set
set
nounDefinition of SET
1
a group of people acting together within a larger group <the younger set is less likely to volunteer for the church's annual rummage sale>
2
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially <they rarely associate with anyone outside their social set>
Synonyms body, bunch, circle, clan, clique, community, coterie, coven, crowd, fold, galère, klatch (also klatsch), lot, network, pack, ring, set
Related Words charmed circle, elite, in-group; closed shop; club, college, fellowship, guild (also gild), league, organization, society; camp, faction, sect, side, tribe; mess, squad; brotherhood, fraternity, order, sisterhood, sodality, sorority; commune; alliance, bloc, coalition, confederation, congress, council, federation, union
Near Antonyms loner; individualist
3
a number of things considered as a unit <a set of tools>
Synonyms array, assemblage, band, bank, batch, battery, block, bunch, clot, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, constellation, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, muster, package, parcel, passel, set, suite
Related Words accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomeration; agglomeration, assortment, hodgepodge, jumble, miscellany, mixture, odds and ends, sundries, variety; cycle, run, series, suit
4
one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic <the next set of job applicants had far more education and practical experience>
Synonyms bracket, category, classification, division, family, genus, grade, group, kind, league, order, rank(s), rubric, set, species, tier, type
Related Words description, feather, ilk, kidney, like, manner, nature, sort; branch, section, speciality, specialty, subclass, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies, variety; breed, race; generation; heading, label, title
5
the array of painted backgrounds and furnishings used to establish the setting in a stage production <built sets for the play>
