Synonyms and Antonyms of set aside
1
to keep or intend for a special purpose
- He set aside $100 a month for a down payment on a car.
2
to put an end to by formal action
- The company set aside the old strict dress code and allowed employees to dress a little more casually.
abate, abolish, abrogate, annul, avoid, cancel, disannul, dissolve, invalidate, negate, null, nullify, quash, repeal, rescind, roll back, strike down, vacate, void
countermand, override, overrule, overturn, veto
abort, call, call off, drop, recall, retract, reverse, revoke, suspend, withdraw
ban, enjoin, forbid, outlaw, prohibit
disallow, dismiss, reject
annihilate, break down, eliminate, eradicate, erase, liquidate, remove, throw out, write off
enact, lay down, legislate
establish, found, institute
formalize, legalize, legitimate, legitimize, validate
pass, ratify
allow, approve, authorize, clear, endorse (also indorse), permit, sanction, warrant
command, decree, mandate, order, prescribe
3
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
- The professional organizer helped us set aside anything we didn't need or want anymore.
cashier, cast (off), chuck, deep-six, discard, ditch, dump, eighty-six (or 86), exorcise (also exorcize), fling (off or away), jettison, junk, lay by, lose, pitch, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough (off) also
sluff (off)
, throw away, throw out, toss, unload
abandon, abdicate, desert, forsake
dismiss, kick out
abolish, annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, remove, root (out), stamp (out), wipe out
4
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place
- She set aside her wedding dress in case her own daughter might want to wear it some day.
cache, hoard, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put by, salt away, squirrel (away), stash, stockpile, store, stow, treasure
accumulate, acquire, amass, assemble, collect, concentrate, garner, gather, pick up, round up, scrape (together)
heap, pile, stack
conserve, husband, preserve
bank, coffer, deposit, hold, keep, reserve, retain, save, set by, stock, withhold
bury, conceal, ensconce, secrete
cast, discard, ditch, dump, fling (off or away), jettison, throw away, throw out, unload
consume, squander, use up, waste
hand out, hand over, relinquish, surrender
blow, dissipate, fritter (away), lavish, misspend, run through, spend
deplete, exhaust, expend, impoverish
dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter
