Synonyms for set-up
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : set-uhp |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛtˌʌp |
Top 10 synonyms for set-up Other synonyms for the word set-up
- abiding
- adjusted
- advised
- aforethought
- alike
- all bases covered
- all set
- all systems go
- all together
- ambush
- analytical
- arranged
- arranged date
- association
- available
- baited trap
- businesslike
- by the book
- by the numbers
- careful
- changeless
- charity
- circumscribed
- clean
- company
- confirmed
- considered
- constitution
- contrived
- conventional
- corporation
- correct
- creation
- cut-and-dried
- deadfall
- decided
- decoy
- deliberate
- designed
- determinate
- disciplined
- disposed
- efficient
- endowment
- enduring
- establishment
- exact
- firm
- fit
- fixed
- framed
- framed up
- gaffed
- groomed
- guild
- handy
- hidden danger
- in a groove
- in apple-pie order
- in good shape
- in order
- in readiness
- in shape
- in the bag
- inalterable
- inauguration
- inclined
- inflexible
- institute
- institution
- intentional
- inveterate
- laid-out
- land mine
- level
- limited
- logical
- methodic
- methodized
- meticulous
- minded
- mine
- mousetrap
- narrow
- neat
- neat as button
- neat as pin
- never-failing
- of a mind
- on guard
- ordered
- orderly
- organization
- origination
- painstaking
- pitfall
- planned
- plantation
- prearranged
- precise
- predisposed
- prepense
- prepped
- primed
- processed
- psyched-up
- purposed
- put up
- qualified
- regular
- regulated
- rehearsed
- resolved
- restricted
- rigged
- rooted
- scientific
- scrupulous
- set
- set-up
- settled
- settlement
- sewed-up
- sewn-up
- shipshape
- slick
- snare
- society
- spick-and-span
- stacked
- stacked deck
- stated
- steadfast
- steady
- still
- stipulated
- structured
- studied
- sure
- systematic
- systematical
- systematized
- thorough
- thought-out
- tidy
- to rights
- together
- trap
- trim
- trip wire
- trusteeship
- unbending
- unblinking
- unchangeable
- uncluttered
- undeviating
- unfaltering
- unflinching
- uniform
- unmodifiable
- unmovable
- unqualified
- unwavering
- up
- up on
- well-regulated
- willful
- willing
- wired
Définition of set-up
Origin :- "arrangement," 1890, from verbal phrase set up, attested from c.1200 as "to make ready for use" and from 1950 (in pugilism) as "to bring (someone) to a vulnerable position;" from set (v.) + up (adv.). The verbal phrase also can mean "to establish" (early 15c.) and "put drinks before customers" (1880).
- As in methodical/methodic : adj organized, precise
- As in orderly : adj methodical, organized
- As in premeditated : adj planned, intended
- As in prepared : adj ready in body or mind
- As in methodic : adj methodical
- As in systematical : adj methodical
- As in fixed : adj intent, resolute; established
- As in booby trap : noun concealed trap
- As in blind date : noun date with an unknown person
- As in start-up : noun foundation
- As in foundation : noun established institution
- "You do seem to have quite a set-up here," I said, off-hand.
- Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
- "I can't understand why you ever included me in this set-up to begin with," he said.
- Extract from : « One-Way Ticket to Nowhere » by Leroy Yerxa
- I don't know anything about the set-up except what you've told me.
- Extract from : « Monsoons of Death » by Gerald Vance
- Wasted in Set-up; anyone could punch cards, with a little practice.
- Extract from : « The Romantic Analogue » by W.W. Skupeldyckle
- This victim compensation—I could claim it, even though the deal was a set-up?
- Extract from : « Star Hunter » by Andre Alice Norton
- "I don't like the set-up in town," Red was saying peevishly.
- Extract from : « Ralestone Luck » by Andre Norton
- I look at that set-up the way I look at the landscape yonder.
- Extract from : « Operation: Outer Space » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
- He did not point out that Hughie was a set-up, a second-rater.
- Extract from : « Winner Take All » by Larry Evans
- Comin' here wid his set-up ways, an' schornin' a bit of dhrink!
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 » by Various
- They certainly excited my admiration by the precision of their movements, their set-up, and their general appearance.
- Extract from : « The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga » by Cornelis De Witt Willcox
Antonyms for set-up
- accidental
- bad
- broken
- casual
- changeable
- changing
- chaotic
- complicated
- confused
- disinclined
- disorderly
- disorganized
- flexible
- ignorant
- impermanent
- imprecise
- in disrepair
- inconsistent
- indefinite
- inexact
- irresolute
- misbehaving
- moving
- neglectful
- questionable
- rough
- sloppy
- slovenly
- soft
- spontaneous
- unable
- uncertain
- undecided
- unestablished
- unfixed
- unintentional
- unlimited
- unmethodical
- unmethodical/unmethodic
- unplanned
- unprepared
- unready
- unreliable
- unruly
- unstable
- unsteady
- unsystematic
- untidy
- unwilling
- variable
- weak
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