Definition for Setting:

• In vbl senses; esp.: the music of a song &c.; the metal or other frame in which a gem is set, ( transf.) surroundings of any object regarded as its framework or as accessories setting it off, environment, ( Theatr.) way a play is put on the stage, scenery, properties, costumes, &c.; s. -board, on which entomological specimens are set; s. -box, in which s. -boards are kept like shelves or drawers; s. -needle, needle in wooden handle used in setting specimens; s. -rule, brass or steel plate with which type is kept temporarily in place as it is set up; s. -stick, used in setting type.

Synonyms for Setting:

• n.

  •
  • factor,
  • imperial,
  • geocentric,
  • graduation,
  • measure,
  • metric,
  • absolute,
  • calibration,
  • metrication,
  • gradation.
  •
  • aside,
  • ad lib,
  • content,
  • denouement,
  • backstory,
  • comic relief,
  • act,
  • action,
  • the credits,
  • contrivance.
  •
  • bass,
  • arrangement,
  • concerto,
  • air,
  • adagio,
  • allegro,
  • chorus,
  • cantata,
  • performing arts,
  • chant,
  • andante.
  •
  • center.
  •
  • charm,
  • clasp.
  •
  • china,
  • dinner service,
  • crockery,
  • cutlery,
  • earthenware,
  • crocks,
  • bone china,
  • canteen,
  • dishes,
  • cruet.
  •adjustment (noun)
  • re dress,
  • re-dress,
  • correctings,
  • re pairing,
  • re adjustments,
  • re-pairings,
  • re pairings,
  • re-dresses,
  • regulatings,
  • organizings,
  • re-pairing,
  • re dresses,
  • re adjustment,
  • repairings.
  •arena (noun)
  • battlefield,
  • bailiwick,
  • locale,
  • circus,
  • dominion,
  • campus,
  • colosseum,
  • gallery,
  • area,
  • battle-ground,
  • theater,
  • pen,
  • precinct,
  • hall,
  • ground,
  • realm,
  • ring,
  • gymnasium,
  • auditorium,
  • field,
  • room,
  • courtyard,
  • province,
  • enclosure,
  • arena,
  • hippodrome,
  • turf,
  • circle,
  • beat,
  • circuit,
  • region,
  • amphitheater,
  • domain.
  •background (noun)
  • background.
  •contrast (noun)
  • foil.
  •countryside (noun)
  • non urban area,
  • nonurban area,
  • non urban areas,
  • nonurban areas,
  • boonieses,
  • non-urban areas.
  •environment (noun)
  • conditions.
  •foil (noun)
  • counter blows,
  • de-fenses,
  • counter-blows,
  • anti thesis,
  • de fenses,
  • counter-blow,
  • anti-thesis.
  •frame (noun)
  • out lines,
  • out-lines,
  • out-line,
  • out line.
  •hardening (noun)
  • crystallization,
  • Crystallizations.
  •place setting (noun)
  • place setting.
  •scaffold (noun)
  • lsceneries.
  •scene (noun)
  • out looks,
  • out look,
  • re presentations,
  • dis plays,
  • dis play,
  • dis-play,
  • re presentation,
  • out-look,
  • re-presentations,
  • out-looks,
  • dis-plays.
  •scene, background (noun)
  • stage setting,
  • horizon,
  • backdrop,
  • context,
  • shade,
  • stage set,
  • distance,
  • jungle,
  • perspective,
  • framework,
  • surroundings,
  • shadow,
  • ambience.
  •scenery (noun)
  • vista.
  •scope (noun)
  • scope.
  •setting (noun)
  • mount.
  •situation (noun)
  • situations,
  • longitudes,
  • longitude.
  •solidification (noun)
  • ossification,
  • calcifications,
  • Casehardening,
  • calcification,
  • ossifications,
  • petrification,
  • fossilization.
  •stage (noun)
  • off broadways,
  • offbroadways,
  • off-broadways,
  • show bizzes,
  • off broadway,
  • offbroadway.
  •stage setting (noun)
  • trompe-l'oeil,
  • film set.
  •surroundings (noun)
  • sur roundings,
  • sur-roundings.

• v.

  •allotting (verb)
  • budgeting,
  • measuring,
  • slicing,
  • splitting,
  • sharing,
  • apportioning,
  • dealing,
  • Dispensing,
  • dividing,
  • Allowing,
  • allocating,
  • partitioning,
  • Earmarking,
  • Portioning,
  • rationing,
  • giving,
  • Meting,
  • cutting,
  • Allotting,
  • parceling,
  • Distributing,
  • segmenting.
  •attributing (verb)
  • marking,
  • Imputing,
  • branding,
  • Attaching,
  • casting,
  • connecting,
  • Ascribing,
  • Applying,
  • Attributing,
  • Referring,
  • Placing,
  • Blaming,
  • Crediting,
  • Citing,
  • assigning,
  • Acknowledging,
  • Accrediting.
  •changing (verb)
  • Adapting,
  • varying,
  • reforming,
  • Deviating,
  • transiting,
  • Converting,
  • altering,
  • Transforming,
  • Transposing,
  • Adjusting,
  • changing,
  • Modifying,
  • mutating,
  • Diversifying,
  • vacillating,
  • Transfiguring,
  • fluctuating,
  • Modulating.
  •compensating (verb)
  • Neutralizing,
  • Canceling,
  • Counteracting,
  • counterbalancing,
  • balancing,
  • offsetting,
  • Correcting,
  • Nullifying,
  • Squaring,
  • Compensating,
  • tuning.
  •congealing (verb)
  • thickening,
  • Congealing,
  • jelling,
  • solidifying,
  • Coagulating.
  •enacting (verb)
  • Decreeing,
  • Ordaining,
  • Enacting,
  • legislating.
  •hardening (verb)
  • solidification.
  •preparing (verb)
  • fitting,
  • fashioning,
  • warming up,
  • making,
  • Constructing,
  • Mobilizing,
  • developing,
  • Formulating,
  • Furnishing,
  • fostering,
  • drafting,
  • priming,
  • Currying,
  • outfitting,
  • equipping,
  • Fabricating,
  • dressing,
  • readying.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • city,
  • vicinity,
  • bead.
  •
  • change,
  • circumstances,
  • service,
  • site,
  • stronghold,
  • citadel,
  • facet,
  • whereabouts.
  •
  • hub,
  • location,
  • capital.
  •
  • spot.
  •
  • base,
  • part.
  •
  • place,
  • point.
  •
  • way.
  •
  • set.

Paraphrases for Setting:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    settings.

• Forward Entailment

  • Preposition or subordinating conjunction
    set.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    Configuring, peacemaking, recosting.
  • Proper noun, singular
    requirements, Guidelines, considerations, Securities, Habitats, limits, Programs, Configuring, determining, tuning.
  • Noun, plural
    arrangements, fixations, defaults, contours, accords.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    mis, Configuring, bringing, Ascertaining, positioning, tightening, Instituting, Attaching, re-costing, designation, tuning, compiling, peacemaking, recosting.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    priorities, existing, Ceasing, eestablishing, restructuring, vaststelling, Mainstreaming, stopping, stressing, seeking, specific, Staking, targeting, Vesting, Attributing, asserting, Characterizing, Designating, sending, Constituting, constitutes, restricting, Estimating, Stipulated, Stipulating, stipulates, Suggesting, creates, demonstrating, betting, representing, Consolidating, Inserting, where, Translating, increasing, allocating, Generating, staring, Illustrating, stoking, Prescribing, seeing, stabilising, Practising, pursuing, Expecting, Registering, Incorporating, mechanisms, Anticipating, Addressing, disappearing, contributing, Acknowledging, entrenching, concluding, Igniting, striking, using, enter, entering, leaving, supporting, imposing, Facilitating, practices, Delineating, sealing, triggering, Enshrining, Constructing, emphasising, casting, arresting, Concentrating, acquiring, calculating, advancing, serving, redefining, locating, Exposing, Envisaging, erupting, Exhibiting, integrating, Tendering, Proposing, delimiting, Donating, Utilizing, commissioning, prioritizing, Expressing, Elaborating, finalising, realising, closing, Exerting, assigning, pretending, issuing, organising, finalizing, engaging, Describing, Outlining, prevention, Dictating, Sharpening, Indicating, Considering, sticking, improving, measuring, expanding, letting, Committing, changing, Appointing, Influencing, finishing, Delivering, profiling, emphasizing, emerging, erecting, Extending, challenging, challenges, Noting, Deploying, confronting, connecting, pushing, Pertaining, detecting, embracing, declaration, resulting, Predicting, governing, Managing, open, Declaring, Authorizing, Manufacturing, provoking, highlighting, retaining, rendering, showcasing, Mentioning, Fomenting, Realizing, protecting, Receiving, solving, tailoring, Recognizing, Stating, documenting, recovering, Evidencing, convening, resolving, rebuilding, Comprising, blazing, places, confirming, Tabling, Treating, arranging, proceeding, Hosting, posting, posing, Requiring, becoming, trace, tracing, Embodying, agreeing, sleeping, Containing, depicting, Enforcing, upholding, Achieving, deciding, train, Preventing, getting, Displaying, Adapting, appearing, conforming, guiding, beating, Consisting, deriving, briefing, reflecting, Fulfilling, pinpointing, charting, draft, Adopting, sparking, inflaming, zero, condemning, watching, scoring, Conferring, regarding, regards, concerning, conducting, supplying, ending, 0, Effecting, Repairing, Pioneering, benefiting, Explaining, Relating, featuring, complying, Throwing, Forcing, Obtaining, performing, balancing, pointing, hitting, fueling, functioning, Myself, Proving, ruling, Affirming, Involving, Checking, breaking, combining, ticking, flying, clarifying, underlining, helping, opting, keeping, updating, freeing, paving, facing, counselling, wearing, fine-tune, slipping, lending, revealing, Sourcing, grading, Amending, Granting, preaching, reviewing, lighting, saying, reaching, Amounting, ordering, Quitting, focusing, focussing, Affording, Policing, branching, Waging, Modifying, yielding, agenda, blocking, pitting, Carrying, Pooling, Relying, halting, snapping, Having, Spanning, trying, rearing, heading, how, planting, Referring, Discussing, causing, showing, Adding, leading, detailing, Allowing, failing, Dialing, knowing, Including, going, Applying, bearing, Clamping, dropping, Claiming, counting, covering, playing, marking, looking, controlling, killing, cooking, flagging, according, dealing, Forming, 1000, shedding, Linking, paying, calling, rolling, acting, Standards, running, naming, vi, Doing, Him, Configuring, settling, bringing, devising, Adjusting, Ascertaining, determining, defining, positioning, Instituting, Attaching, tuning, compiling, peacemaking, recosting, wrapping.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    formulates, makes, configurations.

• Other Related

  • Preposition or subordinating conjunction
    establish.
  • Adjective
    set, configuration, devising, setup, defining, tuning, establish, configure, set-up.
  • Proper noun, singular
    sets, Standards, set, changes, establishments, configuration, configurations, Adjusting, setup, defining, establish, configure, set-up, definition, definitions, wrapping.
  • Noun, plural
    setups, adjusters, fits, configuration, configurations.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    set, settling, configuration, devising, Adjusting, Affixing, setup, defining, scenery, atmosphere, establish, configure, set-up, definition, wrapping, backdrop.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    settings, configuration, tightening.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    settings, configuration.

Antonyms for Setting:

• n.

  • scene, background
    brightness, light.
  • Other antonyms:
    rising.

Setting Sentence Examples:

• The sun was setting over the hills behind him as he entered the little town.

• Rather they would be setting their own places in order in case their turn came next.

Homophones for Setting:

• shutting, succeeding, set to music, shooting, shouting, sudanese, stannous, scudding, sodomise, stomach ache, siding, sheeting, staidness, steaming, scathing, sitting, squatting, sedateness, systemize, shadiness, swathing, stoning, six times, Stonehenge, stung, seediness, stomach, staining, sheet music, suddenness, shading, steadying, systemise, studying, sting, squattiness, sootiness, shadowing, soothing, stone age, siddons, satang, scouting, seating, stanch, stunning, Seth Thomas, stenosis, sea tang, stannic, St. Thomas, St. Denis, station house, suiting, stonewash, shadowiness, squatness, stink, sheathing, stinky, stance, sustenance, sweetening, St. Nick, satanic, stoutness, sodding, systemic, stomachache, stewing, stomachic, staunch, St. Athanasius, stingy, shoddiness, stone-wash, Steaminess, sighting, sweating, steadiness, stowing, seething, shedding, Sweetness, sauteing, Stations, sadness, sightedness, stotinka, St. Dominic, stanza, saddening, sodomize, stench, skating.

Hypernym for Setting:

• n.

  • location
    scenario.

Hyponym for Setting:

• n.

  • location
    environs, surround, place, surroundings, environment, position.