Synonyms of set down

set down

verb

1

as in to sit

to cause to sit down

set the toddler down in her seat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sit
• seat
• put
• lay
• rest
• lie
• place
• settle
• ensconce
• repose
• recline

2

as in to record

to make a written note of

set down the names of those in attendance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• record
• log
• write down
• report
• transcribe
• take down
• note
• jot (down)
• mark
• put down
• enter
• register
• minute
• chronicle
• chalk (up)
• enregister
• inscribe
• notch
• score

3

as in to consider

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

• consider
• regard
• call
• view
• count
• look (on or upon)
• take for
• account
• believe
• feel
• think
• hold
• rate
• imagine
• reckon
• deem
• esteem
• sense
• conceive
• fancy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of set down

Inside, everything is already in place –– a scene set down to the last detail. —Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026

Many Americans only know the anger and tension with Iran that has grown from those roots set down during the middle of the last century. —Daniel Thomas Potts, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026

As much as the players try to avoid it — by logging off social media, by setting down their phones and by focusing on their training and process — some of the team's biggest names acknowledged it this week. —Becky Sullivan, NPR, 28 Mar. 2026

To judge by the disorienting sound of this album, middle-aged motherhood for her has been less an experience of setting down roots than of ripping them up. —Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026