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See definition of set up on Dictionary.com
  • verbstart
  • verbstimulate
  • adj.orderly

synonyms for set up

  • arrange
  • assemble
  • begin
  • build
  • build up
  • construct
  • create
  • erect
  • establish
  • found
  • inaugurate
  • initiate
  • install
  • institute
  • introduce
  • launch
  • open
  • organize
  • prepare
  • put up
  • raise
  • strengthen
  • back
  • compose
  • constitute
  • elevate
  • make provision for
  • originate
  • prearrange
  • put together
  • rear
  • subsidize
  • usher in
  • arranged
  • fixed
  • methodic
  • methodical/methodic
  • orderly
  • prearranged
  • premeditated
  • prepared
  • systematic
  • systematical
On this page you'll find 169 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to set up, such as: arrange, assemble, begin, build, build up, and construct.

antonyms for set up

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  • cease
  • close
  • conclude
  • confuse
  • decrease
  • demolish
  • destroy
  • disarrange
  • dismantle
  • disorder
  • disorganize
  • disperse
  • end
  • finish
  • ignore
  • lessen
  • neglect
  • raze
  • ruin
  • scatter
  • stop
  • weaken
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      How to use set up in a sentence

      The scarlet calico canopy was again set up over the bed, and the woven cradle, on its red manzanita frame, stood near.
      RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
      The king's statue was again set up in Guild hall, London, and the states arms taken down.
      THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELL
      While the majority pulled in one way there was an active minority that wished the Nana to set up an independent kingdom.
      THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY
      And now notice the peculiar relation that is set up between the monopolist's production and the satisfaction of human wants.
      THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCK
      He hath chosen strong wood, and that will not rot: the skilful workman seeketh how he may set up an idol that may not be moved.
      THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
      He went up to Jorgensen and asked where he could set up a temporary ticket office for Interplanet.
      FEE OF THE FRONTIERHORACE BROWN FYFE
      These urns are afterwards set up in the passages of the church, or sometimes even taken home by the relations.
      A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFER
      They split up into rival factions, each one wanting to set up a government of its own.
      THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMAN
      Large tents were set up, and the sufferers were nursed back to health and strength.
      ALILA, OUR LITTLE PHILIPPINE COUSINMARY HAZELTON WADE
      A large cross bearing a wooden crown was set up on the top of a high hill near the shore.
      ALILA, OUR LITTLE PHILIPPINE COUSINMARY HAZELTON WADE
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      WORDS RELATED TO SET UP

      • compile
      • connect
      • construct
      • contrive
      • erect
      • fabricate
      • fashion
      • fit
      • form
      • join
      • make
      • manufacture
      • model
      • mold
      • piece together
      • produce
      • set up
      • shape
      • unite
      • weld
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