Synonyms of setting down

setting down

verb

present participle of set down

1

as in sitting

to cause to sit down

set the toddler down in her seat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sitting
• seating
• putting
• resting
• laying
• lying
• placing
• settling
• ensconcing
• reclining
• reposing

2

as in recording

to make a written note of

set down the names of those in attendance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recording
• logging
• writing down
• jotting (down)
• taking down
• reporting
• transcribing
• noting
• marking
• entering
• putting down
• registering
• chalking (up)
• chronicling
• enregistering
• minuting
• inscribing
• notching
• scoring

3

as in regarding

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

• regarding
• considering
• looking (on or upon)
• calling
• viewing
• counting
• taking for
• accounting
• rating
• believing
• feeling
• thinking
• holding
• esteeming
• imagining
• sensing
• reckoning
• deeming
• conceiving
• fancying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of setting down

Some of the deals have pages of guardrails and approval rights, setting down boundaries for any future use of these replicas. — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026

Kicking a ball, setting down your bike's kickstand, or making a splash in the water, use your feet to kick-start some fun! — Holly Lebowitz Rossi, Parents, 2 July 2026

Her uncle, Lee Kuan Yew, was Singapore’s first prime minister, credited with setting down an approach to economic development that helped make the city-state one of Asia’s richest and most developed societies. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 1 June 2026

Robb Report’s culinary spectacular is setting down roots in the Big Easy next month. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2026

Woo yielded one hit over seven brilliant innings, setting down his last 12 batters and recording six strikeouts while matching the longest scoreless start of his career. — CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026

Avery Sullivan, with whom Morris also plays in the country-rock band Fust, keeps loose time on drums, tapping the snare like someone setting down coffee mugs while Libby Rodenbough scrapes out a few melody lines on her fiddle and colors empty spaces with some ghostly tremolo. — Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 1 Apr. 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