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Est. 1828
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Synonyms of setting (to)

  • as in settling (down)
  • as in settling (down)
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setting (to)

verb

Definition of setting (to)next
present participle of set (to)
as in settling (down)

Related Words

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  • settling (down)
  • knuckling down
  • wearing out
  • concerning
  • involving
  • carrying on
  • putting out
  • plunging (in)
  • addressing
  • committing
  • engaging
  • plugging (away)
  • busying
  • reapplying
  • pitching in
  • readdressing
  • taxing
  • devoting
  • buckling
  • applying
  • exerting
  • troubling
  • exhausting
  • bending
  • spending
  • stressing
  • pegging (away)
  • giving
  • plowing
  • straining
  • working
  • grinding
  • hustling
  • plodding
  • humping

Dissimilar Words

  • fooling around
  • fiddling (around)
  • puttering (around)
  • messing around
  • pottering (around)
  • monkeying (around)
  • playing
  • idling
  • trifling
  • dawdling
  • dallying
  • dillydallying

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setting straight
setting (to)
setting up
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“Setting (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/setting%20%28to%29. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.

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