Synonyms of sets up

sets up

verb

present tense third-person singular of set up

1

as in puts

to arrange something in a certain spot or position

set up tables in the living room for the party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• puts
• situates
• places
• positions
• deposits
• locates
• lays
• sticks
• sets
• disposes
• emplaces
• fixes
• parks
• plants
• deposes
• moves
• shifts
• slaps
• establishes
• claps
• locks
• lays out
• rearranges
• sets down
• orients
• carries
• plops
• collects
• assembles
• reorders
• flops
• lines up
• ranks
• plonks
• plunks down
• plumps
• plunks
• anchors
• ensconces
• affixes
• settles
• lodges
• planks
• niches
• arrays
• wedges
• berths
• queues

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• takes
• removes
• relocates
• replaces
• supersedes
• displaces
• banishes
• supplants
• dislodges

2

as in founds

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of

set up a scholarship fund for deserving students from the inner city

Synonyms & Similar Words

• founds
• establishes
• initiates
• creates
• introduces
• launches
• institutes
• pioneers
• plants
• begins
• constitutes
• inaugurates
• starts
• constructs
• originates
• innovates
• cooks (up)
• authors
• organizes
• fathers
• thinks (up)
• makes up
• develops
• produces
• manufactures
• devises
• invents
• conceives
• puts up
• expands
• funds
• concocts
• systemizes
• finances
• contrives
• refounds
• enlarges
• subsidizes
• fabricates
• endows
• systematizes
• arranges
• reinitiates
• reinstitutes
• relaunches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shuts (up)
• closes (down)
• ends
• stops
• abolishes
• phases out
• nullifies
• annihilates
• annuls
• finishes
• terminates
• rounds (off or out)
• winds up
• halts
• wraps up

3

as in erects

to fix in an upright position

set up a post from which to hang the sign

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erects
• raises
• puts up
• lifts
• rears
• hoists
• pitches
• upends
• upraises
• ups
• shores (up)
• supports
• elevates
• braces
• props (up)
• buttresses
• upholds
• perks (up)
• picks up
• hikes
• uplifts
• heightens
• cranes
• boosts
• jacks (up)
• heaves
• hefts

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• levels
• knocks down
• tears down
• flattens
• demolishes
• razes

4

as in builds

to form by putting together parts or materials

set up the prefabricated shed by following the instructions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• builds
• constructs
• assembles
• makes
• creates
• pieces
• puts up
• makes up
• confects
• puts together
• erects
• manufactures
• designs
• produces
• establishes
• raises
• fabricates
• rears
• generates
• shapes
• rebuilds
• cooks (up)
• throws up
• prefabricates
• begins
• organizes
• concocts
• originates
• molds
• frames
• institutes
• fashions
• fathers
• rigs (up)
• coins
• initiates
• thinks (up)
• founds
• hammers
• constitutes
• forges
• imagines
• devises
• invents
• innovates
• inaugurates
• reconstructs
• reedifies
• conceives
• carpenters
• combines
• reassembles
• handcrafts
• contrives
• unites
• retrofits
• jerry-builds
• redevelops

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• takes down
• knocks down
• tears down
• strikes
• levels
• pulls down
• dismantles
• destroys
• blows up
• disassembles
• dismembers
• flattens
• ruins
• smashes
• demounts
• shatters
• wrecks
• pulverizes
• demolishes
• razes
• explodes
• devastates
• ruinates
• disengages
• detaches
• divides
• separates
• disconnects
• disjoins
• disunites

5

as in heals

to restore to a healthy condition

don't worry, the doctor will set you up in no time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• heals
• rehabilitates
• cures
• fixes
• treats
• repairs
• ministers (to)
• attends (to)
• relieves
• revives
• alleviates
• physics
• cares (for)
• mends
• rehabs
• doctors
• nurses
• revitalizes
• renews
• rejuvenates
• remedies
• medicates
• fortifies
• resuscitates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wounds
• damages
• hurts
• impairs
• harms
• injures
• lames
• disables
• cripples
• afflicts
• saps
• weakens
• mutilates
• maims
• wastes
• lacerates
• lays up
• ails
• sickens
• mangles
• debilitates
• enervates
• enfeebles