Synonyms for Set back:

• adj.

  •depressed (adjective)
  • indented,
  • sunken,
  • hollow,
  • recessed.

• n.

  •bog down (noun)
  • bog.
  •hold over (noun)
  • hold over.
  •knock back (noun)
  • knock back.
  •put-off (noun)
  • put-off.
  •put back (noun)
  • put back.
  •put over (noun)
  • put over.
  •set back (noun)
  • shelve,
  • offset,
  • postpone,
  • setoff,
  • remit,
  • table,
  • defer.

• v.

  •bog down (verb)
  • halt,
  • stall,
  • set back,
  • slacken,
  • delay,
  • sink.
  •cost (verb)
  • nick,
  • take,
  • yield,
  • require,
  • bring in,
  • rap.
  •demote (verb)
  • degrade,
  • kick downstairs,
  • Declass,
  • reduce,
  • bench,
  • lower,
  • dismiss,
  • hold back,
  • break,
  • relegate,
  • bump,
  • demerit,
  • Disrate,
  • bust,
  • demean.
  •detain (verb)
  • hinder,
  • put away,
  • run in,
  • restrain,
  • apprehend,
  • reserve,
  • jail,
  • nab,
  • check,
  • pick up,
  • confine,
  • intern,
  • pull in,
  • constrain,
  • inhibit.
  •downgrade (verb)
  • denigrate,
  • depreciate,
  • write off,
  • devalue,
  • disparage,
  • undervalue,
  • decrease,
  • minimize,
  • run down,
  • abase,
  • humble,
  • decry.
  •hold up (verb)
  • interrupt,
  • stay,
  • suspend,
  • pause,
  • stop,
  • waive,
  • interfere,
  • hold off.
  •mire (verb)
  • ensnare,
  • involve,
  • trap,
  • soil,
  • cling,
  • snare,
  • flounder,
  • implicate,
  • dirty,
  • stick,
  • embroil,
  • entrap,
  • tangle,
  • enmesh,
  • entangle.
  •repulse (verb)
  • fight off,
  • drive back,
  • ward off,
  • kick in the teeth,
  • resist,
  • throw back,
  • nix,
  • fend off,
  • put down,
  • reject,
  • rebuff,
  • heave-ho,
  • brush off,
  • rebut,
  • overthrow,
  • repel,
  • beat off,
  • stave off,
  • keep off,
  • push back.
  •retard (verb)
  • brings to screeching halt,
  • brought screeching halt,
  • brings screeching halt,
  • bringing to screeching halt,
  • chokes off,
  • brought to screeching halt,
  • bring screeching halt,
  • closes off,
  • retardating,
  • post pones,
  • retardated,
  • bringing screeching halt,
  • post-pones,
  • post pone.
  •set back (verb)
  • decelerate,
  • defeat,
  • embog,
  • reverse,
  • impede.
  •slow (verb)
  • backwatering,
  • back watering,
  • eases up,
  • wound down,
  • embogging,
  • hitting brakes,
  • re-lax,
  • winds down,
  • hits brakes,
  • lets down flaps,
  • hit brakes,
  • reduces speed,
  • loses steam,
  • back-watered,
  • letting down flaps,
  • hits the brakes,
  • losing speed,
  • back waters,
  • letted down flaps,
  • embogs,
  • reduced speed,
  • back water,
  • easing up,
  • lost speed,
  • eases off,
  • re lax,
  • reducing speed,
  • anchored it,
  • kept waiting,
  • anchors it,
  • back-watering,
  • winded down,
  • back watered,
  • losing steam,
  • anchoring it,
  • embogged,
  • reining in,
  • hitting the brakes,
  • loses speed,
  • eased off,
  • keeping waiting,
  • lost steam,
  • keeps waiting,
  • back-waters,
  • backwatered.

• Other synonyms:

  •bog down
  • slow up,
  • slow down,
  • hang up,
  • Slackened,
  • slackening,
  • slowed down,
  • slackens,
  • Sank,
  • slowed up,
  • impeded.
  •demote
  • Benched,
  • Benching,
  • kicking downstairs,
  • demeriting,
  • demerited.
  •hold up
  • Prorogued,
  • prorogues,
  • held up,
  • Proroguing.
  •repulse
  • driving back,
  • nixing,
  • Repulsing,
  • kick in teeth.
  •slow
  • Reefing,
  • rein in,
  • keep waiting,
  • winding down,
  • Back-water,
  • reins in,
  • backwaters,
  • backwater,
  • eased up,
  • ease up,
  • stunting,
  • let down flaps,
  • lose steam,
  • easing off,
  • wind down,
  • reined in,
  • ease off,
  • hit the brakes,
  • reduce speed,
  • lose speed,
  • Reefed.
  •Other relevant words:
  • accede.

Antonyms for Set back:

• adj.

  • depressed
    convex, pushed up, bulging, raised.

• v.

  • demote
    promote, upgrade, improve, rate.
  • detain
    let go, release, free, liberate.
  • downgrade
    raise.
  • hold up
    continue, allow, permit.
  • repulse
    attract, enchant.
  • set back
    advance, forward.

Homophones for Set back:

• sheatfish, set-back, setback, steps, shadowbox, stoppage, stubbs, Society Of Jesus, steepish, stepwise, sotto voce, stapes, stopcock, studbook, sit back, setophaga, stopes, stops, sweatbox, sea catfish, sea steps, sweet buckeye, shadow box, statute book, scatophagy, set piece, stypsis, sweat bag, staff office, shadbush.

Hyponym for Set back:

• v.

  • social
    hinder, impede.