Synonyms of setting up

setting up

verb

present participle of set up

1

as in putting

to arrange something in a certain spot or position

set up tables in the living room for the party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• putting
• situating
• placing
• positioning
• locating
• depositing
• laying
• sticking
• disposing
• setting
• fixing
• parking
• deposing
• planting
• emplacing
• lining up
• establishing
• plunking down
• shifting
• moving
• locking
• laying out
• rearranging
• clapping
• orienting
• reordering
• setting down
• slapping
• carrying
• assembling
• collecting
• flopping
• berthing
• affixing
• plopping
• planking
• plumping
• anchoring
• wedging
• ranking
• lodging
• settling
• queuing
• plunking
• niching
• ensconcing
• arraying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• removing
• taking
• relocating
• replacing
• displacing
• banishing
• superseding
• supplanting
• dislodging

2

as in founding

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of

set up a scholarship fund for deserving students from the inner city

Synonyms & Similar Words

• founding
• establishing
• pioneering
• initiating
• introducing
• creating
• launching
• beginning
• instituting
• thinking (up)
• planting
• inaugurating
• constituting
• cooking (up)
• starting
• making up
• constructing
• originating
• innovating
• organizing
• developing
• inventing
• manufacturing
• authoring
• producing
• putting up
• devising
• funding
• expanding
• financing
• conceiving
• enlarging
• fathering
• concocting
• fabricating
• subsidizing
• contriving
• endowing
• arranging
• systematizing
• relaunching
• systemizing
• reinstituting
• reinitiating
• refounding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• closing (down)
• shutting (up)
• phasing out
• abolishing
• ending
• finishing
• winding up
• stopping
• terminating
• halting
• nullifying
• annulling
• annihilating
• rounding (off or out)
• wrapping up

3

as in erecting

to fix in an upright position

set up a post from which to hang the sign

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erecting
• raising
• putting up
• rearing
• lifting
• hoisting
• pitching
• propping (up)
• shoring (up)
• upending
• jacking (up)
• bracing
• supporting
• picking up
• elevating
• upraising
• perking (up)
• upping
• upholding
• buttressing
• hiking
• uplifting
• craning
• heightening
• boosting
• heaving
• hefting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tearing down
• leveling
• flattening
• demolishing
• knocking down
• razing

4

as in building

to form by putting together parts or materials

set up the prefabricated shed by following the instructions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• building
• constructing
• assembling
• making up
• making
• putting together
• putting up
• creating
• erecting
• manufacturing
• establishing
• fabricating
• designing
• piecing
• producing
• rearing
• thinking (up)
• raising
• cooking (up)
• confecting
• throwing up
• rebuilding
• generating
• rigging (up)
• shaping
• organizing
• molding
• beginning
• originating
• forging
• concocting
• framing
• inventing
• fashioning
• hammering
• initiating
• founding
• reconstructing
• innovating
• constituting
• instituting
• inaugurating
• imagining
• carpentering
• coining
• devising
• prefabricating
• handcrafting
• retrofitting
• reedifying
• combining
• fathering
• conceiving
• reassembling
• redeveloping
• jerry-building
• contriving
• uniting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tearing down
• taking down
• knocking down
• pulling down
• striking
• dismantling
• destroying
• blowing up
• disassembling
• devastating
• wrecking
• dismembering
• shattering
• ruining
• flattening
• smashing
• leveling
• demolishing
• pulverizing
• razing
• exploding
• demounting
• dividing
• ruinating
• detaching
• separating
• disengaging
• disconnecting
• disjoining
• disuniting

5

as in healing

to restore to a healthy condition

don't worry, the doctor will set you up in no time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• healing
• rehabilitating
• curing
• fixing
• attending (to)
• ministering (to)
• treating
• caring (for)
• repairing
• reviving
• relieving
• rehabbing
• mending
• alleviating
• physicking
• renewing
• revitalizing
• doctoring
• nursing
• medicating
• rejuvenating
• remedying
• fortifying
• resuscitating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• impairing
• disabling
• damaging
• injuring
• hurting
• crippling
• wounding
• harming
• mutilating
• laying up
• wasting
• weakening
• maiming
• ailing
• mangling
• lacerating
• debilitating
• afflicting
• laming
• sickening
• sapping
• enervating
• enfeebling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of setting up

But don’t sleep on the Bears basically gifting Washington 13 yards to McLaurin on the sidelines to stop the clock with two seconds remaining, setting up all the drama. — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Spitzer is considering future e-bike buyback events but with some tweaks, including setting up multiple processing lines to move people through faster and limiting the buyback to Orange County residents or those with a connection to the county. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Welcomed by Herky the Hornet, the cheer team and the campus community, the students and their families checked in before unloading their belongings and setting up their new rooms. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026

That, plus a false start on 3rd-and-1, killed what was setting up to be another scoring drive for SHS. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026

If elected, Henderson said his priority would be stabilizing the district’s finances and setting up standing committees — a model that several of his opponents have also supported. — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

High pressure will build in Sunday, clearing the clouds and setting up a quiet start to next week. — Chris Shaffer, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Individual apparatus leads include Patrick Hoopes on pommel horse, Asher Cohen on still rings, Yul Moldauer on parallel bars, Cooper Kim on high bar, and Kameron Nelson on vault, setting up an exciting final day. — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

That period firmly cemented their relationship—one that would encourage Hattie to pursue her dream of setting up her own tailoring business. — Jessica Salter, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026