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set
Synonyms and Antonyms of set
1
being in a state of fitness for some experience or action
2
firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge
3
fully committed to achieving a goal
certain, cocksure, confident, positive, sure
steady, unfaltering, unhesitating, unswerving, unwavering
adamant, adamantine, dogged, hard, hardened, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inflexible, mulish, obdurate, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rigid, self-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful (or wilful)
on one's mettle
distrustful, doubtful, dubious, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, uncertain, unconvinced, undecided, unsettled, unsure
disinclined, indisposed, loath (also loth), reluctant
4
having been established and usually not subject to change
certain, determinate, final, firm, fixed, flat, frozen, hard, hard-and-fast, inexpugnable, settled, stable
5
of a particular or exact sort
6
made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing
conscious, deliberate, intended, intentional, knowing, purposeful, purposive, voluntary, willed, willful (or wilful), witting
set
Synonyms and Antonyms of set
1
a group of people acting together within a larger group
2
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
charmed circle, elite, in-group
club, college, fellowship, guild (also gild), league, organization, society
camp, faction, sect, side, tribe
brotherhood, fraternity, order, sisterhood, sodality, sorority
alliance, bloc, coalition, confederation, congress, council, federation, union
3
a number of things considered as a unit
the whole kit and caboodle
4
one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic
description, feather, ilk, kidney, like, manner, nature, sort
branch, section, speciality, specialty, subclass, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies, variety
set
Synonyms and Antonyms of set
1
to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop
2
to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority
3
to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding
4
chiefly dialect
to rest on the buttocks or haunches
5
to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal
6
to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of
agree (on), arrange, decide, fix, settle
blueprint, calculate, chart, concert, design, draft, frame, hammer out, intrigue, lay out, maneuver, map (out), plan, program (also programme), schematize, scheme, shape, square away, work out
choose, conclude, determine, figure, opt, resolve
affirm, approve, authorize, clear, confirm, OK (or okay), sanction, warrant
close, complete, end, finalize, finish, round (off or out), wind up, wrap up
bargain, chaffer, deal, dicker, haggle, horse-trade, negotiate
dispose of
7
to put securely in place or in a desired position
extract, prize, pry, pull, root (out), tear (out), uproot, wrest, yank
8
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
9
to arrange something in a certain spot or position
10
to become physically firm or solid
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