Synonyms of setting down

setting down

verb

present participle of set down

1

as in sitting

to cause to sit down

set the toddler down in her seat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sitting
• seating
• putting
• resting
• laying
• lying
• placing
• settling
• ensconcing
• reclining
• reposing

2

as in recording

to make a written note of

set down the names of those in attendance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recording
• logging
• writing down
• jotting (down)
• taking down
• reporting
• transcribing
• noting
• marking
• entering
• putting down
• registering
• chalking (up)
• chronicling
• enregistering
• minuting
• inscribing
• notching
• scoring

3

as in regarding

to think of in a particular way

early in the campaign, voters set the senator down as an opportunist, and the perception stuck

Synonyms & Similar Words

• regarding
• considering
• looking (on or upon)
• calling
• viewing
• counting
• taking for
• accounting
• rating
• believing
• feeling
• thinking
• holding
• esteeming
• imagining
• sensing
• reckoning
• deeming
• conceiving
• fancying