Antonyms for set-back

Grammar : Noun

Spell : set-bak

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛtˌbæk

Definition of set-back

As in amount : noun total

Example sentences :

If we don't get her out he'll have a set-back, but if they show her to him it'll kill him.
Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington

War is a word that means agony to many and a set-back to all.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

Don't you think that, an' have a set-back when you find it ain't!
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

A set-back because the work had been begun with rough tools and lack of material.
Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various

That was the first set-back, and the next one was ten times worse.
Extract from : « We Ten » by Lyda Farrington Kraus

Then there comes the striving to change life and again the set-back.
Extract from : « The Journal of Leo Tolstoi (First Volume--1895-1899) » by Leo Tolstoi

It was a set-back to Denver, and two years of stagnation followed.
Extract from : « The Crest of the Continent » by Ernest Ingersoll

From everywhere, except one, had come either news of defeat or set-back.
Extract from : « No Defense, Complete » by Gilbert Parker

The girls will be in shape to travel by New Years, if there is no set-back.
Extract from : « The Corner House Girls on Palm Island » by Grace Brooks Hill

Business and population showed no set-back in their progress.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 » by Various

Synonyms for set-back

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