Synonyms for Set to:

• n.

  •argument (noun)
  • talking heads.
  •bout (noun)
  • boxing match,
  • encounter,
  • round,
  • bat,
  • competition,
  • engagement,
  • match.
  •clash (noun)
  • break.
  •conflict (noun)
  • rivalry,
  • bad blood,
  • contention,
  • emulation,
  • strife,
  • interference,
  • tug-of-war,
  • antagonism,
  • concours,
  • disunity,
  • variance,
  • difference,
  • striving,
  • divided loyalties,
  • faction,
  • friction,
  • dissidence,
  • dance,
  • dissension,
  • animosity,
  • meeting,
  • factionalism,
  • hostility.
  •confrontation (noun)
  • crisis.
  •contention (noun)
  • enmity,
  • belligerency,
  • feuding,
  • wrangling,
  • flak.
  •difference (noun)
  • contrariety,
  • catamaran,
  • brush-off,
  • estrangement,
  • contretemps.
  •fracas (noun)
  • tumult.
  •fray (noun)
  • disturbance.
  •friction (noun)
  • impedance,
  • bad feeling,
  • sour note,
  • incompatibility,
  • resistance,
  • counteraction,
  • hatred,
  • resentment,
  • discontent.
  •polemic (noun)
  • word.
  •struggle (noun)
  • work.

• v.

  •argue (verb)
  • row,
  • bicker,
  • break with,
  • hassle,
  • sass,
  • quibble,
  • wrangle,
  • battle,
  • cross swords,
  • hash,
  • gang up on,
  • cross,
  • squabble,
  • lock horns,
  • jump,
  • pettifog,
  • hammer,
  • buck,
  • dispute,
  • bandy,
  • rehash,
  • hammer away,
  • quarrel.
  •attack (verb)
  • deal with,
  • plunge into,
  • start in on,
  • tackle,
  • dive into,
  • tear into.
  •buckle down (verb)
  • get serious,
  • bend,
  • concentrate on,
  • turn,
  • give oneself over to,
  • apply oneself,
  • keep one's mind on,
  • attend to,
  • put one's nose to the grindstone,
  • throw,
  • occupy oneself with,
  • knuckle down,
  • keep close to,
  • swing into action,
  • exert oneself,
  • launch into,
  • take the bull by the horns,
  • give,
  • pitch in,
  • address,
  • dedicate oneself to,
  • put one's hand to the plow,
  • devote oneself to.
  •contend (verb)
  • dictate,
  • blast,
  • have at,
  • defend,
  • have bone to pick,
  • fly in face of,
  • enjoin,
  • affirm,
  • take on,
  • claim,
  • lace into,
  • avow,
  • let have it,
  • lock horns with,
  • say,
  • vindicate,
  • insist,
  • prescribe,
  • go at,
  • urge,
  • report,
  • aver,
  • hold,
  • come at,
  • sock it to one,
  • warrant,
  • maintain,
  • allege,
  • rip,
  • put up argument,
  • zap,
  • charge,
  • justify,
  • assert,
  • mix,
  • light into,
  • lay into,
  • tell.
  •contest (verb)
  • rumpus,
  • withstand,
  • repel,
  • sock,
  • rival,
  • traverse,
  • conflict,
  • struggle,
  • scrap,
  • vie,
  • compete,
  • tilt,
  • scuffle,
  • lay out,
  • brawl,
  • strike.
  •debate (verb)
  • confab,
  • refute,
  • prove,
  • agitate,
  • canvass,
  • disprove,
  • reason,
  • question,
  • deliberate,
  • consider,
  • oppose,
  • cogitate,
  • differ,
  • answer,
  • controvert,
  • confute,
  • demonstrate,
  • rebut.
  •disagree (verb)
  • fall out,
  • discord,
  • haggle,
  • take issue,
  • go for the jugular,
  • sue,
  • controversialize,
  • bring action,
  • dissent,
  • clash,
  • spat,
  • palter,
  • spar,
  • disaccord,
  • fight,
  • divide,
  • war,
  • have words,
  • logomachize,
  • object,
  • skirmish.
  •embark on (verb)
  • get off,
  • commence,
  • engage,
  • jump off,
  • broach,
  • initiate,
  • set about,
  • open,
  • set out,
  • tee off,
  • start,
  • launch.
  •enter (verb)
  • muster,
  • set out on,
  • join,
  • subscribe,
  • lead off,
  • become member,
  • enroll,
  • participate in,
  • sign on,
  • get oneself into,
  • enlist,
  • commit oneself,
  • sign up,
  • inaugurate,
  • begin,
  • join up.
  •pettifog (verb)
  • niggle,
  • pick to pieces,
  • nitpick.
  •pitch in (verb)
  • get cracking,
  • come through,
  • help,
  • jump in,
  • go to it,
  • join in,
  • do one's bit,
  • contribute work,
  • contribute,
  • aid,
  • wade in,
  • DO,
  • lend a hand,
  • chip in,
  • get going,
  • cooperate,
  • hop to it,
  • participate,
  • help; get busy,
  • volunteer,
  • fall to.
  •quarrel (verb)
  • cavil,
  • carp,
  • caterwaul,
  • complain,
  • bump,
  • collide,
  • find fault,
  • embroil,
  • strive,
  • vary,
  • tangle,
  • disapprove.
  •quibble (verb)
  • evade,
  • make a big thing about,
  • prevaricate,
  • catch at straws,
  • argue over,
  • nit-pick,
  • waffle,
  • Paralogize,
  • pretend,
  • argufy,
  • split hairs,
  • put up an argument,
  • equivocate,
  • criticize,
  • flip-flop,
  • hem and haw,
  • shift,
  • avoid,
  • chicane,
  • hypercriticize,
  • fence,
  • blow hot and cold.
  •take up (verb)
  • continue,
  • follow through,
  • undertake,
  • proceed,
  • renew,
  • espouse,
  • pick up,
  • resume,
  • carry on,
  • embrace,
  • restart,
  • assume,
  • reopen,
  • adopt,
  • go on.
  •wade (verb)
  • paddle,
  • labor,
  • splash,
  • attempt,
  • drudge,
  • stumble,
  • toil,
  • go for,
  • bathe,
  • walk,
  • trek.

• Other synonyms:

  •attack
  • start on.
  •buckle down
  • give over to,
  • concentrating on,
  • concentrates on,
  • devote to,
  • concentrated on,
  • dedicate to,
  • devoted to,
  • dedicated to,
  • launched into,
  • take bull by the horns,
  • occupied with,
  • attended to.
  •contend
  • ripping,
  • went at,
  • had at.
  •disagree
  • Spatting,
  • discording,
  • go for jugular,
  • Warred,
  • discorded,
  • Spatted.
  •embark on
  • teed off,
  • setting out.
  •enter
  • participated in,
  • joins up,
  • signing on,
  • get into,
  • signed up,
  • signing up,
  • signs up,
  • got into,
  • leading off,
  • led off,
  • joined up.
  •pitch in
  • co-operated,
  • joining in,
  • hop it,
  • joined in,
  • getting going,
  • got going,
  • co-operating,
  • co-operate,
  • Volunteering,
  • co-operates.
  •quibble
  • chicaned,
  • nit-picking,
  • flipflop,
  • chicaning,
  • flip-flopping,
  • chicanes.

Antonyms for Set to:

• n.

  • altercation
    concord, union, unity, harmony, quiet, accord, calm, peace, agreement.
  • brush
    lot.
  • clash
    compatibility, truce.
  • conflict
    concurrence, ratification, sympathy, approval, stability, authorization.
  • contention
    consideration, affection, compliment, friendliness, praise, good will, kindness, friendship.
  • contest
    stillness, tranquility.
  • difference
    assent, likeness, uniformity, alikeness, conformity, sameness, similarity.
  • encounter
    avoidance, yielding, evasion.
  • fighting
    ceasefire.
  • fracas
    happiness.
  • friction
    liking, pleasure, love.
  • misunderstanding
    comprehension, understanding.
  • polemic
    ease.
  • quarrel
    calmness, order.
  • row
    silence.
  • scrap
    load.
  • struggle
    idleness, laziness, giving in, entertainment, success, fun.

• v.

  • argue
    harmonize, give in, ignore, abstain, comply, keep quiet, overlook, concur, agree, keep silent, make peace.
  • attack
    defend, shelter, submit, be lazy, resist, support, withstand, slough off, surrender, aid, sustain, retreat, shield, protect.
  • buckle down
    relax.
  • contend
    forget, divide, give up, abandon, deny, leave, question, desert, cede, unmix, separate.
  • contest
    assist, allow, yield, resign, help.
  • debate
    endorse, prove, go along.
  • disagree
    approve, coincide, join, accept, consent, acquiesce.
  • enter
    delete, withdraw, refrain, end, erase, die, stop, go, conclude, depart, finish, complete, exit, avoid, dodge.
  • pitch in
    hinder, prevent, hurt.
  • quarrel
    keep, sanction.
  • quibble
    face, tell truth, meet.
  • take up
    close, halt, release, cease, exclude, neglect, reject.
  • wade
    idle, laze.