (around)",
"fools around",
"idles",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sets by":{
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
"examples":[
"I have set by the earnings from my weekend job to use as vacation money"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocates",
"consecrates",
"dedicates",
"devotes",
"earmarks",
"gives up (to)",
"reserves",
"saves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blesses",
"hallows",
"sanctifies",
"commits",
"confides",
"consigns",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"applies",
"bestows",
"employs",
"uses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignores",
"neglects",
"misapplies",
"misuses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"setup":{
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"set up tables in the living room for the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"depose",
"deposit",
"dispose",
"emplace",
"fix",
"lay",
"place",
"position",
"put",
"set",
"situate",
"stick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"move",
"rearrange",
"reorder",
"shift",
"orient",
"establish",
"locate",
"plant",
"settle",
"clap",
"flop",
"plank",
"plop",
"plump",
"plunk",
"plonk",
"plunk down",
"slap",
"ensconce",
"niche",
"assemble",
"collect",
"carry",
"berth",
"park",
"affix",
"anchor",
"lock",
"lodge",
"wedge",
"array",
"lay out",
"line up",
"queue",
"rank",
"set down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocate",
"remove",
"take",
"banish",
"dislodge",
"displace",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
"examples":[
"set up a scholarship fund for deserving students from the inner city"
],
"synonyms":[
"begin",
"constitute",
"establish",
"found",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"institute",
"introduce",
"launch",
"pioneer",
"plant",
"start"
],
"near synonyms":[
"author",
"father",
"originate",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"create",
"devise",
"fabricate",
"invent",
"make up",
"manufacture",
"produce",
"think (up)",
"construct",
"put up",
"develop",
"enlarge",
"expand",
"endow",
"finance",
"fund",
"subsidize",
"arrange",
"organize",
"systematize",
"systemize",
"refound",
"reinitiate",
"reinstitute",
"relaunch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"annul",
"nullify",
"end",
"finish",
"halt",
"stop",
"terminate",
"round (off or out)",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
],
"antonyms":[
"close (down)",
"phase out",
"shut (up)"
]
},
"to fix in an upright position":{
"examples":[
"set up a post from which to hang the sign"
],
"synonyms":[
"erect",
"pitch",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"upend",
"upraise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brace",
"buttress",
"prop (up)",
"shore (up)",
"support",
"boost",
"crane",
"elevate",
"heave",
"heft",
"heighten",
"hike",
"hoist",
"jack (up)",
"lift",
"perk (up)",
"pick up",
"up",
"uphold",
"uplift"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolish",
"flatten",
"knock down",
"level",
"raze",
"tear down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
"examples":[
"set up the prefabricated shed by following the instructions"
],
"synonyms":[
"assemble",
"build",
"confect",
"construct",
"erect",
"fabricate",
"make",
"make up",
"piece",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carpenter",
"fashion",
"forge",
"frame",
"hammer",
"handcraft",
"manufacture",
"mold",
"produce",
"shape",
"prefabricate",
"begin",
"coin",
"create",
"generate",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"invent",
"originate",
"constitute",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"design",
"devise",
"imagine",
"think (up)",
"reassemble",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"redevelop",
"reedify",
"retrofit",
"jerry-build",
"rig (up)",
"throw up",
"combine",
"unite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"flatten",
"level",
"pull down",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"ruin",
"ruinate",
"shatter",
"smash",
"wreck",
"blow up",
"explode",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disunite",
"divide",
"separate"
],
"antonyms":[
"demount",
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"dismember",
"knock down",
"strike",
"take down",
"tear down"
]
},
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
"examples":[
"don't worry, the doctor will set you up in no time"
],
"synonyms":[
"cure",
"fix",
"heal",
"mend",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attend (to)",
"care (for)",
"doctor",
"medicate",
"minister (to)",
"nurse",
"physic",
"treat",
"fortify",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"alleviate",
"relieve",
"remedy",
"repair"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cripple",
"damage",
"disable",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"lacerate",
"lame",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate",
"wound",
"afflict",
"ail",
"debilitate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"lay up",
"sap",
"sicken",
"waste",
"weaken"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized":{
"examples":[
"the textbook's setup calls for a list of questions at the end of each chapter"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"configuration",
"conformation",
"format",
"formation",
"layout",
"setout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"design",
"plan",
"scheme",
"composition",
"constitution",
"getup",
"makeup",
"build",
"construction",
"structure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another":{
"examples":[
"changed the setup of the living room furniture several times before being satisfied"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"array",
"disposal",
"disposition",
"distribution",
"order",
"ordering",
"sequence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"continuity",
"precedence",
"priority",
"chain",
"procession",
"progression",
"succession",
"series",
"aligning",
"alining",
"alignment",
"alinement",
"lining up",
"design",
"layout",
"pattern",
"structure",
"system"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusion",
"disorder",
"disorganization",
"disruption",
"upset",
"disconnection",
"disjointedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"settlement":{
"an arrangement about action to be taken":{
"examples":[
"eventually reached a peace settlement"
],
"synonyms":[
"accord",
"agreement",
"bargain",
"compact",
"contract",
"convention",
"covenant",
"deal",
"disposition",
"pact",
"understanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charter",
"treaty",
"binder",
"pledge",
"promise",
"alliance",
"association",
"entente",
"entente cordiale",
"league",
"partnership",
"acceptance",
"approval",
"assent",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"OK",
"okay"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"set store by":{
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
"examples":[
"He sets store by the example set by his parents."
],
"synonyms":[
"admire",
"appreciate",
"consider",
"esteem",
"regard",
"respect"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accredit",
"applaud",
"approve",
"commend",
"compliment",
"credit",
"praise",
"delight (in)",
"drink (in)",
"enjoy",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour",
"dig",
"fancy",
"favor",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"adore",
"adulate",
"canonize",
"deify",
"dote (on)",
"hallow",
"idolize",
"revere",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"worship",
"cherish",
"love",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"condemn",
"decry",
"deplore",
"disapprove",
"discount",
"discountenance",
"disdain",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"dismiss",
"disregard",
"frown (on or upon)",
"kiss off",
"scorn",
"vilify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"I don't set much store by his opinion."
],
"synonyms":[
"accept",
"believe",
"buy",
"credit",
"swallow",
"take",
"trust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"account",
"accredit",
"understand",
"assume",
"presume",
"suppose",
"conclude",
"deduce",
"infer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"doubt",
"misdoubt",
"mistrust",
"question",
"suspect",
"challenge",
"dispute"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieve",
"discredit",
"reject"
]
},
"to hold dear":{
"examples":[
"He'll always set store by his favorite childhood books."
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"love",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"admire",
"apprize",
"esteem",
"regard",
"respect",
"revere",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"enshrine",
"memorialize",
"adore",
"caress",
"dote (on)",
"idolize",
"worship"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undervalue",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"disdain",
"high-hat",
"scorn",
"scout",
"slight",
"sniff (at)",
"snub",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"cry down",
"decry",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"disparage",
"kiss off",
"minimize",
"put down",
"write off",
"abandon",
"forget",
"neglect"
],
"antonyms":[
"disvalue"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"settling":{
"as in comforting , soothing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"calming",
"comforting",
"lulling",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"restful",
"soothing",
"depressant",
"relaxant",
"sedative",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"analgesic",
"anesthetic",
"anesthetizing",
"benumbing",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"numbing",
"drowsy",
"hypnotic",
"narcotic",
"opiate",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somniferous",
"somnolent",
"soporific",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"stupefying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stimulant",
"arousing",
"awakening",
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"wakening",
"waking",
"bracing",
"refreshing",
"restorative",
"reviving",
"stimulative",
"stimulatory"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid)":{
"examples":[
"the light rain will settle the dust in the air",
"careful handling will settle the lees in the bottom of the wine bottle"
],
"synonyms":[
"laying",
"sedimenting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"filtering",
"screening",
"sieving",
"sifting",
"straining",
"clarifying",
"clearing",
"resettling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agitating",
"disturbing",
"mixing",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[
"raising"
]
},
"to supply with inhabitants":{
"examples":[
"the region was originally settled by farmers"
],
"synonyms":[
"colonizing",
"peopling",
"populating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inhabiting",
"moving (to)",
"relocating (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"depopulating",
"unpeopling"
]
},
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
"examples":[
"settled the lawsuit in favor of the defendant"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudging",
"adjudicating",
"arbitrating",
"deciding",
"determining",
"judging",
"refereeing",
"ruling (on)",
"umpiring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considering",
"deeming",
"deliberating",
"hearing",
"pondering",
"weighing",
"sizing up",
"mediating",
"moderating",
"negotiating",
"prosecuting",
"trying",
"finding (for or against)",
"concluding",
"resolving",
"redetermining",
"rejudging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocating",
"hedging",
"pussyfooting",
"skirting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
"examples":[
"settled their wedding plans without any major disagreements"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeing (on)",
"arranging",
"deciding",
"fixing",
"setting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contracting",
"pledging",
"promising",
"blueprinting",
"calculating",
"charting",
"concerting",
"designing",
"drafting",
"framing",
"hammering out",
"intriguing",
"laying out",
"maneuvering",
"mapping (out)",
"planning",
"programming",
"programing",
"schematizing",
"scheming",
"shaping",
"squaring away",
"working out",
"choosing",
"concluding",
"determining",
"figuring",
"opting",
"resolving",
"affirming",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
"confirming",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"warranting",
"closing",
"completing",
"ending",
"finalizing",
"finishing",
"rounding (off or out)",
"winding up",
"wrapping up",
"bargaining",
"chaffering",
"dealing",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse-trading",
"negotiating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"revoking",
"differing (over)",
"disagreeing (with)",
"countering",
"debating",
"objecting",
"opposing",
"protesting",
"resisting",
"contesting",
"disputing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
"examples":[
"birds settling on the branches of the maple tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"alighting",
"landing",
"lighting",
"perching",
"roosting",
"touching down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belly-landing",
"crash-landing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"climbing",
"rising",
"floating",
"flying",
"gliding",
"planing",
"soaring",
"winging",
"hanging",
"hovering"
],
"antonyms":[
"blasting off",
"taking off"
]
},
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
"examples":[
"settled the sleeping baby into her crib"
],
"synonyms":[
"ensconcing",
"installing",
"lodging",
"nestling",
"perching",
"roosting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deploying",
"emplacing",
"fixing",
"locating",
"parking",
"planting",
"positioning",
"setting",
"situating",
"stationing",
"anchoring",
"bivouacking",
"camping",
"camping (out)",
"burrowing",
"curling up",
"digging in",
"harboring",
"housing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
"examples":[
"a hot meal settled the children down"
],
"synonyms":[
"becalming",
"calming",
"composing",
"lullabying",
"lulling",
"quietening",
"quieting",
"salving",
"soothing",
"stilling",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"hushing",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"easing",
"laying",
"mitigating",
"quelling",
"relaxing",
"relieving",
"solacing",
"narcotizing",
"sedating",
"stupefying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravating",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"arousing",
"exciting",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"rousing",
"stirring (up)",
"working up"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitating",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"disturbing",
"keying (up)",
"perturbing",
"upsetting",
"vexing"
]
},
"to gain emotional or mental control of":{
"examples":[
"settled himself only with visible effort after the angry outburst"
],
"synonyms":[
"calming",
"collecting",
"composing",
"containing",
"controlling",
"re-collecting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"holding back",
"restraining",
"rallying",
"recovering",
"lulling",
"quieting",
"soothing",
"stilling",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"settle a debt"
],
"synonyms":[
"anteing (up)",
"balancing",
"clearing",
"discharging",
"footing",
"liquidating",
"meeting",
"paying",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"ponying up",
"quitting",
"recompensing",
"springing (for)",
"standing"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiating"
]
},
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
"examples":[
"this information should settle the question of who is right"
],
"synonyms":[
"clinching",
"deciding",
"determining",
"nailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demonstrating",
"establishing",
"nailing (down)",
"proving",
"showing",
"affirming",
"assuring",
"ensuring",
"insuring",
"securing",
"defining",
"specifying",
"stating",
"stipulating",
"clarifying",
"clearing (up)",
"illuminating",
"concluding",
"ending",
"finishing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"muddling",
"muddying",
"unsettling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
"examples":[
"settled the class with a firm \"quiet!\""
],
"synonyms":[
"dumbing",
"extinguishing",
"hushing",
"muting",
"quelling",
"quietening",
"quieting",
"shushing",
"shutting up",
"silencing",
"squelching",
"stilling"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"agitating",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"set (to)":{
"as in settle (down) , knuckle down":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"knuckle down",
"settle (down)",
"readdress",
"reapply",
"busy",
"commit",
"concern",
"engage",
"involve",
"address",
"apply",
"bend",
"buckle",
"devote",
"give",
"exert",
"exhaust",
"put out",
"spend",
"strain",
"stress",
"tax",
"trouble",
"wear out",
"carry on",
"pitch in",
"plunge (in)",
"grind",
"hump",
"hustle",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug (away)",
"work"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"idle",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"examples":[
"they had a brief set-to about money, but they seem to have resolved it"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"battle royal",
"bicker",
"brawl",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"donnybrook",
"falling-out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"imbroglio",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"rhubarb",
"row",
"scrap",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clash",
"run-in",
"skirmish",
"tangle",
"tussle",
"logomachy",
"feud",
"vendetta",
"attack",
"contention",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"debate",
"difference",
"disputation",
"fuss",
"objection",
"protest",
"protestation",
"affray",
"fisticuffs",
"fracas",
"fray",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"catfight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"set-asides":{
"as in assistances , aids":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aids",
"assistances",
"block grants",
"grants-in-aid",
"allocations",
"allotments",
"annuities",
"appropriations",
"entitlements",
"grants",
"subsidies",
"subventions",
"foreign aids",
"reliefs",
"state aids",
"advances",
"allowances",
"benefits",
"bequests",
"endowments",
"funds",
"legacies",
"stipends",
"trust funds",
"trusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"set straight":{
"as in clean house":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clean house",
"clean (up)",
"pick up",
"tidy (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clutter",
"disarrange",
"mess (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"setting one's heart on":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"aching (for)",
"coveting",
"craving",
"desiderating",
"desiring",
"dying (for)",
"hankering (for or after)",
"hungering (for)",
"itching (for)",
"jonesing (for)",
"longing (for)",
"lusting (for or after)",
"panting (after)",
"pining (for)",
"repining (for)",
"salivating (for)",
"sighing (for)",
"thirsting (for)",
"wanting",
"wishing (for)",
"yearning (for)",
"yenning (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoiling (for)",
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"spurning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"setoff":{
"to cause to function":{
"examples":[
"set off a bomb"
],
"synonyms":[
"activate",
"actuate",
"crank (up)",
"drive",
"move",
"run",
"spark",
"start",
"touch off",
"trigger",
"turn on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kick over",
"turn over",
"charge",
"electrify",
"energize",
"fire",
"fuel",
"generate",
"power",
"push",
"discharge",
"launch",
"release",
"switch",
"trip",
"reactivate",
"recharge",
"arouse",
"excite",
"jump-start",
"kick-start",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"ignite",
"incite",
"instigate",
"provoke",
"quicken",
"stir up",
"accelerate",
"catalyze",
"speed (up)",
"step up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrest",
"brake",
"check",
"cut off",
"draw up",
"halt",
"jam",
"stall",
"stick",
"stop",
"decelerate",
"repress",
"slow",
"stunt",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[
"cut",
"cut out",
"deactivate",
"kill",
"shut off",
"turn off"
]
},
"something that decorates or beautifies":{
"examples":[
"the architect used stone carvings as setoffs for the building's marble facing"
],
"synonyms":[
"adornment",
"beautifier",
"caparison",
"decoration",
"doodad",
"embellisher",
"embellishment",
"frill",
"garnish",
"garnishment",
"garniture",
"ornament",
"ornamentation",
"trim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apparel",
"bells and whistles",
"blazonry",
"bric-a-brac",
"chichi",
"emblazonry",
"filigree",
"finery",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"frosting",
"froufrou",
"fal-lal",
"flounce",
"flourish",
"furbelow",
"ruffle",
"enhancement",
"enrichment",
"improvement",
"appliqu\u00e9",
"embossment",
"embroidery",
"fancywork",
"bedizenment",
"gilt",
"glitter",
"design",
"figure",
"pattern",
"furnishings",
"regalia",
"trappings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"defacement",
"disfigurement",
"scar",
"blot",
"spot",
"stain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"settler":{
"a person who settles in a new region":{
"examples":[
"settlers learning to live in peace with the natives"
],
"synonyms":[
"colonial",
"colonist",
"colonizer",
"frontiersman",
"homesteader",
"pioneer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explorer",
"pathfinder",
"trailblazer",
"bushranger",
"mountain man",
"woodsman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one that leaves one place to settle in another":{
"examples":[
"in 1889 Jane Addams, in an effort to provide Chicago's latest wave of settlers with much-needed services, founded the city's first settlement house"
],
"synonyms":[
"emigrant",
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
"emigr\u00e9",
"immigrant",
"in-migrant",
"incomer",
"migrant",
"out-migrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defector",
"deportee",
"evacuee",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"refugee",
"relocatee",
"repatriate",
"alien",
"foreigner",
"noncitizen",
"nonnative",
"colonist",
"newcomer",
"squatter",
"migrator",
"pilgrim",
"pioneer",
"trekker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborigine",
"native",
"citizen",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"national",
"resident"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonimmigrant"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sets store on":{
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
"examples":[
"He sets store by the example set by his parents."
],
"synonyms":[
"admires",
"appreciates",
"considers",
"esteems",
"regards",
"respects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaims",
"accredits",
"applauds",
"approves",
"commends",
"compliments",
"credits",
"praises",
"delights (in)",
"drinks (in)",
"enjoys",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"savors",
"savours",
"digs",
"fancies",
"favors",
"grooves (on)",
"likes",
"loves",
"adores",
"adulates",
"canonizes",
"deifies",
"dotes (on)",
"hallows",
"idolizes",
"reverences",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"cherishes",
"loves",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes",
"condemns",
"decries",
"deplores",
"disapproves",
"discountenances",
"discounts",
"disdains",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"dismisses",
"disregards",
"frowns (on or upon)",
"kisses off",
"scorns",
"vilifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"I don't set much store by his opinion."
],
"synonyms":[
"accepts",
"believes",
"buys",
"credits",
"swallows",
"takes",
"trusts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounts",
"accredits",
"understands",
"assumes",
"presumes",
"supposes",
"concludes",
"deduces",
"infers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusts",
"doubts",
"misdoubts",
"mistrusts",
"questions",
"suspects",
"challenges",
"disputes"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieves",
"discredits",
"rejects"
]
},
"to hold dear":{
"examples":[
"He'll always set store by his favorite childhood books."
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"loves",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"grooves (on)",
"likes",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"admires",
"apprizes",
"esteems",
"regards",
"respects",
"reverences",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"enshrines",
"memorializes",
"adores",
"caresses",
"dotes (on)",
"idolizes",
"worships"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undervalues",
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes",
"disdains",
"high-hats",
"scorns",
"scouts",
"slights",
"sniffs (at)",
"snubs",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"cries down",
"decries",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"disparages",
"kisses off",
"minimizes",
"puts down",
"writes off",
"abandons",
"forgets",
"neglects"
],
"antonyms":[
"disvalues"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"sets straight":{
"as in cleans house":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cleans house",
"cleans (up)",
"picks up",
"tidies (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clutters",
"disarranges",
"messes (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sets one's heart on":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[
"She set her heart on going to Harvard when she was only a freshman in high school."
],
"synonyms":[
"aches (for)",
"covets",
"craves",
"desiderates",
"desires",
"dies (for)",
"hankers (for or after)",
"hungers (for)",
"itches (for)",
"joneses (for)",
"longs (for)",
"lusts (for or after)",
"pants (after)",
"pines (for)",
"repines (for)",
"salivates (for)",
"sighs (for)",
"thirsts (for)",
"wants",
"wishes (for)",
"yearns (for)",
"yens (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoils (for)",
"adores",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"grooves (on)",
"likes",
"loves",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"favors",
"prefers",
"admires",
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes",
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"spurns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"settles (down)":{
"to become still and orderly":{
"examples":[
"settle down and get to work, please"
],
"synonyms":[
"calms (down)",
"chills out",
"cools",
"hushes",
"pipes down",
"quiets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dries up",
"relaxes",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes",
"unwinds",
"zones out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clowns (around)",
"fools around",
"horses around",
"monkeys (around)",
"shows off",
"skylarks"
],
"antonyms":[
"acts up",
"carries on",
"cuts up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sets in motion":{
"as in raises , stirs (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abets",
"brews",
"ferments",
"foments",
"incites",
"instigates",
"picks",
"provokes",
"raises",
"stirs (up)",
"whips (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"discourages",
"holds",
"inhibits",
"regulates",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"tames",
"allays",
"calms",
"quiets",
"settles",
"soothes",
"stills",
"subdues",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"setting back":{
"as in keeping , holding up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delaying",
"detaining",
"holding up",
"keeping",
"retarding",
"slowing",
"baffling",
"balking",
"blockading",
"blocking",
"bottlenecking",
"clogging",
"damming",
"hindering",
"holding",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"snagging",
"stemming",
"hesitating",
"pausing",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"stretching (out)",
"deferring",
"holding off (on)",
"holding over",
"laying over",
"putting off",
"putting over",
"remitting",
"shelving",
"concluding",
"cutting off",
"ending",
"terminating",
"calling",
"discontinuing",
"suspending",
"choking off",
"reining (in)",
"repressing",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stanching",
"staunching",
"stunting",
"suppressing",
"turning back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carrying on",
"continuing",
"following through (with)",
"keeping (on)",
"keeping up",
"persisting",
"running on",
"advancing",
"faring",
"going along",
"marching",
"moving",
"proceeding",
"progressing",
"wending",
"actuating",
"budging",
"driving",
"goading",
"impelling",
"propelling",
"pushing",
"spurring",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"set on":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"examples":[
"without warning, bandits would set on unwary merchants as they traveled along the Silk Road"
],
"synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"bushwhack",
"charge",
"descend (on or upon)",
"go in (on)",
"jump (on)",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"raid",
"rush",
"sic",
"sick",
"storm",
"strike",
"trash",
"turn (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rush",
"gang up (on)",
"mob",
"swarm",
"mug",
"rob",
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"waylay",
"blitz",
"bomb",
"bombard",
"nuke",
"barrage",
"cannon",
"cannonade",
"bang away (at)",
"batter",
"buffet",
"plaster",
"beleaguer",
"besiege",
"press",
"harry",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"foray",
"invade",
"overrun",
"envelop",
"flank"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cover",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"secure",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sets down":{
"to cause to sit down":{
"examples":[
"set the toddler down in her seat"
],
"synonyms":[
"seats",
"sits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconces",
"settles",
"lays",
"lies",
"rests",
"places",
"puts",
"reclines",
"reposes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"set down the names of those in attendance"
],
"synonyms":[
"jots (down)",
"logs",
"marks",
"notes",
"puts down",
"records",
"registers",
"reports",
"takes down",
"writes down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicles",
"minutes",
"transcribes",
"enregisters",
"enters",
"inscribes",
"chalks (up)",
"notches",
"scores"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"early in the campaign, voters set the senator down as an opportunist, and the perception stuck"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"calls",
"considers",
"counts",
"esteems",
"holds",
"looks (on or upon)",
"rates",
"reckons",
"regards",
"views"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believes",
"deems",
"feels",
"senses",
"thinks",
"conceives",
"fancies",
"imagines"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"setting (to)":{
"as in settling (down) , knuckling down":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"knuckling down",
"settling (down)",
"readdressing",
"reapplying",
"busying",
"committing",
"concerning",
"engaging",
"involving",
"addressing",
"applying",
"bending",
"buckling",
"devoting",
"giving",
"exerting",
"exhausting",
"putting out",
"spending",
"straining",
"stressing",
"taxing",
"troubling",
"wearing out",
"carrying on",
"pitching in",
"plunging (in)",
"grinding",
"humping",
"hustling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging (away)",
"working"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"idling",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"setting up":{
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"set up tables in the living room for the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposing",
"depositing",
"disposing",
"emplacing",
"fixing",
"laying",
"placing",
"positioning",
"putting",
"setting",
"situating",
"sticking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moving",
"rearranging",
"reordering",
"shifting",
"orienting",
"establishing",
"locating",
"planting",
"settling",
"clapping",
"flopping",
"planking",
"plopping",
"plumping",
"plunking",
"plonking",
"plunking down",
"plonking down",
"slapping",
"ensconcing",
"niching",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"carrying",
"berthing",
"parking",
"affixing",
"anchoring",
"locking",
"lodging",
"wedging",
"arraying",
"laying out",
"lining up",
"queuing",
"queueing",
"ranking",
"setting down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocating",
"removing",
"taking",
"banishing",
"dislodging",
"displacing",
"replacing",
"superseding",
"supplanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
"examples":[
"set up a scholarship fund for deserving students from the inner city"
],
"synonyms":[
"beginning",
"constituting",
"establishing",
"founding",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"instituting",
"introducing",
"launching",
"pioneering",
"planting",
"starting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoring",
"fathering",
"originating",
"conceiving",
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"creating",
"devising",
"fabricating",
"inventing",
"making up",
"manufacturing",
"producing",
"thinking (up)",
"constructing",
"putting up",
"developing",
"enlarging",
"expanding",
"endowing",
"financing",
"funding",
"subsidizing",
"arranging",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"systemizing",
"refounding",
"reinitiating",
"reinstituting",
"relaunching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolishing",
"annihilating",
"annulling",
"nullifying",
"ending",
"finishing",
"halting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"rounding (off or out)",
"winding up",
"wrapping up"
],
"antonyms":[
"closing (down)",
"phasing out",
"shutting (up)"
]
},
"to fix in an upright position":{
"examples":[
"set up a post from which to hang the sign"
],
"synonyms":[
"erecting",
"pitching",
"putting up",
"raising",
"rearing",
"upending",
"upraising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bracing",
"buttressing",
"propping (up)",
"shoring (up)",
"supporting",
"boosting",
"craning",
"elevating",
"heaving",
"hefting",
"heightening",
"hiking",
"hoisting",
"jacking (up)",
"lifting",
"perking (up)",
"picking up",
"upholding",
"uplifting",
"upping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishing",
"flattening",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"razing",
"tearing down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
"examples":[
"set up the prefabricated shed by following the instructions"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembling",
"building",
"confecting",
"constructing",
"erecting",
"fabricating",
"making",
"making up",
"piecing",
"putting up",
"raising",
"rearing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carpentering",
"fashioning",
"forging",
"framing",
"hammering",
"handcrafting",
"manufacturing",
"molding",
"producing",
"shaping",
"prefabricating",
"beginning",
"coining",
"creating",
"generating",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"inventing",
"originating",
"constituting",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"instituting",
"organizing",
"conceiving",
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"designing",
"devising",
"imagining",
"thinking (up)",
"reassembling",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"redeveloping",
"reedifying",
"retrofitting",
"jerry-building",
"rigging (up)",
"throwing up",
"combining",
"uniting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"flattening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"pulling down",
"pulverizing",
"razing",
"ruinating",
"ruining",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"wrecking",
"blowing up",
"exploding",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"separating"
],
"antonyms":[
"demounting",
"disassembling",
"dismantling",
"dismembering",
"knocking down",
"striking",
"taking down",
"tearing down"
]
},
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
"examples":[
"don't worry, the doctor will set you up in no time"
],
"synonyms":[
"curing",
"fixing",
"healing",
"mending",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attending (to)",
"caring (for)",
"doctoring",
"medicating",
"ministering (to)",
"nursing",
"physicking",
"treating",
"fortifying",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"alleviating",
"relieving",
"remedying",
"repairing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crippling",
"damaging",
"disabling",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"lacerating",
"laming",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating",
"wounding",
"afflicting",
"ailing",
"debilitating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"laying up",
"sapping",
"sickening",
"wasting",
"weakening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"setting":{
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
"examples":[
"the novice camper felt lost outside of his familiar urban setting"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambient",
"atmosphere",
"climate",
"clime",
"context",
"contexture",
"environment",
"environs",
"medium",
"milieu",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"surround",
"surroundings",
"terrain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"location",
"place",
"position",
"space",
"backdrop",
"background",
"element",
"situation",
"status",
"geography",
"habitat",
"microenvironment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set":{
"examples":[
"the setting for the novel is Victorian England"
],
"synonyms":[
"background",
"locale",
"scene"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backdrop",
"scenery",
"set",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"tableau"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop":{
"examples":[
"the hen set for days"
],
"synonyms":[
"brooding",
"hatching",
"incubating",
"sitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laying",
"spawning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
"examples":[
"set a date for the wedding"
],
"synonyms":[
"appointing",
"designating",
"fixing",
"naming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopting",
"assigning",
"choosing",
"determining",
"establishing",
"opting (for)",
"picking",
"pinning (down)",
"preferring",
"selecting",
"settling",
"singling (out)",
"specifying",
"arranging",
"coordinating",
"orchestrating",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"declaring",
"publishing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding":{
"examples":[
"fire losses were set at a million dollars"
],
"synonyms":[
"appraising",
"assessing",
"estimating",
"evaluating",
"guesstimating",
"rating",
"valuating",
"valuing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adjudging",
"deeming",
"judging",
"ascertaining",
"determining",
"discovering",
"learning",
"pricing",
"prizing",
"deciding",
"settling",
"analyzing",
"assaying",
"surveying",
"testing",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"rejudging",
"revaluing",
"transvaluating",
"transvaluing",
"misesteeming",
"misjudging",
"misprizing",
"underestimating",
"undervaluing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rest on the buttocks or haunches":{
"examples":[
"come over and set for a spell"
],
"synonyms":[
"sitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perching",
"lounging",
"slouching",
"sprawling",
"squatting",
"straddling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arising",
"getting up",
"rising",
"standing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
"examples":[
"determined to see the West, she set her car towards the sun and drove off"
],
"synonyms":[
"aiming",
"bending",
"casting",
"directing",
"heading",
"holding",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"pinpointing",
"training"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sighting",
"bearing",
"facing",
"concentrating",
"focusing",
"focussing",
"inclining",
"orienting",
"steering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"averting",
"curving",
"deflecting",
"detouring",
"diverting",
"rechanneling",
"shunting",
"sidetracking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
"examples":[
"finally set some plans for the luncheon"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeing (on)",
"arranging",
"deciding",
"fixing",
"settling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contracting",
"pledging",
"promising",
"blueprinting",
"calculating",
"charting",
"concerting",
"designing",
"drafting",
"framing",
"hammering out",
"intriguing",
"laying out",
"maneuvering",
"mapping (out)",
"planning",
"programming",
"programing",
"schematizing",
"scheming",
"shaping",
"squaring away",
"working out",
"choosing",
"concluding",
"determining",
"figuring",
"opting",
"resolving",
"affirming",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
"confirming",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"warranting",
"closing",
"completing",
"ending",
"finalizing",
"finishing",
"rounding (off or out)",
"winding up",
"wrapping up",
"bargaining",
"chaffering",
"dealing",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse-trading",
"negotiating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"revoking",
"differing (over)",
"disagreeing (with)",
"countering",
"debating",
"objecting",
"opposing",
"protesting",
"resisting",
"contesting",
"disputing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"had the jeweler set the diamond again"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchoring",
"catching",
"clamping",
"fastening",
"fixing",
"hitching",
"mooring",
"securing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"implanting",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"lodging",
"stuffing",
"wedging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extracting",
"prizing",
"prying",
"pulling",
"rooting (out)",
"tearing (out)",
"uprooting",
"wresting",
"yanking"
],
"antonyms":[
"loosening",
"loosing",
"unfastening",
"unfixing",
"unloosening",
"unloosing"
]
},
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
"examples":[
"the gelatin is just starting to set now"
],
"synonyms":[
"clotting",
"coagulating",
"congealing",
"gelating",
"gelatinizing",
"gelling",
"jelling",
"jellying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caking",
"concreting",
"firming (up)",
"fixing",
"freezing",
"hardening",
"indurating",
"solidifying",
"stiffening",
"condensing",
"thickening",
"clumping",
"curding",
"curdling",
"gumming",
"lumping (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquescing",
"fluxing",
"fusing",
"liquefying",
"liquifying",
"melting",
"thawing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"set a book on the table"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposing",
"depositing",
"disposing",
"emplacing",
"fixing",
"laying",
"placing",
"positioning",
"putting",
"setting up",
"situating",
"sticking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moving",
"rearranging",
"reordering",
"shifting",
"orienting",
"establishing",
"locating",
"planting",
"settling",
"clapping",
"flopping",
"planking",
"plopping",
"plumping",
"plunking",
"plonking",
"plunking down",
"plonking down",
"slapping",
"ensconcing",
"niching",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"carrying",
"berthing",
"parking",
"affixing",
"anchoring",
"locking",
"lodging",
"wedging",
"arraying",
"laying out",
"lining up",
"queuing",
"queueing",
"ranking",
"setting down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocating",
"removing",
"taking",
"banishing",
"dislodging",
"displacing",
"replacing",
"superseding",
"supplanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become physically firm or solid":{
"examples":[
"the concrete must set completely before anyone can walk on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"concreting",
"congealing",
"firming (up)",
"freezing",
"hardening",
"indurating",
"solidifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caking",
"callusing",
"encrusting",
"incrusting",
"clotting",
"coagulating",
"gelating",
"gelatinizing",
"gelling",
"jelling",
"jellying",
"stiffening",
"thickening",
"calcifying",
"crystallizing",
"crystalizing",
"ossifying",
"petrifying",
"rigidifying",
"annealing",
"case-hardening",
"tempering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquescing",
"dissolving",
"fluxing",
"fusing",
"melting",
"thawing",
"unfreezing"
],
"antonyms":[
"liquefying",
"liquifying",
"softening"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"set piece":{
"as in set , scene":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decor",
"d\u00e9cor",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"scene",
"scenery",
"set",
"backdrop",
"drop",
"prop",
"property",
"background"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"setting down":{
"to cause to sit down":{
"examples":[
"set the toddler down in her seat"
],
"synonyms":[
"seating",
"sitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconcing",
"settling",
"laying",
"lying",
"resting",
"placing",
"putting",
"reclining",
"reposing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"set down the names of those in attendance"
],
"synonyms":[
"jotting (down)",
"logging",
"marking",
"noting",
"putting down",
"recording",
"registering",
"reporting",
"taking down",
"writing down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicling",
"minuting",
"transcribing",
"enregistering",
"entering",
"inscribing",
"chalking (up)",
"notching",
"scoring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"early in the campaign, voters set the senator down as an opportunist, and the perception stuck"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounting",
"calling",
"considering",
"counting",
"esteeming",
"holding",
"looking (on or upon)",
"rating",
"reckoning",
"regarding",
"viewing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believing",
"deeming",
"feeling",
"sensing",
"thinking",
"conceiving",
"fancying",
"imagining"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"set aside":{
"as in assistance , aid":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aid",
"assistance",
"block grant",
"grant-in-aid",
"allocation",
"allotment",
"annuity",
"appropriation",
"entitlement",
"grant",
"subsidy",
"subvention",
"foreign aid",
"relief",
"state aid",
"advance",
"allowance",
"benefit",
"bequest",
"endowment",
"fund",
"legacy",
"stipend",
"trust",
"trust fund"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
"examples":[
"He set aside $100 a month for a down payment on a car."
],
"synonyms":[
"allocate",
"consecrate",
"dedicate",
"devote",
"earmark",
"give up (to)",
"reserve",
"save",
"set by"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bless",
"hallow",
"sanctify",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"apply",
"bestow",
"employ",
"use"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignore",
"neglect",
"misapply",
"misuse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"examples":[
"The company set aside the old strict dress code and allowed employees to dress a little more casually."
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"abolish",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"avoid",
"cancel",
"disannul",
"dissolve",
"invalidate",
"negate",
"null",
"nullify",
"quash",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"roll back",
"strike down",
"vacate",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countermand",
"override",
"overrule",
"overturn",
"veto",
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"drop",
"recall",
"retract",
"reverse",
"revoke",
"suspend",
"withdraw",
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"disallow",
"dismiss",
"reject",
"annihilate",
"break down",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"liquidate",
"remove",
"throw out",
"write off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enact",
"lay down",
"legislate",
"establish",
"found",
"institute",
"formalize",
"legalize",
"legitimate",
"legitimize",
"validate",
"pass",
"ratify",
"allow",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"permit",
"sanction",
"warrant",
"command",
"decree",
"mandate",
"order",
"prescribe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"The professional organizer helped us set aside anything we didn't need or want anymore."
],
"synonyms":[
"cashier",
"cast (off)",
"chuck",
"deep-six",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"eighty-six",
"86",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"junk",
"lay by",
"lose",
"pitch",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"toss",
"unload"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandon",
"abdicate",
"desert",
"forsake",
"dismiss",
"kick out",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take on",
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"hold",
"hold back",
"keep",
"retain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
"examples":[
"She set aside her wedding dress in case her own daughter might want to wear it some day."
],
"synonyms":[
"cache",
"hoard",
"lay away",
"lay by",
"lay in",
"lay up",
"put by",
"salt away",
"squirrel (away)",
"stash",
"stockpile",
"store",
"stow",
"treasure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulate",
"acquire",
"amass",
"assemble",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"garner",
"gather",
"pick up",
"round up",
"scrape (together)",
"heap",
"pile",
"stack",
"conserve",
"husband",
"preserve",
"bank",
"coffer",
"deposit",
"hold",
"keep",
"reserve",
"retain",
"save",
"set by",
"stock",
"withhold",
"bury",
"conceal",
"ensconce",
"secrete"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cast",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"unload",
"consume",
"squander",
"use up",
"waste",
"hand out",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"blow",
"dissipate",
"fritter (away)",
"lavish",
"misspend",
"run through",
"spend",
"deplete",
"exhaust",
"expend",
"impoverish",
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"phrase"
]
},
"setting one's teeth on edge":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"eating",
"exasperating",
"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hacking (off)",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"narking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"persecuting",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"spiting",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassling",
"heckling",
"nagging",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"badgering",
"baiting",
"bullyragging",
"ballyragging",
"deviling",
"devilling",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"teasing",
"angering",
"antagonizing",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"rankling",
"roiling",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"fretting",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"miffing",
"offending",
"outraging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"sets foot in":{
"to go or come in or into":{
"examples":[
"I wouldn't set foot in that haunted house if you paid me."
],
"synonyms":[
"accesses",
"enters",
"penetrates",
"pierces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barges (in)",
"breezes (in)",
"bursts (in or into)",
"waltzes (in)",
"drops in",
"pops (in)",
"strays (into)",
"wanders (into)",
"crashes",
"encroaches",
"gate-crashes",
"infiltrates",
"infringes",
"intrudes",
"invades",
"trespasses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"departs",
"exits",
"leaves"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"setting (something) straight":{
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"cleaning (up)",
"picking up",
"tidying (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"housecleaning",
"housekeeping",
"cleaning (off)",
"cleaning (up)",
"neatening",
"policing (up)",
"straightening (up)",
"turning out",
"uncluttering",
"arranging",
"ordering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cluttering",
"disarranging",
"messing (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"set down":{
"to cause to sit down":{
"examples":[
"set the toddler down in her seat"
],
"synonyms":[
"seat",
"sit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconce",
"settle",
"lay",
"lie",
"rest",
"place",
"put",
"recline",
"repose"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"set down the names of those in attendance"
],
"synonyms":[
"jot (down)",
"log",
"mark",
"note",
"put down",
"record",
"register",
"report",
"take down",
"write down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicle",
"minute",
"transcribe",
"enregister",
"enter",
"inscribe",
"chalk (up)",
"notch",
"score"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"early in the campaign, voters set the senator down as an opportunist, and the perception stuck"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"call",
"consider",
"count",
"esteem",
"hold",
"look (on or upon)",
"rate",
"reckon",
"regard",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believe",
"deem",
"feel",
"sense",
"think",
"conceive",
"fancy",
"imagine"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"setups":{
"the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized":{
"examples":[
"the textbook's setup calls for a list of questions at the end of each chapter"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangements",
"configurations",
"conformations",
"formations",
"formats",
"layouts",
"setouts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"designs",
"plans",
"schemes",
"compositions",
"constitutions",
"getups",
"makeups",
"builds",
"constructions",
"structures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another":{
"examples":[
"changed the setup of the living room furniture several times before being satisfied"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangements",
"arrays",
"disposals",
"dispositions",
"distributions",
"orderings",
"orders",
"sequences"
],
"near synonyms":[
"continuities",
"precedences",
"priorities",
"chains",
"processions",
"progressions",
"successions",
"series",
"alignments",
"alinements",
"designs",
"layouts",
"patterns",
"structures",
"systems"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusions",
"disorders",
"disorganizations",
"disruptions",
"upsets",
"disconnections"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"set store on":{
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
"examples":[
"He sets store by the example set by his parents."
],
"synonyms":[
"admire",
"appreciate",
"consider",
"esteem",
"regard",
"respect"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accredit",
"applaud",
"approve",
"commend",
"compliment",
"credit",
"praise",
"delight (in)",
"drink (in)",
"enjoy",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour",
"dig",
"fancy",
"favor",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"adore",
"adulate",
"canonize",
"deify",
"dote (on)",
"hallow",
"idolize",
"revere",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"worship",
"cherish",
"love",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"condemn",
"decry",
"deplore",
"disapprove",
"discount",
"discountenance",
"disdain",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"dismiss",
"disregard",
"frown (on or upon)",
"kiss off",
"scorn",
"vilify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"I don't set much store by his opinion."
],
"synonyms":[
"accept",
"believe",
"buy",
"credit",
"swallow",
"take",
"trust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"account",
"accredit",
"understand",
"assume",
"presume",
"suppose",
"conclude",
"deduce",
"infer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"doubt",
"misdoubt",
"mistrust",
"question",
"suspect",
"challenge",
"dispute"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieve",
"discredit",
"reject"
]
},
"to hold dear":{
"examples":[
"He'll always set store by his favorite childhood books."
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"love",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"admire",
"apprize",
"esteem",
"regard",
"respect",
"revere",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"enshrine",
"memorialize",
"adore",
"caress",
"dote (on)",
"idolize",
"worship"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undervalue",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"disdain",
"high-hat",
"scorn",
"scout",
"slight",
"sniff (at)",
"snub",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"cry down",
"decry",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"disparage",
"kiss off",
"minimize",
"put down",
"write off",
"abandon",
"forget",
"neglect"
],
"antonyms":[
"disvalue"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"set apart":{
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
"examples":[
"They set apart a stack of pictures for the slideshow."
],
"synonyms":[
"allocate",
"consecrate",
"dedicate",
"devote",
"earmark",
"give up (to)",
"reserve",
"save",
"set by"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bless",
"hallow",
"sanctify",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"apply",
"bestow",
"employ",
"use"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignore",
"neglect",
"misapply",
"misuse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"sets at":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"examples":[
"His brother set at him, damaging several household items in the process."
],
"synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"bushwhacks",
"charges",
"descends (on or upon)",
"goes in (on)",
"jumps (on)",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"raids",
"rushes",
"sets on",
"sics",
"sicks",
"storms",
"strikes",
"trashes",
"turns (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rushes",
"gangs up (on)",
"mobs",
"swarms",
"mugs",
"robs",
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"waylays",
"blitzes",
"bombards",
"bombs",
"nukes",
"barrages",
"cannonades",
"cannons",
"bangs away (at)",
"batters",
"buffets",
"plasters",
"beleaguers",
"besieges",
"presses",
"harries",
"loots",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ravages",
"sacks",
"forays",
"invades",
"overruns",
"envelops",
"flanks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covers",
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"secures",
"shields"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"settle (on or upon)":{
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
"examples":[
"the car buyer settled on that brand only after a lot of research"
],
"synonyms":[
"choose",
"conclude",
"decide",
"determine",
"figure",
"name",
"opt",
"resolve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decree",
"rule",
"cull",
"elect",
"handpick",
"pick",
"prefer",
"select",
"single (out)",
"adjudge",
"adjudicate",
"arbitrate",
"find",
"judge",
"referee",
"rule (on)",
"umpire",
"chew over",
"cogitate",
"consider",
"contemplate",
"debate",
"deliberate",
"entertain",
"meditate",
"mull (over)",
"ponder",
"question",
"ruminate",
"study",
"think (about or over)",
"weigh"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstain",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"turn down",
"delay",
"halt",
"hesitate",
"stall",
"temporize",
"shilly-shally",
"vacillate",
"waffle",
"waver"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"settles":{
"to cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid)":{
"examples":[
"the light rain will settle the dust in the air",
"careful handling will settle the lees in the bottom of the wine bottle"
],
"synonyms":[
"lays",
"sediments"
],
"near synonyms":[
"filters",
"screens",
"sieves",
"sifts",
"strains",
"clarifies",
"clears",
"resettles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agitates",
"disturbs",
"mixes",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[
"raises"
]
},
"to supply with inhabitants":{
"examples":[
"the region was originally settled by farmers"
],
"synonyms":[
"colonizes",
"peoples",
"populates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inhabits",
"moves (to)",
"relocates (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"depopulates",
"unpeoples"
]
},
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
"examples":[
"settled the lawsuit in favor of the defendant"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudges",
"adjudicates",
"arbitrates",
"decides",
"determines",
"judges",
"referees",
"rules (on)",
"umpires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considers",
"deems",
"deliberates",
"hears",
"ponders",
"weighs",
"sizes up",
"mediates",
"moderates",
"negotiates",
"prosecutes",
"tries",
"finds (for or against)",
"concludes",
"resolves",
"redetermines",
"rejudges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocates",
"hedges",
"pussyfoots",
"skirts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
"examples":[
"settled their wedding plans without any major disagreements"
],
"synonyms":[
"agrees (on)",
"arranges",
"decides",
"fixes",
"sets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contracts",
"pledges",
"promises",
"blueprints",
"calculates",
"charts",
"concerts",
"designs",
"drafts",
"frames",
"hammers out",
"intrigues",
"lays out",
"maneuvers",
"maps (out)",
"plans",
"programs",
"programmes",
"schematizes",
"schemes",
"shapes",
"squares away",
"works out",
"chooses",
"concludes",
"determines",
"figures",
"opts",
"resolves",
"affirms",
"approves",
"authorizes",
"clears",
"confirms",
"OKs",
"okays",
"sanctions",
"warrants",
"closes",
"completes",
"ends",
"finalizes",
"finishes",
"rounds (off or out)",
"winds up",
"wraps up",
"bargains",
"chaffers",
"deals",
"dickers",
"haggles",
"horse-trades",
"negotiates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborts",
"calls",
"calls off",
"drops",
"recalls",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes",
"differs (over)",
"disagrees (with)",
"counters",
"debates",
"objects",
"opposes",
"protests",
"resists",
"contests",
"disputes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
"examples":[
"birds settling on the branches of the maple tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"alights",
"lands",
"lights",
"perches",
"roosts",
"touches down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belly-lands",
"crash-lands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arises",
"ascends",
"climbs",
"rises",
"flies",
"floats",
"glides",
"planes",
"soars",
"wings",
"hangs",
"hovers"
],
"antonyms":[
"blasts off",
"takes off"
]
},
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
"examples":[
"settled the sleeping baby into her crib"
],
"synonyms":[
"ensconces",
"installs",
"lodges",
"nestles",
"perches",
"roosts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deploys",
"emplaces",
"fixes",
"locates",
"parks",
"plants",
"positions",
"sets",
"situates",
"stations",
"anchors",
"bivouacs",
"camps",
"camps (out)",
"burrows",
"curls up",
"digs in",
"harbors",
"houses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
"examples":[
"a hot meal settled the children down"
],
"synonyms":[
"becalms",
"calms",
"composes",
"lullabies",
"lulls",
"quietens",
"quiets",
"salves",
"soothes",
"stills",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
],
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"appeases",
"conciliates",
"hushes",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"eases",
"lays",
"mitigates",
"quells",
"relaxes",
"relieves",
"solaces",
"narcotizes",
"sedates",
"stupefies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravates",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"arouses",
"excites",
"foments",
"incites",
"rouses",
"stirs (up)",
"works up"
],
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"agitates",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"disturbs",
"keys (up)",
"perturbs",
"upsets",
"vexes"
]
},
"to gain emotional or mental control of":{
"examples":[
"settled himself only with visible effort after the angry outburst"
],
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"calms",
"collects",
"composes",
"contains",
"controls",
"re-collects"
],
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"restrains",
"rallies",
"recovers",
"lulls",
"quiets",
"soothes",
"stills",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"settle a debt"
],
"synonyms":[
"antes (up)",
"balances",
"clears",
"discharges",
"foots",
"liquidates",
"meets",
"pays",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"ponies up",
"quits",
"recompenses",
"springs (for)",
"stands"
],
"near synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
"repudiates"
]
},
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
"examples":[
"this information should settle the question of who is right"
],
"synonyms":[
"clinches",
"decides",
"determines",
"nails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demonstrates",
"establishes",
"nails (down)",
"proves",
"shows",
"affirms",
"assures",
"ensures",
"insures",
"secures",
"defines",
"specifies",
"states",
"stipulates",
"clarifies",
"clears (up)",
"illuminates",
"concludes",
"ends",
"finishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"muddies",
"muddles",
"unsettles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
"examples":[
"settled the class with a firm \"quiet!\""
],
"synonyms":[
"dumbs",
"extinguishes",
"hushes",
"mutes",
"quells",
"quietens",
"quiets",
"shushes",
"shuts up",
"silences",
"squelches",
"stills"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"agitates",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"settle (on":{
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
"examples":[
"the car buyer settled on that brand only after a lot of research"
],
"synonyms":[
"choose",
"conclude",
"decide",
"determine",
"figure",
"name",
"opt",
"resolve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decree",
"rule",
"cull",
"elect",
"handpick",
"pick",
"prefer",
"select",
"single (out)",
"adjudge",
"adjudicate",
"arbitrate",
"find",
"judge",
"referee",
"rule (on)",
"umpire",
"chew over",
"cogitate",
"consider",
"contemplate",
"debate",
"deliberate",
"entertain",
"meditate",
"mull (over)",
"ponder",
"question",
"ruminate",
"study",
"think (about or over)",
"weigh"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstain",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"turn down",
"delay",
"halt",
"hesitate",
"stall",
"temporize",
"shilly-shally",
"vacillate",
"waffle",
"waver"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"settlings":{
"matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid":{
"examples":[
"a wine of that advanced age is likely to have a fair amount of settlings"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposit",
"deposition",
"dregs",
"grounds",
"precipitate",
"sediment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lees",
"ooze",
"silt",
"sludge",
"dross",
"slag",
"waste"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"setting apart":{
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
"examples":[
"They set apart a stack of pictures for the slideshow."
],
"synonyms":[
"allocating",
"consecrating",
"dedicating",
"devoting",
"earmarking",
"giving up (to)",
"reserving",
"saving",
"setting by"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessing",
"hallowing",
"sanctifying",
"committing",
"confiding",
"consigning",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"applying",
"bestowing",
"employing",
"using"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"misapplying",
"misusing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"sets upon":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"examples":[
"The armies set upon each other in one of the fiercest battles of the war."
],
"synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"bushwhacks",
"charges",
"descends (on or upon)",
"goes in (on)",
"jumps (on)",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"raids",
"rushes",
"sets on",
"sics",
"sicks",
"storms",
"strikes",
"trashes",
"turns (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rushes",
"gangs up (on)",
"mobs",
"swarms",
"mugs",
"robs",
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"waylays",
"blitzes",
"bombards",
"bombs",
"nukes",
"barrages",
"cannonades",
"cannons",
"bangs away (at)",
"batters",
"buffets",
"plasters",
"beleaguers",
"besieges",
"presses",
"harries",
"loots",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ravages",
"sacks",
"forays",
"invades",
"overruns",
"envelops",
"flanks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covers",
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"secures",
"shields"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"setting out":{
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
"examples":[
"in his inaugural address, the president set out his vision for the nation over the next four years"
],
"synonyms":[
"delineating",
"depicting",
"describing",
"drawing",
"imaging",
"limning",
"painting",
"picturing",
"portraying",
"rendering",
"sketching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"characterizing",
"defining",
"labeling",
"labelling",
"qualifying",
"representing",
"demonstrating",
"illustrating",
"narrating",
"reciting",
"recounting",
"rehearsing",
"relating",
"reporting",
"telling",
"displaying",
"exhibiting",
"showing",
"hinting",
"suggesting",
"drafting",
"outlining",
"silhouetting",
"tracing",
"vignetting",
"summarizing",
"summing up",
"touching off",
"redescribing",
"reimaging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coloring",
"distorting",
"falsifying",
"garbling",
"misdescribing",
"misrepresenting",
"misstating",
"perverting",
"twisting",
"warping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"settled (down)":{
"to become still and orderly":{
"examples":[
"settle down and get to work, please"
],
"synonyms":[
"calmed (down)",
"chilled out",
"cooled",
"hushed",
"piped down",
"quieted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dried up",
"relaxed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized",
"unwound",
"zoned out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clowned (around)",
"fooled around",
"horsed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"showed off",
"skylarked"
],
"antonyms":[
"acted up",
"carried on",
"cut up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sets aside":{
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
"examples":[
"He set aside $100 a month for a down payment on a car."
],
"synonyms":[
"allocates",
"consecrates",
"dedicates",
"devotes",
"earmarks",
"gives up (to)",
"reserves",
"saves",
"sets by"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blesses",
"hallows",
"sanctifies",
"commits",
"confides",
"consigns",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"applies",
"bestows",
"employs",
"uses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignores",
"neglects",
"misapplies",
"misuses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"examples":[
"The company set aside the old strict dress code and allowed employees to dress a little more casually."
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"abolishes",
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"avoids",
"cancels",
"disannuls",
"dissolves",
"invalidates",
"negates",
"nullifies",
"nulls",
"quashes",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"rolls back",
"strikes down",
"vacates",
"voids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countermands",
"overrides",
"overrules",
"overturns",
"vetoes",
"aborts",
"calls",
"calls off",
"drops",
"recalls",
"retracts",
"reverses",
"revokes",
"suspends",
"withdraws",
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"outlaws",
"prohibits",
"disallows",
"dismisses",
"rejects",
"annihilates",
"breaks down",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"erases",
"liquidates",
"removes",
"throws out",
"writes off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enacts",
"lays down",
"legislates",
"establishes",
"founds",
"institutes",
"formalizes",
"legalizes",
"legitimates",
"legitimizes",
"validates",
"passes",
"ratifies",
"allows",
"approves",
"authorizes",
"clears",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"permits",
"sanctions",
"warrants",
"commands",
"decrees",
"mandates",
"orders",
"prescribes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"The professional organizer helped us set aside anything we didn't need or want anymore."
],
"synonyms":[
"cashiers",
"casts (off)",
"chucks",
"deep-sixes",
"discards",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"eighty-sixes",
"86es",
"exorcises",
"exorcizes",
"flings (off or away)",
"jettisons",
"junks",
"lays by",
"loses",
"pitches",
"rejects",
"scraps",
"sheds",
"shucks (off)",
"sloughs (off)",
"sluffs (off)",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"tosses",
"unloads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandons",
"abdicates",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"dismisses",
"kicks out",
"abolishes",
"annihilates",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"expunges",
"exterminates",
"extinguishes",
"extirpates",
"liquidates",
"removes",
"roots (out)",
"stamps (out)",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes on",
"employs",
"uses",
"utilizes",
"holds",
"holds back",
"keeps",
"retains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
"examples":[
"She set aside her wedding dress in case her own daughter might want to wear it some day."
],
"synonyms":[
"caches",
"hoards",
"lays away",
"lays by",
"lays in",
"lays up",
"puts by",
"salts away",
"squirrels (away)",
"stashes",
"stockpiles",
"stores",
"stows",
"treasures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulates",
"acquires",
"amasses",
"assembles",
"collects",
"concentrates",
"garners",
"gathers",
"picks up",
"rounds up",
"scrapes (together)",
"heaps",
"piles",
"stacks",
"conserves",
"husbands",
"preserves",
"banks",
"coffers",
"deposits",
"holds",
"keeps",
"reserves",
"retains",
"saves",
"sets by",
"stocks",
"withholds",
"buries",
"conceals",
"ensconces",
"secretes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casts",
"discards",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"flings (off or away)",
"jettisons",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"unloads",
"consumes",
"squanders",
"uses up",
"wastes",
"hands out",
"hands over",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"blows",
"dissipates",
"fritters (away)",
"lavishes",
"misspends",
"runs through",
"spends",
"depletes",
"exhausts",
"expends",
"impoverishes",
"dispels",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"scatters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"setoffs":{
"something that decorates or beautifies":{
"examples":[
"the architect used stone carvings as setoffs for the building's marble facing"
],
"synonyms":[
"adornments",
"beautifiers",
"caparisons",
"decorations",
"doodads",
"embellishers",
"embellishments",
"frills",
"garnishes",
"garnishments",
"garnitures",
"ornamentations",
"ornaments",
"trims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apparels",
"bells and whistles",
"blazonries",
"bric-a-brac",
"chichis",
"emblazonries",
"filigrees",
"fineries",
"foofaraws",
"fripperies",
"frostings",
"froufrous",
"frou-frous",
"fal-lals",
"flounces",
"flourishes",
"furbelows",
"ruffles",
"enhancements",
"enrichments",
"improvements",
"appliqu\u00e9s",
"embossments",
"embroideries",
"fancyworks",
"bedizenments",
"gilts",
"glitters",
"designs",
"figures",
"patterns",
"furnishings",
"regalia",
"trappings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"defacements",
"disfigurements",
"scars",
"blots",
"spots",
"stains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sets in":{
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"a cold spell set in sometime last week"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualizes",
"appears",
"arises",
"begins",
"breaks",
"commences",
"dawns",
"engenders",
"forms",
"materializes",
"originates",
"springs",
"starts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breathes",
"exists",
"is",
"lives",
"subsists",
"arrives",
"comes on",
"emerges",
"coalesces",
"coheres",
"shapes (up)",
"continues",
"endures",
"lasts",
"persists",
"survives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concludes",
"desists",
"discontinues",
"finishes",
"halts",
"quits",
"terminates",
"disappears",
"dissolves",
"evaporates",
"vanishes",
"departs",
"dies",
"expires",
"passes away",
"perishes"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceases",
"ends",
"stops"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"set foot in":{
"to go or come in or into":{
"examples":[
"I wouldn't set foot in that haunted house if you paid me."
],
"synonyms":[
"access",
"enter",
"penetrate",
"pierce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barge (in)",
"breeze (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"waltz (in)",
"drop in",
"pop (in)",
"stray (into)",
"wander (into)",
"crash",
"encroach",
"gate-crash",
"infiltrate",
"infringe",
"intrude",
"invade",
"trespass"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"depart",
"exit",
"leave"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"settled (on or upon)":{
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"chose",
"concluded",
"decided",
"determined",
"figured",
"named",
"opted",
"resolved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decreed",
"ruled",
"culled",
"elected",
"handpicked",
"picked",
"preferred",
"selected",
"singled (out)",
"adjudged",
"adjudicated",
"arbitrated",
"found",
"judged",
"refereed",
"ruled (on)",
"umpired",
"chewed over",
"cogitated",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"entertained",
"meditated",
"mulled (over)",
"pondered",
"questioned",
"ruminated",
"studied",
"thought (about or over)",
"weighed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstained",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"turned down",
"delayed",
"halted",
"hesitated",
"stalled",
"temporized",
"shilly-shallied",
"vacillated",
"waffled",
"wavered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"sets one's teeth on edge":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"eats",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"narks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"vexes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassles",
"heckles",
"nags",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bullyrags",
"ballyrags",
"devils",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"teases",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"rankles",
"roils",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"miffs",
"offends",
"outrages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"settles (on or upon)":{
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"chooses",
"concludes",
"decides",
"determines",
"figures",
"names",
"opts",
"resolves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decrees",
"rules",
"culls",
"elects",
"handpicks",
"picks",
"prefers",
"selects",
"singles (out)",
"adjudges",
"adjudicates",
"arbitrates",
"finds",
"judges",
"referees",
"rules (on)",
"umpires",
"chews over",
"cogitates",
"considers",
"contemplates",
"debates",
"deliberates",
"entertains",
"meditates",
"mulls (over)",
"ponders",
"questions",
"ruminates",
"studies",
"thinks (about or over)",
"weighs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstains",
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"delays",
"halts",
"hesitates",
"stalls",
"temporizes",
"shilly-shallies",
"vacillates",
"waffles",
"wavers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"setting by":{
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
"examples":[
"I have set by the earnings from my weekend job to use as vacation money"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocating",
"consecrating",
"dedicating",
"devoting",
"earmarking",
"giving up (to)",
"reserving",
"saving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessing",
"hallowing",
"sanctifying",
"committing",
"confiding",
"consigning",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"applying",
"bestowing",
"employing",
"using"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"misapplying",
"misusing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"setting about":{
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"He set about making dinner while his husband ran out for wine."
],
"synonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencing",
"embarking (on or upon)",
"entering (into or upon)",
"falling (to)",
"getting off",
"kicking off",
"launching",
"leading off",
"opening",
"starting",
"striking (into)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creating",
"generating",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"inventing",
"originating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking on",
"taking up",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"instituting",
"organizing",
"pioneering",
"setting up",
"spawning",
"getting around (to)",
"getting down (to)",
"getting round (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceasing",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"laying off",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"closing",
"completing",
"abandoning",
"forsaking",
"leaving",
"abolishing",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"exterminating",
"extinguishing",
"phasing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"concluding",
"ending",
"finishing",
"terminating"
]
},
"type":[
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]
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"setting on":{
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"examples":[
"without warning, bandits would set on unwary merchants as they traveled along the Silk Road"
],
"synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"bushwhacking",
"charging",
"descending (on or upon)",
"going in (on)",
"jumping (on)",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"siccing",
"sicking",
"storming",
"striking",
"trashing",
"turning (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rushing",
"ganging up (on)",
"mobbing",
"swarming",
"mugging",
"robbing",
"ambuscading",
"ambushing",
"surprising",
"surprizing",
"waylaying",
"blitzing",
"bombarding",
"bombing",
"nuking",
"barraging",
"cannonading",
"cannoning",
"banging away (at)",
"battering",
"buffeting",
"plastering",
"beleaguering",
"besieging",
"pressing",
"harrying",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ravaging",
"sacking",
"foraying",
"invading",
"overrunning",
"enveloping",
"flanking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covering",
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"securing",
"shielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"settle (down)":{
"to become still and orderly":{
"examples":[
"settle down and get to work, please"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm (down)",
"chill out",
"cool",
"hush",
"pipe down",
"quiet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dry up",
"relax",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize",
"unwind",
"zone out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clown (around)",
"fool around",
"horse around",
"monkey (around)",
"show off",
"skylark"
],
"antonyms":[
"act up",
"carry on",
"cut up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sets":{
"to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop":{
"examples":[
"the hen set for days"
],
"synonyms":[
"broods",
"hatches",
"incubates",
"sits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lays",
"spawns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
"examples":[
"set a date for the wedding"
],
"synonyms":[
"appoints",
"designates",
"fixes",
"names"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopts",
"assigns",
"chooses",
"determines",
"establishes",
"opts (for)",
"picks",
"pins (down)",
"prefers",
"selects",
"settles",
"singles (out)",
"specifies",
"arranges",
"coordinates",
"orchestrates",
"advertises",
"announces",
"declares",
"publishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding":{
"examples":[
"fire losses were set at a million dollars"
],
"synonyms":[
"appraises",
"assesses",
"estimates",
"evaluates",
"guesstimates",
"rates",
"valuates",
"values"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adjudges",
"deems",
"judges",
"ascertains",
"determines",
"discovers",
"learns",
"prices",
"prizes",
"decides",
"settles",
"analyzes",
"assays",
"surveys",
"tests",
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reevaluates",
"rejudges",
"revalues",
"transvaluates",
"transvalues",
"misesteems",
"misjudges",
"misprizes",
"underestimates",
"undervalues"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rest on the buttocks or haunches":{
"examples":[
"come over and set for a spell"
],
"synonyms":[
"sits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perches",
"lounges",
"slouches",
"sprawls",
"squats",
"straddles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arises",
"gets up",
"rises",
"stands"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
"examples":[
"determined to see the West, she set her car towards the sun and drove off"
],
"synonyms":[
"aims",
"bends",
"casts",
"directs",
"heads",
"holds",
"levels",
"pinpoints",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sights",
"bears",
"faces",
"concentrates",
"focuses",
"focusses",
"inclines",
"orients",
"steers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"averts",
"curves",
"deflects",
"detours",
"diverts",
"rechannels",
"shunts",
"sidetracks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
"examples":[
"finally set some plans for the luncheon"
],
"synonyms":[
"agrees (on)",
"arranges",
"decides",
"fixes",
"settles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contracts",
"pledges",
"promises",
"blueprints",
"calculates",
"charts",
"concerts",
"designs",
"drafts",
"frames",
"hammers out",
"intrigues",
"lays out",
"maneuvers",
"maps (out)",
"plans",
"programs",
"programmes",
"schematizes",
"schemes",
"shapes",
"squares away",
"works out",
"chooses",
"concludes",
"determines",
"figures",
"opts",
"resolves",
"affirms",
"approves",
"authorizes",
"clears",
"confirms",
"OKs",
"okays",
"sanctions",
"warrants",
"closes",
"completes",
"ends",
"finalizes",
"finishes",
"rounds (off or out)",
"winds up",
"wraps up",
"bargains",
"chaffers",
"deals",
"dickers",
"haggles",
"horse-trades",
"negotiates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborts",
"calls",
"calls off",
"drops",
"recalls",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes",
"differs (over)",
"disagrees (with)",
"counters",
"debates",
"objects",
"opposes",
"protests",
"resists",
"contests",
"disputes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"had the jeweler set the diamond again"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchors",
"catches",
"clamps",
"fastens",
"fixes",
"hitches",
"moors",
"secures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"implants",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"lodges",
"stuffs",
"wedges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extracts",
"pries",
"prizes",
"pulls",
"roots (out)",
"tears (out)",
"uproots",
"wrests",
"yanks"
],
"antonyms":[
"loosens",
"looses",
"unfastens",
"unfixes",
"unloosens",
"unlooses"
]
},
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
"examples":[
"the gelatin is just starting to set now"
],
"synonyms":[
"clots",
"coagulates",
"congeals",
"gelates",
"gelatinizes",
"gels",
"jellies",
"jells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cakes",
"concretes",
"firms (up)",
"fixes",
"freezes",
"hardens",
"indurates",
"solidifies",
"stiffens",
"condenses",
"thickens",
"clumps",
"curdles",
"curds",
"gums",
"lumps (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesces",
"fluxes",
"fuses",
"liquefies",
"liquifies",
"melts",
"thaws"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"set a book on the table"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposes",
"deposits",
"disposes",
"emplaces",
"fixes",
"lays",
"places",
"positions",
"puts",
"sets up",
"situates",
"sticks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moves",
"rearranges",
"reorders",
"shifts",
"orients",
"establishes",
"locates",
"plants",
"settles",
"claps",
"flops",
"planks",
"plops",
"plumps",
"plunks",
"plonks",
"plunks down",
"slaps",
"ensconces",
"niches",
"assembles",
"collects",
"carries",
"berths",
"parks",
"affixes",
"anchors",
"locks",
"lodges",
"wedges",
"arrays",
"lays out",
"lines up",
"queues",
"ranks",
"sets down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocates",
"removes",
"takes",
"banishes",
"dislodges",
"displaces",
"replaces",
"supersedes",
"supplants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become physically firm or solid":{
"examples":[
"the concrete must set completely before anyone can walk on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"concretes",
"congeals",
"firms (up)",
"freezes",
"hardens",
"indurates",
"solidifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cakes",
"calluses",
"encrusts",
"incrusts",
"clots",
"coagulates",
"gelates",
"gelatinizes",
"gels",
"jellies",
"jells",
"stiffens",
"thickens",
"calcifies",
"crystallizes",
"crystalizes",
"ossifies",
"petrifies",
"rigidifies",
"anneals",
"case-hardens",
"tempers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesces",
"dissolves",
"fluxes",
"fuses",
"melts",
"thaws",
"unfreezes"
],
"antonyms":[
"liquefies",
"liquifies",
"softens"
]
},
"a group of people acting together within a larger group":{
"examples":[
"the younger set is less likely to volunteer for the church's annual rummage sale"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocks",
"blocs",
"bodies",
"coalitions",
"factions",
"parties",
"sects",
"sides",
"wings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"splinters",
"splits",
"crews",
"gangs",
"packs",
"teams",
"denominations",
"persuasions",
"schisms",
"scissions",
"caucuses",
"movements"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"examples":[
"they rarely associate with anyone outside their social set"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodies",
"bunches",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"communities",
"coteries",
"covens",
"crowds",
"folds",
"gal\u00e8res",
"gangs",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"lots",
"networks",
"packs",
"rings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charmed circles",
"elites",
"in-groups",
"closed shops",
"clubs",
"colleges",
"fellowships",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"leagues",
"organizations",
"societies",
"camps",
"factions",
"sects",
"sides",
"tribes",
"messes",
"squads",
"brotherhoods",
"fraternities",
"orders",
"sisterhoods",
"sodalities",
"sororities",
"communes",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederations",
"congresses",
"councils",
"federations",
"unions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loners",
"individualists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a set of tools"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"suites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
"examples":[
"the next set of job applicants had far more education and practical experience"
],
"synonyms":[
"brackets",
"categories",
"classes",
"classifications",
"divisions",
"families",
"genera",
"genuses",
"grades",
"groups",
"kinds",
"leagues",
"orders",
"ranks",
"rubrics",
"species",
"tiers",
"types"
],
"near synonyms":[
"descriptions",
"feathers",
"ilks",
"kidneys",
"likes",
"manners",
"natures",
"sorts",
"branches",
"sections",
"specialities",
"specialties",
"subclasses",
"subdivisions",
"subgroups",
"subspecieses",
"varieties",
"breeds",
"races",
"generations",
"headings",
"labels",
"titles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the array of painted backgrounds and furnishings used to establish the setting in a stage production":{
"examples":[
"built sets for the play"
],
"synonyms":[
"decors",
"d\u00e9cors",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
"sceneries",
"scenes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backdrops",
"drops",
"backgrounds",
"set pieces",
"properties",
"props"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"setout":{
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
"examples":[
"in his inaugural address, the president set out his vision for the nation over the next four years"
],
"synonyms":[
"delineate",
"depict",
"describe",
"draw",
"image",
"limn",
"paint",
"picture",
"portray",
"render",
"sketch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"characterize",
"define",
"label",
"qualify",
"represent",
"demonstrate",
"illustrate",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report",
"tell",
"display",
"exhibit",
"show",
"hint",
"suggest",
"draft",
"outline",
"silhouette",
"trace",
"vignette",
"summarize",
"sum up",
"touch off",
"redescribe",
"reimage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"color",
"distort",
"falsify",
"garble",
"misdescribe",
"misrepresent",
"misstate",
"pervert",
"twist",
"warp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized":{
"examples":[
"the setout of the stations at the polling place was a little confusing"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"configuration",
"conformation",
"format",
"formation",
"layout",
"setup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"design",
"plan",
"scheme",
"composition",
"constitution",
"getup",
"makeup",
"build",
"construction",
"structure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sets about":{
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"He set about making dinner while his husband ran out for wine."
],
"synonyms":[
"begins",
"commences",
"embarks (on or upon)",
"enters (into or upon)",
"falls (to)",
"gets off",
"kicks off",
"launches",
"leads off",
"opens",
"starts",
"strikes (into)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creates",
"generates",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"invents",
"originates",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes on",
"takes up",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"founds",
"institutes",
"organizes",
"pioneers",
"sets up",
"spawns",
"gets around (to)",
"gets down (to)",
"gets round (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceases",
"desists",
"discontinues",
"halts",
"knocks off",
"lays off",
"quits",
"stops",
"closes",
"completes",
"abandons",
"forsakes",
"leaves",
"abolishes",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"exterminates",
"extinguishes",
"phases out"
],
"antonyms":[
"concludes",
"ends",
"finishes",
"terminates"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"setting (against)":{
"as in alienating , estranging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alienating",
"disaffecting",
"disgruntling",
"estranging",
"aggravating",
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"curdling",
"souring",
"antagonizing",
"embittering",
"empoisoning",
"envenoming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endearing",
"ingratiating",
"appeasing",
"assuaging",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"sweetening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"settling (on or upon)":{
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"choosing",
"concluding",
"deciding",
"determining",
"figuring",
"naming",
"opting",
"resolving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decreeing",
"ruling",
"culling",
"electing",
"handpicking",
"picking",
"preferring",
"selecting",
"singling (out)",
"adjudging",
"adjudicating",
"arbitrating",
"finding",
"judging",
"refereeing",
"ruling (on)",
"umpiring",
"chewing over",
"cogitating",
"considering",
"contemplating",
"debating",
"deliberating",
"entertaining",
"meditating",
"mulling (over)",
"pondering",
"questioning",
"ruminating",
"studying",
"thinking (about or over)",
"weighing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstaining",
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"turning down",
"delaying",
"halting",
"hesitating",
"stalling",
"temporizing",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillating",
"waffling",
"wavering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"set (against)":{
"as in alienate , estrange":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alienate",
"disaffect",
"disgruntle",
"estrange",
"aggravate",
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"curdle",
"sour",
"antagonize",
"embitter",
"empoison",
"envenom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endear",
"ingratiate",
"appease",
"assuage",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"sweeten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"setbacks":{
"a change in status for the worse usually temporarily":{
"examples":[
"the colonists persevered despite suffering setbacks that would have discouraged lesser souls"
],
"synonyms":[
"knocks",
"lapses",
"reversals",
"reverses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disappointments",
"frustrations",
"letdowns",
"comedowns",
"declines",
"descents",
"downfalls",
"downs",
"falls",
"turnabouts",
"turnarounds",
"recessions",
"regressions",
"retrogressions",
"reversions",
"relapses",
"breakdowns",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"meltdowns",
"ruins",
"undoings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"status quos"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sets store by":{
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
"examples":[
"He sets store by the example set by his parents."
],
"synonyms":[
"admires",
"appreciates",
"considers",
"esteems",
"regards",
"respects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaims",
"accredits",
"applauds",
"approves",
"commends",
"compliments",
"credits",
"praises",
"delights (in)",
"drinks (in)",
"enjoys",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"savors",
"savours",
"digs",
"fancies",
"favors",
"grooves (on)",
"likes",
"loves",
"adores",
"adulates",
"canonizes",
"deifies",
"dotes (on)",
"hallows",
"idolizes",
"reverences",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"cherishes",
"loves",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes",
"condemns",
"decries",
"deplores",
"disapproves",
"discountenances",
"discounts",
"disdains",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"dismisses",
"disregards",
"frowns (on or upon)",
"kisses off",
"scorns",
"vilifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"I don't set much store by his opinion."
],
"synonyms":[
"accepts",
"believes",
"buys",
"credits",
"swallows",
"takes",
"trusts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounts",
"accredits",
"understands",
"assumes",
"presumes",
"supposes",
"concludes",
"deduces",
"infers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusts",
"doubts",
"misdoubts",
"mistrusts",
"questions",
"suspects",
"challenges",
"disputes"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieves",
"discredits",
"rejects"
]
},
"to hold dear":{
"examples":[
"He'll always set store by his favorite childhood books."
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"loves",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"grooves (on)",
"likes",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"admires",
"apprizes",
"esteems",
"regards",
"respects",
"reverences",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"enshrines",
"memorializes",
"adores",
"caresses",
"dotes (on)",
"idolizes",
"worships"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undervalues",
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes",
"disdains",
"high-hats",
"scorns",
"scouts",
"slights",
"sniffs (at)",
"snubs",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"cries down",
"decries",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"disparages",
"kisses off",
"minimizes",
"puts down",
"writes off",
"abandons",
"forgets",
"neglects"
],
"antonyms":[
"disvalues"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"settlements":{
"an arrangement about action to be taken":{
"examples":[
"eventually reached a peace settlement"
],
"synonyms":[
"accords",
"agreements",
"bargains",
"compacts",
"contracts",
"conventions",
"covenants",
"deals",
"dispositions",
"pacts",
"understandings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charters",
"treaties",
"binders",
"pledges",
"promises",
"alliances",
"associations",
"entente cordiales",
"ententes",
"leagues",
"partnerships",
"acceptances",
"approvals",
"assents",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"OKs",
"okays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sets (against)":{
"as in alienates , estranges":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alienates",
"disaffects",
"disgruntles",
"estranges",
"aggravates",
"angers",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"curdles",
"sours",
"antagonizes",
"embitters",
"empoisons",
"envenoms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endears",
"ingratiates",
"appeases",
"assuages",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"sweetens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"settled":{
"firmly established over time":{
"examples":[
"a remote village with a settled distrust of outsiders"
],
"synonyms":[
"bred-in-the-bone",
"confirmed",
"deep",
"deep-rooted",
"deep-seated",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"hard-core",
"inveterate",
"rooted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"firm",
"fixed",
"frozen",
"hard",
"hard-and-fast",
"immutable",
"irradicable",
"set",
"unalterable",
"unchangeable",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"implanted",
"inculcated",
"instilled",
"inborn",
"inbred",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inherent",
"innate",
"integral",
"intrinsic",
"natural",
"accustomed",
"chronic",
"customary",
"habitual",
"regular",
"typical",
"usual",
"abiding",
"enduring",
"lifelong",
"persistent",
"persisting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brief",
"ephemeral",
"fleeting",
"impermanent",
"interim",
"momentary",
"provisional",
"short-lived",
"short-term",
"temporary",
"transient"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having been established and usually not subject to change":{
"examples":[
"settled rules that cannot be disregarded when it is convenient to do so"
],
"synonyms":[
"certain",
"determinate",
"final",
"firm",
"fixed",
"flat",
"frozen",
"hard",
"hard-and-fast",
"inexpugnable",
"set",
"stable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nonadjustable",
"noncancelable",
"nonnegotiable",
"unchangeable",
"constant",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"uniform",
"unwavering",
"definite",
"exact",
"explicit",
"specific",
"given",
"stated",
"stipulated",
"dependable",
"good",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"safe",
"solid",
"sure",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adjustable",
"changeable",
"negotiable",
"indefinite",
"open-ended",
"unspecified",
"capricious",
"changeful",
"flickery",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid)":{
"examples":[
"the light rain will settle the dust in the air",
"careful handling will settle the lees in the bottom of the wine bottle"
],
"synonyms":[
"laid",
"sedimented"
],
"near synonyms":[
"filtered",
"screened",
"sieved",
"sifted",
"strained",
"clarified",
"cleared",
"resettled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agitated",
"disturbed",
"mixed",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[
"raised"
]
},
"to supply with inhabitants":{
"examples":[
"the region was originally settled by farmers"
],
"synonyms":[
"colonized",
"peopled",
"populated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inhabited",
"moved (to)",
"relocated (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"depopulated",
"unpeopled"
]
},
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
"examples":[
"settled the lawsuit in favor of the defendant"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudged",
"adjudicated",
"arbitrated",
"decided",
"determined",
"judged",
"refereed",
"ruled (on)",
"umpired"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considered",
"deemed",
"deliberated",
"heard",
"pondered",
"weighed",
"sized up",
"mediated",
"moderated",
"negotiated",
"prosecuted",
"tried",
"found (for or against)",
"concluded",
"resolved",
"redetermined",
"rejudged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocated",
"hedged",
"pussyfooted",
"skirted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
"examples":[
"settled their wedding plans without any major disagreements"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreed (on)",
"arranged",
"decided",
"fixed",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contracted",
"pledged",
"promised",
"blueprinted",
"calculated",
"charted",
"concerted",
"designed",
"drafted",
"framed",
"hammered out",
"intrigued",
"laid out",
"maneuvered",
"mapped (out)",
"planned",
"programmed",
"programed",
"schematized",
"schemed",
"shaped",
"squared away",
"worked out",
"chose",
"concluded",
"determined",
"figured",
"opted",
"resolved",
"affirmed",
"approved",
"authorized",
"cleared",
"confirmed",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"closed",
"completed",
"ended",
"finalized",
"finished",
"rounded (off or out)",
"wound up",
"winded up",
"wrapped up",
"bargained",
"chaffered",
"dealt",
"dickered",
"haggled",
"horse-traded",
"negotiated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"differed (over)",
"disagreed (with)",
"countered",
"debated",
"objected",
"opposed",
"protested",
"resisted",
"contested",
"disputed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
"examples":[
"birds settling on the branches of the maple tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"alighted",
"alit",
"landed",
"lit",
"lighted",
"perched",
"roosted",
"touched down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belly-landed",
"crash-landed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"climbed",
"rose",
"flew",
"floated",
"glided",
"planed",
"soared",
"winged",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged"
],
"antonyms":[
"blasted off",
"took off"
]
},
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
"examples":[
"settled the sleeping baby into her crib"
],
"synonyms":[
"ensconced",
"installed",
"lodged",
"nestled",
"perched",
"roosted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deployed",
"emplaced",
"fixed",
"located",
"parked",
"planted",
"positioned",
"set",
"situated",
"stationed",
"anchored",
"bivouacked",
"camped",
"camped (out)",
"burrowed",
"curled up",
"dug in",
"harbored",
"housed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
"examples":[
"a hot meal settled the children down"
],
"synonyms":[
"becalmed",
"calmed",
"composed",
"lullabied",
"lulled",
"quieted",
"quietened",
"salved",
"soothed",
"stilled",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"hushed",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"eased",
"laid",
"mitigated",
"quelled",
"relaxed",
"relieved",
"solaced",
"narcotized",
"sedated",
"stupefied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravated",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"aroused",
"excited",
"fomented",
"incited",
"roused",
"stirred (up)",
"worked up"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitated",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"keyed (up)",
"perturbed",
"upset",
"vexed",
"vext"
]
},
"to gain emotional or mental control of":{
"examples":[
"settled himself only with visible effort after the angry outburst"
],
"synonyms":[
"calmed",
"collected",
"composed",
"contained",
"controlled",
"re-collected"
],
"near synonyms":[
"held back",
"restrained",
"rallied",
"recovered",
"lulled",
"quieted",
"soothed",
"stilled",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"settle a debt"
],
"synonyms":[
"anted (up)",
"balanced",
"cleared",
"discharged",
"footed",
"liquidated",
"met",
"paid",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"ponied up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"recompensed",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"stood"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiated"
]
},
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
"examples":[
"this information should settle the question of who is right"
],
"synonyms":[
"clinched",
"decided",
"determined",
"nailed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demonstrated",
"established",
"nailed (down)",
"proved",
"showed",
"affirmed",
"assured",
"ensured",
"insured",
"secured",
"defined",
"specified",
"stated",
"stipulated",
"clarified",
"cleared (up)",
"illuminated",
"concluded",
"ended",
"finished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"muddied",
"muddled",
"unsettled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
"examples":[
"settled the class with a firm \"quiet!\""
],
"synonyms":[
"dumbed",
"extinguished",
"hushed",
"muted",
"quelled",
"quieted",
"quietened",
"shushed",
"shut up",
"silenced",
"squelched",
"stilled"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"agitated",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"set off":{
"to cause to function":{
"examples":[
"set off a bomb"
],
"synonyms":[
"activate",
"actuate",
"crank (up)",
"drive",
"move",
"run",
"spark",
"start",
"touch off",
"trigger",
"turn on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kick over",
"turn over",
"charge",
"electrify",
"energize",
"fire",
"fuel",
"generate",
"power",
"push",
"discharge",
"launch",
"release",
"switch",
"trip",
"reactivate",
"recharge",
"arouse",
"excite",
"jump-start",
"kick-start",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"ignite",
"incite",
"instigate",
"provoke",
"quicken",
"stir up",
"accelerate",
"catalyze",
"speed (up)",
"step up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrest",
"brake",
"check",
"cut off",
"draw up",
"halt",
"jam",
"stall",
"stick",
"stop",
"decelerate",
"repress",
"slow",
"stunt",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[
"cut",
"cut out",
"deactivate",
"kill",
"shut off",
"turn off"
]
},
"something that decorates or beautifies":{
"examples":[
"the architect used stone carvings as setoffs for the building's marble facing"
],
"synonyms":[
"adornment",
"beautifier",
"caparison",
"decoration",
"doodad",
"embellisher",
"embellishment",
"frill",
"garnish",
"garnishment",
"garniture",
"ornament",
"ornamentation",
"trim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apparel",
"bells and whistles",
"blazonry",
"bric-a-brac",
"chichi",
"emblazonry",
"filigree",
"finery",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"frosting",
"froufrou",
"fal-lal",
"flounce",
"flourish",
"furbelow",
"ruffle",
"enhancement",
"enrichment",
"improvement",
"appliqu\u00e9",
"embossment",
"embroidery",
"fancywork",
"bedizenment",
"gilt",
"glitter",
"design",
"figure",
"pattern",
"furnishings",
"regalia",
"trappings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"defacement",
"disfigurement",
"scar",
"blot",
"spot",
"stain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"set by":{
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
"examples":[
"I have set by the earnings from my weekend job to use as vacation money"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocate",
"consecrate",
"dedicate",
"devote",
"earmark",
"give up (to)",
"reserve",
"save"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bless",
"hallow",
"sanctify",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"apply",
"bestow",
"employ",
"use"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignore",
"neglect",
"misapply",
"misuse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"set about":{
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"He set about making dinner while his husband ran out for wine."
],
"synonyms":[
"begin",
"commence",
"embark (on or upon)",
"enter (into or upon)",
"fall (to)",
"get off",
"kick off",
"launch",
"lead off",
"open",
"start",
"strike (into)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"create",
"generate",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"invent",
"originate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take on",
"take up",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
"pioneer",
"set up",
"spawn",
"get around (to)",
"get down (to)",
"get round (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cease",
"desist",
"discontinue",
"halt",
"knock off",
"lay off",
"quit",
"stop",
"close",
"complete",
"abandon",
"forsake",
"leave",
"abolish",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"phase out"
],
"antonyms":[
"conclude",
"end",
"finish",
"terminate"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"set up":{
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"set up tables in the living room for the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"depose",
"deposit",
"dispose",
"emplace",
"fix",
"lay",
"place",
"position",
"put",
"set",
"situate",
"stick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"move",
"rearrange",
"reorder",
"shift",
"orient",
"establish",
"locate",
"plant",
"settle",
"clap",
"flop",
"plank",
"plop",
"plump",
"plunk",
"plonk",
"plunk down",
"slap",
"ensconce",
"niche",
"assemble",
"collect",
"carry",
"berth",
"park",
"affix",
"anchor",
"lock",
"lodge",
"wedge",
"array",
"lay out",
"line up",
"queue",
"rank",
"set down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocate",
"remove",
"take",
"banish",
"dislodge",
"displace",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
"examples":[
"set up a scholarship fund for deserving students from the inner city"
],
"synonyms":[
"begin",
"constitute",
"establish",
"found",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"institute",
"introduce",
"launch",
"pioneer",
"plant",
"start"
],
"near synonyms":[
"author",
"father",
"originate",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"create",
"devise",
"fabricate",
"invent",
"make up",
"manufacture",
"produce",
"think (up)",
"construct",
"put up",
"develop",
"enlarge",
"expand",
"endow",
"finance",
"fund",
"subsidize",
"arrange",
"organize",
"systematize",
"systemize",
"refound",
"reinitiate",
"reinstitute",
"relaunch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"annul",
"nullify",
"end",
"finish",
"halt",
"stop",
"terminate",
"round (off or out)",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
],
"antonyms":[
"close (down)",
"phase out",
"shut (up)"
]
},
"to fix in an upright position":{
"examples":[
"set up a post from which to hang the sign"
],
"synonyms":[
"erect",
"pitch",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"upend",
"upraise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brace",
"buttress",
"prop (up)",
"shore (up)",
"support",
"boost",
"crane",
"elevate",
"heave",
"heft",
"heighten",
"hike",
"hoist",
"jack (up)",
"lift",
"perk (up)",
"pick up",
"up",
"uphold",
"uplift"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolish",
"flatten",
"knock down",
"level",
"raze",
"tear down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
"examples":[
"set up the prefabricated shed by following the instructions"
],
"synonyms":[
"assemble",
"build",
"confect",
"construct",
"erect",
"fabricate",
"make",
"make up",
"piece",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carpenter",
"fashion",
"forge",
"frame",
"hammer",
"handcraft",
"manufacture",
"mold",
"produce",
"shape",
"prefabricate",
"begin",
"coin",
"create",
"generate",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"invent",
"originate",
"constitute",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"design",
"devise",
"imagine",
"think (up)",
"reassemble",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"redevelop",
"reedify",
"retrofit",
"jerry-build",
"rig (up)",
"throw up",
"combine",
"unite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"flatten",
"level",
"pull down",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"ruin",
"ruinate",
"shatter",
"smash",
"wreck",
"blow up",
"explode",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disunite",
"divide",
"separate"
],
"antonyms":[
"demount",
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"dismember",
"knock down",
"strike",
"take down",
"tear down"
]
},
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
"examples":[
"don't worry, the doctor will set you up in no time"
],
"synonyms":[
"cure",
"fix",
"heal",
"mend",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attend (to)",
"care (for)",
"doctor",
"medicate",
"minister (to)",
"nurse",
"physic",
"treat",
"fortify",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"alleviate",
"relieve",
"remedy",
"repair"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cripple",
"damage",
"disable",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"lacerate",
"lame",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate",
"wound",
"afflict",
"ail",
"debilitate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"lay up",
"sap",
"sicken",
"waste",
"weaken"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized":{
"examples":[
"the textbook's setup calls for a list of questions at the end of each chapter"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"configuration",
"conformation",
"format",
"formation",
"layout",
"setout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"design",
"plan",
"scheme",
"composition",
"constitution",
"getup",
"makeup",
"build",
"construction",
"structure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another":{
"examples":[
"changed the setup of the living room furniture several times before being satisfied"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"array",
"disposal",
"disposition",
"distribution",
"order",
"ordering",
"sequence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"continuity",
"precedence",
"priority",
"chain",
"procession",
"progression",
"succession",
"series",
"aligning",
"alining",
"alignment",
"alinement",
"lining up",
"design",
"layout",
"pattern",
"structure",
"system"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusion",
"disorder",
"disorganization",
"disruption",
"upset",
"disconnection",
"disjointedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sets forth":{
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
"examples":[
"The strikers set forth their demands in a written statement to the company."
],
"synonyms":[
"charts",
"chronicles",
"describes",
"narrates",
"recites",
"recounts",
"rehearses",
"relates",
"reports",
"tells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivers",
"gives",
"reels off",
"states",
"utters",
"voices",
"details",
"enumerates",
"itemizes",
"particularizes",
"bares",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"lets on (about)",
"reveals",
"delineates",
"depicts",
"expresses",
"renders",
"sketches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"setting straight":{
"as in cleaning house":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cleaning house",
"cleaning (up)",
"picking up",
"tidying (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cluttering",
"disarranging",
"messing (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"set-aside":{
"as in assistance , aid":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aid",
"assistance",
"block grant",
"grant-in-aid",
"allocation",
"allotment",
"annuity",
"appropriation",
"entitlement",
"grant",
"subsidy",
"subvention",
"foreign aid",
"relief",
"state aid",
"advance",
"allowance",
"benefit",
"bequest",
"endowment",
"fund",
"legacy",
"stipend",
"trust",
"trust fund"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
"examples":[
"He set aside $100 a month for a down payment on a car."
],
"synonyms":[
"allocate",
"consecrate",
"dedicate",
"devote",
"earmark",
"give up (to)",
"reserve",
"save",
"set by"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bless",
"hallow",
"sanctify",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"apply",
"bestow",
"employ",
"use"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignore",
"neglect",
"misapply",
"misuse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"examples":[
"The company set aside the old strict dress code and allowed employees to dress a little more casually."
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"abolish",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"avoid",
"cancel",
"disannul",
"dissolve",
"invalidate",
"negate",
"null",
"nullify",
"quash",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"roll back",
"strike down",
"vacate",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countermand",
"override",
"overrule",
"overturn",
"veto",
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"drop",
"recall",
"retract",
"reverse",
"revoke",
"suspend",
"withdraw",
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"disallow",
"dismiss",
"reject",
"annihilate",
"break down",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"liquidate",
"remove",
"throw out",
"write off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enact",
"lay down",
"legislate",
"establish",
"found",
"institute",
"formalize",
"legalize",
"legitimate",
"legitimize",
"validate",
"pass",
"ratify",
"allow",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"permit",
"sanction",
"warrant",
"command",
"decree",
"mandate",
"order",
"prescribe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"The professional organizer helped us set aside anything we didn't need or want anymore."
],
"synonyms":[
"cashier",
"cast (off)",
"chuck",
"deep-six",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"eighty-six",
"86",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"junk",
"lay by",
"lose",
"pitch",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"toss",
"unload"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandon",
"abdicate",
"desert",
"forsake",
"dismiss",
"kick out",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take on",
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"hold",
"hold back",
"keep",
"retain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
"examples":[
"She set aside her wedding dress in case her own daughter might want to wear it some day."
],
"synonyms":[
"cache",
"hoard",
"lay away",
"lay by",
"lay in",
"lay up",
"put by",
"salt away",
"squirrel (away)",
"stash",
"stockpile",
"store",
"stow",
"treasure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulate",
"acquire",
"amass",
"assemble",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"garner",
"gather",
"pick up",
"round up",
"scrape (together)",
"heap",
"pile",
"stack",
"conserve",
"husband",
"preserve",
"bank",
"coffer",
"deposit",
"hold",
"keep",
"reserve",
"retain",
"save",
"set by",
"stock",
"withhold",
"bury",
"conceal",
"ensconce",
"secrete"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cast",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"unload",
"consume",
"squander",
"use up",
"waste",
"hand out",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"blow",
"dissipate",
"fritter (away)",
"lavish",
"misspend",
"run through",
"spend",
"deplete",
"exhaust",
"expend",
"impoverish",
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"phrase"
]
},
"sets out":{
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
"examples":[
"in his inaugural address, the president set out his vision for the nation over the next four years"
],
"synonyms":[
"delineates",
"depicts",
"describes",
"draws",
"images",
"limns",
"paints",
"pictures",
"portrays",
"renders",
"sketches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"characterizes",
"defines",
"labels",
"qualifies",
"represents",
"demonstrates",
"illustrates",
"narrates",
"recites",
"recounts",
"rehearses",
"relates",
"reports",
"tells",
"displays",
"exhibits",
"shows",
"hints",
"suggests",
"drafts",
"outlines",
"silhouettes",
"traces",
"vignettes",
"summarizes",
"sums up",
"touches off",
"redescribes",
"reimages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colors",
"distorts",
"falsifies",
"garbles",
"misdescribes",
"misrepresents",
"misstates",
"perverts",
"twists",
"warps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"setting store on":{
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
"examples":[
"He sets store by the example set by his parents."
],
"synonyms":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"considering",
"esteeming",
"regarding",
"respecting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"accrediting",
"applauding",
"approving",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"crediting",
"praising",
"delighting (in)",
"drinking (in)",
"enjoying",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring",
"digging",
"fancying",
"favoring",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"adoring",
"adulating",
"canonizing",
"deifying",
"doting (on)",
"hallowing",
"idolizing",
"reverencing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"cherishing",
"loving",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"decrying",
"deploring",
"disapproving",
"discountenancing",
"discounting",
"disdaining",
"disfavoring",
"disliking",
"dismissing",
"disregarding",
"frowning (on or upon)",
"kissing off",
"scorning",
"vilifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"I don't set much store by his opinion."
],
"synonyms":[
"accepting",
"believing",
"buying",
"crediting",
"swallowing",
"taking",
"trusting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounting",
"accrediting",
"understanding",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"supposing",
"concluding",
"deducing",
"inferring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"misdoubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting",
"challenging",
"disputing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieving",
"discrediting",
"rejecting"
]
},
"to hold dear":{
"examples":[
"He'll always set store by his favorite childhood books."
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"loving",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"admiring",
"apprizing",
"esteeming",
"regarding",
"respecting",
"reverencing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"enshrining",
"memorializing",
"adoring",
"caressing",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"worshipping",
"worshiping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undervaluing",
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"disdaining",
"high-hatting",
"scorning",
"scouting",
"slighting",
"sniffing (at)",
"snubbing",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"disparaging",
"kissing off",
"minimizing",
"putting down",
"writing off",
"abandoning",
"forgetting",
"neglecting"
],
"antonyms":[
"disvaluing"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"settlers":{
"a person who settles in a new region":{
"examples":[
"settlers learning to live in peace with the natives"
],
"synonyms":[
"colonials",
"colonists",
"colonizers",
"frontiersmen",
"homesteaders",
"pioneers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explorers",
"pathfinders",
"trailblazers",
"bushrangers",
"mountain men",
"woodsmen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one that leaves one place to settle in another":{
"examples":[
"in 1889 Jane Addams, in an effort to provide Chicago's latest wave of settlers with much-needed services, founded the city's first settlement house"
],
"synonyms":[
"emigrants",
"\u00e9migr\u00e9s",
"emigr\u00e9s",
"immigrants",
"incomers",
"in-migrants",
"migrants",
"out-migrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defectors",
"deportees",
"evacuees",
"exiles",
"expatriates",
"refugees",
"relocatees",
"repatriates",
"aliens",
"foreigners",
"noncitizens",
"nonnatives",
"colonists",
"newcomers",
"squatters",
"migrators",
"pilgrims",
"pioneers",
"trekkers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborigines",
"natives",
"citizens",
"habitants",
"inhabitants",
"nationals",
"residents"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonimmigrants"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sets apart":{
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
"examples":[
"They set apart a stack of pictures for the slideshow."
],
"synonyms":[
"allocates",
"consecrates",
"dedicates",
"devotes",
"earmarks",
"gives up (to)",
"reserves",
"saves",
"sets by"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blesses",
"hallows",
"sanctifies",
"commits",
"confides",
"consigns",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"applies",
"bestows",
"employs",
"uses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignores",
"neglects",
"misapplies",
"misuses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"set-tos":{
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"examples":[
"they had a brief set-to about money, but they seem to have resolved it"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercations",
"argle-bargles",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"battles royal",
"battle royals",
"battles royale",
"battle royales",
"bickers",
"brawls",
"contretemps",
"controversies",
"cross fires",
"disagreements",
"disputes",
"donnybrooks",
"fallings-out",
"falling-outs",
"fights",
"hassles",
"imbroglios",
"kickups",
"misunderstandings",
"quarrels",
"rhubarbs",
"rows",
"scraps",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clashes",
"run-ins",
"skirmishes",
"tangles",
"tussles",
"logomachies",
"feuds",
"vendettas",
"attacks",
"contentions",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"debates",
"differences",
"disputations",
"fusses",
"objections",
"protestations",
"protests",
"affrays",
"fisticuffs",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"free-for-alls",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"catfights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"setting at":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"examples":[
"His brother set at him, damaging several household items in the process."
],
"synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"bushwhacking",
"charging",
"descending (on or upon)",
"going in (on)",
"jumping (on)",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"setting on",
"siccing",
"sicking",
"storming",
"striking",
"trashing",
"turning (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rushing",
"ganging up (on)",
"mobbing",
"swarming",
"mugging",
"robbing",
"ambuscading",
"ambushing",
"surprising",
"surprizing",
"waylaying",
"blitzing",
"bombarding",
"bombing",
"nuking",
"barraging",
"cannonading",
"cannoning",
"banging away (at)",
"battering",
"buffeting",
"plastering",
"beleaguering",
"besieging",
"pressing",
"harrying",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ravaging",
"sacking",
"foraying",
"invading",
"overrunning",
"enveloping",
"flanking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covering",
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"securing",
"shielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"sets on":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"examples":[
"without warning, bandits would set on unwary merchants as they traveled along the Silk Road"
],
"synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"bushwhacks",
"charges",
"descends (on or upon)",
"goes in (on)",
"jumps (on)",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"raids",
"rushes",
"sics",
"sicks",
"storms",
"strikes",
"trashes",
"turns (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rushes",
"gangs up (on)",
"mobs",
"swarms",
"mugs",
"robs",
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"waylays",
"blitzes",
"bombards",
"bombs",
"nukes",
"barrages",
"cannonades",
"cannons",
"bangs away (at)",
"batters",
"buffets",
"plasters",
"beleaguers",
"besieges",
"presses",
"harries",
"loots",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ravages",
"sacks",
"forays",
"invades",
"overruns",
"envelops",
"flanks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covers",
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"secures",
"shields"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"setting off":{
"to cause to function":{
"examples":[
"set off a bomb"
],
"synonyms":[
"activating",
"actuating",
"cranking (up)",
"driving",
"moving",
"running",
"sparking",
"starting",
"touching off",
"triggering",
"turning on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kicking over",
"turning over",
"charging",
"electrifying",
"energizing",
"firing",
"fueling",
"fuelling",
"generating",
"powering",
"pushing",
"discharging",
"launching",
"releasing",
"switching",
"tripping",
"reactivating",
"recharging",
"arousing",
"exciting",
"jump-starting",
"kick-starting",
"stimulating",
"vitalizing",
"igniting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"provoking",
"quickening",
"stirring up",
"accelerating",
"catalyzing",
"speeding (up)",
"stepping up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arresting",
"braking",
"checking",
"cutting off",
"drawing up",
"halting",
"jamming",
"stalling",
"sticking",
"stopping",
"decelerating",
"repressing",
"slowing",
"stunting",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[
"cutting",
"cutting out",
"deactivating",
"killing",
"shutting off",
"turning off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"set forth":{
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
"examples":[
"The strikers set forth their demands in a written statement to the company."
],
"synonyms":[
"chart",
"chronicle",
"describe",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report",
"tell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliver",
"give",
"reel off",
"state",
"utter",
"voice",
"detail",
"enumerate",
"itemize",
"particularize",
"bare",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"expose",
"let on (about)",
"reveal",
"delineate",
"depict",
"express",
"render",
"sketch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"setting aside":{
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
"examples":[
"He set aside $100 a month for a down payment on a car."
],
"synonyms":[
"allocating",
"consecrating",
"dedicating",
"devoting",
"earmarking",
"giving up (to)",
"reserving",
"saving",
"setting by"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessing",
"hallowing",
"sanctifying",
"committing",
"confiding",
"consigning",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"applying",
"bestowing",
"employing",
"using"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"misapplying",
"misusing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"examples":[
"The company set aside the old strict dress code and allowed employees to dress a little more casually."
],
"synonyms":[
"abating",
"abolishing",
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"avoiding",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"disannulling",
"dissolving",
"invalidating",
"negating",
"nullifying",
"nulling",
"quashing",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"rolling back",
"striking down",
"vacating",
"voiding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countermanding",
"overriding",
"overruling",
"overturning",
"vetoing",
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"retracting",
"reversing",
"revoking",
"suspending",
"withdrawing",
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"disallowing",
"dismissing",
"rejecting",
"annihilating",
"breaking down",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"erasing",
"liquidating",
"removing",
"throwing out",
"writing off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enacting",
"laying down",
"legislating",
"establishing",
"founding",
"instituting",
"formalizing",
"legalizing",
"legitimating",
"legitimizing",
"validating",
"passing",
"ratifying",
"allowing",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"permitting",
"sanctioning",
"warranting",
"commanding",
"decreeing",
"mandating",
"ordering",
"prescribing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"The professional organizer helped us set aside anything we didn't need or want anymore."
],
"synonyms":[
"cashiering",
"casting (off)",
"chucking",
"deep-sixing",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"eighty-sixing",
"86ing",
"exorcising",
"exorcizing",
"flinging (off or away)",
"jettisoning",
"junking",
"laying by",
"losing",
"pitching",
"rejecting",
"scrapping",
"shedding",
"shucking (off)",
"sloughing (off)",
"sluffing (off)",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"tossing",
"unloading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"abdicating",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"dismissing",
"kicking out",
"abolishing",
"annihilating",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"expunging",
"exterminating",
"extinguishing",
"extirpating",
"liquidating",
"removing",
"rooting (out)",
"stamping (out)",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking on",
"employing",
"using",
"utilizing",
"holding",
"holding back",
"keeping",
"retaining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
"examples":[
"She set aside her wedding dress in case her own daughter might want to wear it some day."
],
"synonyms":[
"caching",
"hoarding",
"laying away",
"laying by",
"laying in",
"laying up",
"putting by",
"salting away",
"squirreling (away)",
"squirrelling (away)",
"stashing",
"stockpiling",
"storing",
"stowing",
"treasuring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulating",
"acquiring",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"concentrating",
"garnering",
"gathering",
"picking up",
"rounding up",
"scraping (together)",
"heaping",
"piling",
"stacking",
"conserving",
"husbanding",
"preserving",
"banking",
"coffering",
"depositing",
"holding",
"keeping",
"reserving",
"retaining",
"saving",
"setting by",
"stocking",
"withholding",
"burying",
"concealing",
"ensconcing",
"secreting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casting",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"flinging (off or away)",
"jettisoning",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"unloading",
"consuming",
"squandering",
"using up",
"wasting",
"handing out",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"blowing",
"dissipating",
"frittering (away)",
"lavishing",
"misspending",
"running through",
"spending",
"depleting",
"exhausting",
"expending",
"impoverishing",
"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"set at":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"examples":[
"His brother set at him, damaging several household items in the process."
],
"synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"bushwhack",
"charge",
"descend (on or upon)",
"go in (on)",
"jump (on)",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"raid",
"rush",
"set on",
"sic",
"sick",
"storm",
"strike",
"trash",
"turn (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rush",
"gang up (on)",
"mob",
"swarm",
"mug",
"rob",
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"waylay",
"blitz",
"bomb",
"bombard",
"nuke",
"barrage",
"cannon",
"cannonade",
"bang away (at)",
"batter",
"buffet",
"plaster",
"beleaguer",
"besiege",
"press",
"harry",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"foray",
"invade",
"overrun",
"envelop",
"flank"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cover",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"secure",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"sets (something) straight":{
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"cleans (up)",
"picks up",
"tidies (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"housecleans",
"housekeeps",
"cleans (off)",
"cleans (up)",
"neatens",
"polices (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"turns out",
"unclutters",
"arranges",
"orders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clutters",
"disarranges",
"messes (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"settees":{
"a long upholstered piece of furniture designed for several sitters":{
"examples":[
"the young couple snuggled on the settee"
],
"synonyms":[
"chesterfields",
"couches",
"davenports",
"divans",
"lounges",
"sofas",
"squabs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loungers",
"love seats",
"recamiers",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates",
"daybeds",
"sofa beds",
"studio couches",
"banquettes",
"benches",
"ottomans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"set pieces":{
"as in sets , scenes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decors",
"d\u00e9cors",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
"sceneries",
"scenes",
"sets",
"backdrops",
"drops",
"properties",
"props",
"backgrounds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"setting foot in":{
"to go or come in or into":{
"examples":[
"I wouldn't set foot in that haunted house if you paid me."
],
"synonyms":[
"accessing",
"entering",
"penetrating",
"piercing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barging (in)",
"breezing (in)",
"bursting (in or into)",
"waltzing (in)",
"dropping in",
"popping (in)",
"straying (into)",
"wandering (into)",
"crashing",
"encroaching",
"gate-crashing",
"infiltrating",
"infringing",
"intruding",
"invading",
"trespassing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"departing",
"exiting",
"leaving"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"set upon":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"examples":[
"The armies set upon each other in one of the fiercest battles of the war."
],
"synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"bushwhack",
"charge",
"descend (on or upon)",
"go in (on)",
"jump (on)",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"raid",
"rush",
"set on",
"sic",
"sick",
"storm",
"strike",
"trash",
"turn (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rush",
"gang up (on)",
"mob",
"swarm",
"mug",
"rob",
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"waylay",
"blitz",
"bomb",
"bombard",
"nuke",
"barrage",
"cannon",
"cannonade",
"bang away (at)",
"batter",
"buffet",
"plaster",
"beleaguer",
"besiege",
"press",
"harry",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"foray",
"invade",
"overrun",
"envelop",
"flank"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cover",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"secure",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"setting upon":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"examples":[
"The armies set upon each other in one of the fiercest battles of the war."
],
"synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"bushwhacking",
"charging",
"descending (on or upon)",
"going in (on)",
"jumping (on)",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"setting on",
"siccing",
"sicking",
"storming",
"striking",
"trashing",
"turning (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rushing",
"ganging up (on)",
"mobbing",
"swarming",
"mugging",
"robbing",
"ambuscading",
"ambushing",
"surprising",
"surprizing",
"waylaying",
"blitzing",
"bombarding",
"bombing",
"nuking",
"barraging",
"cannonading",
"cannoning",
"banging away (at)",
"battering",
"buffeting",
"plastering",
"beleaguering",
"besieging",
"pressing",
"harrying",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ravaging",
"sacking",
"foraying",
"invading",
"overrunning",
"enveloping",
"flanking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covering",
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"securing",
"shielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"settings":{
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
"examples":[
"the novice camper felt lost outside of his familiar urban setting"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambients",
"atmospheres",
"climates",
"climes",
"contexts",
"contextures",
"environments",
"environs",
"mediums",
"media",
"milieus",
"milieux",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
"surroundings",
"surrounds",
"terrains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"locations",
"places",
"positions",
"spaces",
"backdrops",
"backgrounds",
"elements",
"situations",
"statuses",
"geographies",
"habitats",
"microenvironments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set":{
"examples":[
"the setting for the novel is Victorian England"
],
"synonyms":[
"backgrounds",
"locales",
"scenes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backdrops",
"sceneries",
"sets",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
"tableaux",
"tableaus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"settle":{
"to cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid)":{
"examples":[
"the light rain will settle the dust in the air",
"careful handling will settle the lees in the bottom of the wine bottle"
],
"synonyms":[
"lay",
"sediment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"filter",
"screen",
"sieve",
"sift",
"strain",
"clarify",
"clear",
"resettle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agitate",
"disturb",
"mix",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[
"raise"
]
},
"to supply with inhabitants":{
"examples":[
"the region was originally settled by farmers"
],
"synonyms":[
"colonize",
"people",
"populate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inhabit",
"move (to)",
"relocate (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"depopulate",
"unpeople"
]
},
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
"examples":[
"settled the lawsuit in favor of the defendant"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudge",
"adjudicate",
"arbitrate",
"decide",
"determine",
"judge",
"referee",
"rule (on)",
"umpire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consider",
"deem",
"deliberate",
"hear",
"ponder",
"weigh",
"size up",
"mediate",
"moderate",
"negotiate",
"prosecute",
"try",
"find (for or against)",
"conclude",
"resolve",
"redetermine",
"rejudge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocate",
"hedge",
"pussyfoot",
"skirt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
"examples":[
"settled their wedding plans without any major disagreements"
],
"synonyms":[
"agree (on)",
"arrange",
"decide",
"fix",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contract",
"pledge",
"promise",
"blueprint",
"calculate",
"chart",
"concert",
"design",
"draft",
"frame",
"hammer out",
"intrigue",
"lay out",
"maneuver",
"map (out)",
"plan",
"program",
"programme",
"schematize",
"scheme",
"shape",
"square away",
"work out",
"choose",
"conclude",
"determine",
"figure",
"opt",
"resolve",
"affirm",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"confirm",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"warrant",
"close",
"complete",
"end",
"finalize",
"finish",
"round (off or out)",
"wind up",
"wrap up",
"bargain",
"chaffer",
"deal",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
"negotiate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"differ (over)",
"disagree (with)",
"counter",
"debate",
"object",
"oppose",
"protest",
"resist",
"contest",
"dispute"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
"examples":[
"birds settling on the branches of the maple tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"alight",
"land",
"light",
"perch",
"roost",
"touch down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belly-land",
"crash-land"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"climb",
"rise",
"float",
"fly",
"glide",
"plane",
"soar",
"wing",
"hang",
"hover"
],
"antonyms":[
"blast off",
"take off"
]
},
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
"examples":[
"settled the sleeping baby into her crib"
],
"synonyms":[
"ensconce",
"install",
"lodge",
"nestle",
"perch",
"roost"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deploy",
"emplace",
"fix",
"locate",
"park",
"plant",
"position",
"set",
"situate",
"station",
"anchor",
"bivouac",
"camp",
"camp (out)",
"burrow",
"curl up",
"dig in",
"harbor",
"house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
"examples":[
"a hot meal settled the children down"
],
"synonyms":[
"becalm",
"calm",
"compose",
"lull",
"lullaby",
"quiet",
"quieten",
"salve",
"soothe",
"still",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"hush",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"allay",
"alleviate",
"assuage",
"ease",
"lay",
"mitigate",
"quell",
"relax",
"relieve",
"solace",
"narcotize",
"sedate",
"stupefy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravate",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"arouse",
"excite",
"foment",
"incite",
"rouse",
"stir (up)",
"work up"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitate",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"disturb",
"key (up)",
"perturb",
"upset",
"vex"
]
},
"to gain emotional or mental control of":{
"examples":[
"settled himself only with visible effort after the angry outburst"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm",
"collect",
"compose",
"contain",
"control",
"re-collect"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hold back",
"restrain",
"rally",
"recover",
"lull",
"quiet",
"soothe",
"still",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"settle a debt"
],
"synonyms":[
"ante (up)",
"balance",
"clear",
"discharge",
"foot",
"liquidate",
"meet",
"pay",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"pony up",
"quit",
"recompense",
"spring (for)",
"stand"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiate"
]
},
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
"examples":[
"this information should settle the question of who is right"
],
"synonyms":[
"clinch",
"decide",
"determine",
"nail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demonstrate",
"establish",
"nail (down)",
"prove",
"show",
"affirm",
"assure",
"ensure",
"insure",
"secure",
"define",
"specify",
"state",
"stipulate",
"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"illuminate",
"conclude",
"end",
"finish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuse",
"muddle",
"muddy",
"unsettle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
"examples":[
"settled the class with a firm \"quiet!\""
],
"synonyms":[
"dumb",
"extinguish",
"hush",
"mute",
"quell",
"quiet",
"quieten",
"shush",
"shut up",
"silence",
"squelch",
"still"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"agitate",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sett":{
"to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop":{
"examples":[
"the hen set for days"
],
"synonyms":[
"brood",
"hatch",
"incubate",
"sit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lay",
"spawn"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
"examples":[
"set a date for the wedding"
],
"synonyms":[
"appoint",
"designate",
"fix",
"name"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopt",
"assign",
"choose",
"determine",
"establish",
"opt (for)",
"pick",
"pin (down)",
"prefer",
"select",
"settle",
"single (out)",
"specify",
"arrange",
"coordinate",
"orchestrate",
"advertise",
"announce",
"declare",
"publish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding":{
"examples":[
"fire losses were set at a million dollars"
],
"synonyms":[
"appraise",
"assess",
"estimate",
"evaluate",
"guesstimate",
"rate",
"valuate",
"value"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adjudge",
"deem",
"judge",
"ascertain",
"determine",
"discover",
"learn",
"price",
"prize",
"decide",
"settle",
"analyze",
"assay",
"survey",
"test",
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reevaluate",
"rejudge",
"revalue",
"transvaluate",
"transvalue",
"misesteem",
"misjudge",
"misprize",
"underestimate",
"undervalue"
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to rest on the buttocks or haunches":{
"examples":[
"come over and set for a spell"
],
"synonyms":[
"sit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perch",
"lounge",
"slouch",
"sprawl",
"squat",
"straddle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arise",
"get up",
"rise",
"stand"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
"examples":[
"determined to see the West, she set her car towards the sun and drove off"
],
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"aim",
"bend",
"cast",
"direct",
"head",
"hold",
"level",
"pinpoint",
"train"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sight",
"bear",
"face",
"concentrate",
"focus",
"incline",
"orient",
"steer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avert",
"curve",
"deflect",
"detour",
"divert",
"rechannel",
"shunt",
"sidetrack"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
"examples":[
"finally set some plans for the luncheon"
],
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"agree (on)",
"arrange",
"decide",
"fix",
"settle",
"dispose of"
],
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"contract",
"pledge",
"promise",
"blueprint",
"calculate",
"chart",
"concert",
"design",
"draft",
"frame",
"hammer out",
"intrigue",
"lay out",
"maneuver",
"map (out)",
"plan",
"program",
"programme",
"schematize",
"scheme",
"shape",
"square away",
"work out",
"choose",
"conclude",
"determine",
"figure",
"opt",
"resolve",
"affirm",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"confirm",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"warrant",
"close",
"complete",
"end",
"finalize",
"finish",
"round (off or out)",
"wind up",
"wrap up",
"bargain",
"chaffer",
"deal",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
"negotiate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"differ (over)",
"disagree (with)",
"counter",
"debate",
"object",
"oppose",
"protest",
"resist",
"contest",
"dispute"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"had the jeweler set the diamond again"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchor",
"catch",
"clamp",
"fasten",
"fix",
"hitch",
"moor",
"secure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"stuff",
"wedge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extract",
"prize",
"pry",
"pull",
"root (out)",
"tear (out)",
"uproot",
"wrest",
"yank"
],
"antonyms":[
"loose",
"loosen",
"unfasten",
"unfix",
"unloose",
"unloosen"
]
},
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
"examples":[
"the gelatin is just starting to set now"
],
"synonyms":[
"clot",
"coagulate",
"congeal",
"gel",
"gelate",
"gelatinize",
"jell",
"jelly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cake",
"concrete",
"firm (up)",
"fix",
"freeze",
"harden",
"indurate",
"solidify",
"stiffen",
"condense",
"thicken",
"clump",
"curd",
"curdle",
"gum",
"lump (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesce",
"flux",
"fuse",
"liquefy",
"liquify",
"melt",
"thaw"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"set a book on the table"
],
"synonyms":[
"depose",
"deposit",
"dispose",
"emplace",
"fix",
"lay",
"place",
"position",
"put",
"set up",
"situate",
"stick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"move",
"rearrange",
"reorder",
"shift",
"orient",
"establish",
"locate",
"plant",
"settle",
"clap",
"flop",
"plank",
"plop",
"plump",
"plunk",
"plonk",
"plunk down",
"slap",
"ensconce",
"niche",
"assemble",
"collect",
"carry",
"berth",
"park",
"affix",
"anchor",
"lock",
"lodge",
"wedge",
"array",
"lay out",
"line up",
"queue",
"rank",
"set down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocate",
"remove",
"take",
"banish",
"dislodge",
"displace",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become physically firm or solid":{
"examples":[
"the concrete must set completely before anyone can walk on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"concrete",
"congeal",
"firm (up)",
"freeze",
"harden",
"indurate",
"solidify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cake",
"callus",
"encrust",
"incrust",
"clot",
"coagulate",
"gel",
"gelate",
"gelatinize",
"jell",
"jelly",
"stiffen",
"thicken",
"calcify",
"crystallize",
"crystalize",
"ossify",
"petrify",
"rigidify",
"anneal",
"case-harden",
"temper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesce",
"dissolve",
"flux",
"fuse",
"melt",
"smelt",
"thaw",
"unfreeze"
],
"antonyms":[
"liquefy",
"liquify",
"soften"
]
},
"a group of people acting together within a larger group":{
"examples":[
"the younger set is less likely to volunteer for the church's annual rummage sale"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloc",
"block",
"body",
"coalition",
"faction",
"party",
"sect",
"side",
"wing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"splinter",
"split",
"crew",
"gang",
"pack",
"team",
"denomination",
"persuasion",
"schism",
"scission",
"caucus",
"movement"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"examples":[
"they rarely associate with anyone outside their social set"
],
"synonyms":[
"body",
"bunch",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"community",
"coterie",
"coven",
"crowd",
"fold",
"gal\u00e8re",
"gang",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"network",
"pack",
"ring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charmed circle",
"elite",
"in-group",
"closed shop",
"club",
"college",
"fellowship",
"guild",
"gild",
"league",
"organization",
"society",
"camp",
"faction",
"sect",
"side",
"tribe",
"mess",
"squad",
"brotherhood",
"fraternity",
"order",
"sisterhood",
"sodality",
"sorority",
"commune",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederation",
"congress",
"council",
"federation",
"union"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loner",
"individualist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a set of tools"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"suite",
"the whole kit and caboodle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety",
"cycle",
"run",
"series",
"suit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
"examples":[
"the next set of job applicants had far more education and practical experience"
],
"synonyms":[
"bracket",
"category",
"class",
"classification",
"division",
"family",
"genus",
"grade",
"group",
"kind",
"league",
"order",
"rank(s)",
"rubric",
"species",
"tier",
"type"
],
"near synonyms":[
"description",
"feather",
"ilk",
"kidney",
"like",
"manner",
"nature",
"sort",
"branch",
"section",
"speciality",
"specialty",
"subclass",
"subdivision",
"subgroup",
"subspecies",
"variety",
"breed",
"race",
"generation",
"heading",
"label",
"title"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the array of painted backgrounds and furnishings used to establish the setting in a stage production":{
"examples":[
"built sets for the play"
],
"synonyms":[
"decor",
"d\u00e9cor",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"scene",
"scenery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backdrop",
"drop",
"background",
"set piece",
"prop",
"property"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"being in a state of fitness for some experience or action":{
"examples":[
"we're all set to go"
],
"synonyms":[
"fit",
"go",
"prepared",
"ready"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conditioned",
"primed",
"ripe",
"armed",
"braced",
"fortified",
"steeled",
"qualified",
"trained"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unqualified",
"untrained"
],
"antonyms":[
"flat-footed",
"half-baked",
"half-cocked",
"underprepared",
"unprepared",
"unready"
]
},
"firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge":{
"examples":[
"that rock is really set in the hillside"
],
"synonyms":[
"fast",
"firm",
"frozen",
"jammed",
"lodged",
"snug",
"stuck",
"tight",
"wedged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bonded",
"cemented",
"glued",
"anchored",
"clamped",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"impacted",
"implanted",
"attached",
"bound",
"fastened",
"secured",
"immovable",
"unyielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"dislodged",
"freed",
"loosened",
"unattached",
"unbound",
"undone",
"unfastened",
"unsecured",
"movable",
"moveable",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[
"insecure",
"loose"
]
},
"fully committed to achieving a goal":{
"examples":[
"set on being the first in her family to graduate from college"
],
"synonyms":[
"bent (on or upon)",
"bound",
"decisive",
"determined",
"do-or-die",
"firm",
"hell-bent (on or upon)",
"intent",
"out",
"purposeful",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"single-minded",
"on one's mettle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bitter",
"vehement",
"certain",
"cocksure",
"confident",
"positive",
"sure",
"earnest",
"serious",
"steady",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unswerving",
"unwavering",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"persistent",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"tenacious",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrustful",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"uncertain",
"unconvinced",
"undecided",
"unsettled",
"unsure",
"disinclined",
"indisposed",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant"
],
"antonyms":[
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"indecisive",
"irresolute",
"undetermined",
"unresolved",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"weak-kneed"
]
},
"having been established and usually not subject to change":{
"examples":[
"the library is only open during set hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"certain",
"determinate",
"final",
"firm",
"fixed",
"flat",
"frozen",
"hard",
"hard-and-fast",
"inexpugnable",
"settled",
"stable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nonadjustable",
"noncancelable",
"nonnegotiable",
"unchangeable",
"constant",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"uniform",
"unwavering",
"definite",
"exact",
"explicit",
"specific",
"given",
"stated",
"stipulated",
"dependable",
"good",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"safe",
"solid",
"sure",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adjustable",
"changeable",
"negotiable",
"indefinite",
"open-ended",
"unspecified",
"capricious",
"changeful",
"flickery",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"of a particular or exact sort":{
"examples":[
"international law has set rules for the treatment of prisoners of war"
],
"synonyms":[
"concrete",
"distinct",
"especial",
"express",
"peculiar",
"precise",
"special",
"specific"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lone",
"only",
"separate",
"single",
"sole",
"solitary",
"distinctive",
"exclusive",
"individual",
"unique",
"limited",
"restricted",
"differentiated",
"specialized",
"given",
"specified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"general",
"generalized",
"generic",
"nonexclusive",
"universal"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonspecific"
]
},
"made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing":{
"examples":[
"it was not my set purpose to cause trouble for anyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"conscious",
"deliberate",
"intended",
"intentional",
"knowing",
"purposeful",
"purposive",
"voluntary",
"willed",
"willful",
"wilful",
"witting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"designed",
"planned",
"advised",
"calculated",
"considered",
"measured",
"reasoned",
"studied",
"thoughtful",
"weighed",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepense",
"discretionary",
"elective",
"optional",
"volunteer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inadvertent",
"unwitting",
"accidental",
"chance",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"incidental",
"random",
"aimless",
"desultory",
"purposeless",
"abrupt",
"impetuous",
"sudden",
"coerced",
"forced",
"involuntary",
"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"necessary",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"ordered",
"required",
"casual",
"extemporaneous",
"impromptu",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"spontaneous",
"unforced",
"unpremeditated"
],
"antonyms":[
"nondeliberate",
"nonpurposive",
"unintentional"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}