Thesaurus / set off
FEEDBACK- as inmounted
- as inincite
- as inintensify
- as inmake up
- as inmobilize
- as inoffset
- as inatone
- as inoutweigh
- as inproduce
- as inredeem
- as insequester
- as inshoot
- as inspark
- as inbeautify
- as inbecome
- as intrigger
- as inborder
- as ineffectuate
- as inindividualize
- as incirculate
- as inmilitarize
- as incompensate
- as incontrast
- as incounterbalance
- as indifferentiate
- as indischarge
- as indistinguish
- as inexplode
- as infeature
- as infire
- as inflatter
- as ingarnish
- as ingo
- as ingrace
synonyms for set off
synonyms for set off
- urge
- abet
- rouse
- arouse
- inspire
- whip up
- motivate
- exhort
- agitate
- inflame
- encourage
- trigger
- prompt
- provoke
- spur
- instigate
- foment
- activate
- force
- actuate
- persuade
- further
- animate
- craze
- raise
- goad
- solicit
- taunt
- forward
- set
- prick
- influence
- excite
- induce
- inspirit
- promote
- coax
- drive
- impel
- push
- stimulate
- egg on
- juice
- work up
- fan the fire
- get to
- key up
- psych
- put up to
- stir up
- talk into
- aggravate
- add to
- escalate
- boost
- build up
- step up
- raise
- increase
- strengthen
- reinforce
- redouble
- exacerbate
- deepen
- enhance
- sharpen
- heighten
- quicken
- stress
- darken
- magnify
- augment
- point
- accentuate
- lighten
- rise
- accent
- brighten
- exalt
- concentrate
- emphasize
- whet
- spike
- rouse
- aggrandize
- beef up
- heat up
- add fuel
- intensate
- pour it on
- tone up
- accommodate
- atone
- balance
- bury the hatchet
- compose
- conciliate
- counterbalance
- counterpoise
- mend
- offset
- outweigh
- pacify
- recompense
- redeem
- redress
- requite
- settle
- countervail
- come to terms
- forgive and forget
- make amends
- make peace
- shake hands
- assemble
- organize
- marshal
- prepare
- activate
- propel
- muster
- gather
- actuate
- drive
- impel
- ready
- rally
- animate
- circulate
- call to arms
- catalyze
- call up
- get ready
- make ready
- put in motion
- set in motion
- outweigh
- neutralize
- equal
- negate
- counteract
- balance
- counterpoise
- account
- countervail
- redeem
- charge
- recompense
- equalize
- requite
- equipoise
- cancel out
- counterpose
- allow for
- atone for
- be equivalent
- make amends
- make up for
- redeem
- apologize
- outweigh
- repair
- square
- appease
- reconcile
- pay
- absolve
- propitiate
- redress
- expiate
- counterbalance
- offset
- answer
- balance
- correct
- recompense
- do penance
- make amends
- make redress
- make reparation
- make up for
- pay one's dues
- take one's medicine
- exceed
- counterbalance
- overshadow
- prevail
- eclipse
- surpass
- offset
- overcome
- counterpoise
- countervail
- preponderate
- excel
- compensate
- balance
- outrun
- predominate
- cancel out
- outbalance
- outrival
- atone for
- make up for
- take precedence
- tip the scales
- make
- generate
- secure
- engender
- muster
- breed
- induce
- hatch
- occasion
- provoke
- beget
- bring about
- draw on
- get up
- work up
- give rise to
- make for
- result in
- rehabilitate
- restore
- compensate
- satisfy
- offset
- outweigh
- acquit
- balance
- perform
- countervail
- absolve
- keep
- discharge
- redress
- defray
- counterbalance
- meet
- fulfill
- save
- reinstate
- counterpoise
- abide by
- carry out
- adhere to
- hold to
- keep the faith
- make amends
- make good
- make up for
- segregate
- cloister
- insulate
- hide
- secrete
- withdraw
- separate
- cut off
- draw back
- island
- close off
- enisle
- set apart
- execute
- murder
- hit
- launch
- fire
- explode
- kill
- hurl
- blast
- plug
- bombard
- propel
- fling
- barrage
- loose
- gun
- pop
- project
- bag
- pump
- trigger
- dispatch
- ignite
- catapult
- expel
- emit
- zap
- bring down
- open fire
- torpedo
- drop the hammer
- let fly
- let go with
- open up
- pick off
- pull the trigger
- throw lead
- bedeck
- decorate
- adorn
- trim
- deck
- gild
- ornament
- embellish
- enhance
- array
- garnish
- grace
- improve
- dress up
- make up
- prettify
- glamorize
- accord
- augment
- fit
- display
- flatter
- enrich
- ornament
- embellish
- agree
- suit
- harmonize
- garnish
- heighten
- grace
- match
- adorn
- belong to
- be appropriate
- go together
- go with
- make handsome
- prompt
- bring about
- start
- produce
- spark
- provoke
- cause
- generate
- elicit
- activate
- give rise to
- set in motion
- encircle
- surround
- abut
- flank
- adjoin
- neighbor
- trim
- frame
- rim
- enclose
- verge
- touch
- circumscribe
- skirt
- contour
- hem
- define
- march
- communicate
- line
- delineate
- join
- outline
- bind
- fringe
- edge
- decorate
- margin
- side
- be adjacent to
- mark off
- execute
- accomplish
- create
- produce
- generate
- trigger
- cause
- make
- achieve
- bring about
- bring off
- carry out
- carry through
- diagnose
- divide
- recognize
- extricate
- characterize
- tag
- identify
- determine
- categorize
- mark
- select
- signalize
- discriminate
- pinpoint
- label
- finger
- analyze
- classify
- demarcate
- separate
- singularize
- spot
- collate
- qualify
- part
- know
- decide
- judge
- estimate
- specify
- name
- sift
- place
- ascertain
- differentiate
- determinate
- make out
- individuate
- diagnosticate
- figure out
- mark off
- set apart
- single out
- sort out
- tell apart
- tell between
- tell from
- travel
- rotate
- actuate
- wander
- gyrate
- mobilize
- radiate
- circle
- revolve
- go about
- fly about
- get about
- get around
- mill around
- move around
- impel
- activate
- propel
- prepare
- muster
- gather
- actuate
- drive
- rally
- assemble
- organize
- equip
- ready
- mobilize
- animate
- marshal
- circulate
- call to arms
- catalyze
- call up
- get ready
- make ready
- put in motion
- set in motion
- repair
- fix
- improve
- outweigh
- invalidate
- countervail
- neutralize
- negative
- better
- redress
- nullify
- counterbalance
- negate
- abrogate
- counteract
- balance
- counterpoise
- annul
- atone for
- cancel out
- make amends
- contradict
- vary
- diverge
- mismatch
- depart
- separate
- disagree
- hang
- bracket
- oppose
- differentiate
- distinguish
- weigh
- balance
- deviate
- conflict
- collate
- stand out
- be a foil to
- be contrary to
- be dissimilar
- be diverse
- be unlike
- be variable
- hold a candle to
- match up
- set in opposition
- stack up against
- outweigh
- counteract
- rectify
- counterpoise
- countervail
- amend
- redeem
- compensate
- equalize
- cancel
- balance
- correct
- atone for
- make up for
- discriminate
- separate
- extricate
- comprehend
- understand
- discern
- mark
- characterize
- know
- sever
- individualize
- contrast
- demarcate
- split hairs
- severalize
- individuate
- redline
- antithesize
- discrepate
- mark off
- set apart
- tell apart
- know what's what
- discriminate
- divide
- separate
- recognize
- characterize
- qualify
- identify
- differentiate
- determine
- categorize
- analyze
- know
- diagnose
- extricate
- tag
- mark
- select
- signalize
- pinpoint
- label
- collate
- classify
- finger
- singularize
- spot
- sift
- part
- decide
- judge
- estimate
- specify
- name
- place
- ascertain
- demarcate
- individualize
- make out
- determinate
- figure out
- individuate
- diagnosticate
- mark off
- set apart
- single out
- sort out
- tell apart
- tell between
- tell from
- collapse
- mushroom
- burst
- shatter
- detonate
- erupt
- break out
- blast
- rupture
- backfire
- jet
- convulse
- shiver
- split
- fracture
- thunder
- discharge
- blaze
- flare up
- blow to kingdom come
- flame up
- kablooey
- let go
- star
- headline
- mark
- emphasize
- advertise
- promote
- spotlight
- present
- stress
- accentuate
- blaze
- underscore
- underline
- italicize
- play up
- call attention to
- make conspicuous
- point up
- shoot
- explode
- discharge
- hurl
- launch
- shell
- eject
- fling
- toss
- loose
- cast
- pitch
- heave
- let off
- pull trigger
- touch off
- perfect
- finish
- enrich
- ornament
- embellish
- beautify
- decorate
- suit
- become
- grace
- adorn
- do something for
- go with
- put in best light
- show to advantage
- trim
- bedeck
- deck
- ornament
- beautify
- decorate
- enhance
- grace
- adorn
- dress up
- fix up
- spruce up
- gussy up
- spiff up
- fly
- retire
- travel
- move
- leave
- pass
- progress
- flee
- fare
- repair
- hightail
- lam
- depart
- quit
- wend
- escape
- mosey
- near
- journey
- exit
- hie
- withdraw
- cruise
- decamp
- approach
- vamoose
- abscond
- split
- beat it
- get off
- hit the road
- light out
- pull out
- push off
- shove off
- take off
- bug out
- get away
- get going
- get lost
- make a break for it
- make for
- move out
- push on
- run along
- run away
- skip out
- take a hike
- take a powder
- take flight
- take leave
- make one's way
- bedeck
- decorate
- adorn
- crown
- glorify
- elevate
- deck
- enrich
- dignify
- ornament
- favor
- distinguish
- enhance
- garnish
- honor
- laureate
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antonyms for set off
MOST RELEVANT
- finish
- check
- stop
- halt
- dampen
- depress
- discourage
- prohibit
- deaden
- delay
- cease
- suppress
- repress
- hinder
- impede
- prevent
- block
- tranquilize
- soothe
- quiet
- lull
- calm
- deter
- dissuade
- debase
- upset
- depress
- dull
- reduce
- hurt
- halt
- discourage
- lower
- diminish
- help
- calm
- degrade
- play down
- subtract
- slow
- undermine
- hinder
- weaken
- lessen
- decrease
- soothe
- soften
- halt
- end
- check
- discourage
- separate
- divide
- stop
- hold back
- demobilize
- slow
- retard
- repress
- dissuade
- scatter
- disperse
- disorganize
- abandon
- lose
- miss
- neglect
- let go
- hold
- fail
- hurt
- ignore
- disregard
- forfeit
- sentence
- convict
- condemn
- blame
- damage
- destroy
- forget
- allow
- lose
- overlook
- confuse
- miss
- join
- ignore
- mix up
- hesitate
- misunderstand
- disarrange
- unite
- link
- connect
- combine
- lose
- support
- approve
- hurt
- break
- penalize
- forfeit
- fine
- deprive
- worsen
- validate
- permit
- injure
- destroy
- damage
- be born
- mismatch
- disagree
- break
- continue
- enter
- come
- arrive
- stop
- stay
- face
- surrender
- create
- wait
- remain
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How to use set off in a sentence
You would not think it too much to set the whole province in flames so that you could have your way with this wretched child.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINII take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
TINTINNALOGIA, OR, THE ART OF RINGINGRICHARD DUCKWORTH AND FABIAN STEDMANShe set off down Trafalgar Road in the mist and the rain, glad that she had been compelled to walk.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTGood is set against evil, and life against death: so also is the sinner against a just man.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSHe set down as the second the golden rule, “Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them.”
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEHis nose was hooked and rather large, his eyes were blue, bright as steel, and set a trifle wide.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINII shall show how it is possible thus to prolong life to the term set by God.
THE MEDIAEVAL MIND (VOLUME II OF II)HENRY OSBORN TAYLORA far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYHe was well set in the form of a man now, the months since his imprisonment having brought him much to fasten upon and hold.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENTo advance in such circumstances was out of the question, he therefore set about building a miniature hut of snow.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNESYNONYM OF THE DAY
SEPTEMBER 18, 2021
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