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setup

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of setup

1 the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized

the textbook's setup calls for a list of questions at the end of each chapter

Synonyms of setup

arrangement, configuration, conformation, format, formation, layout, setout

Words Related to setup

design, plan, scheme

composition, constitution, getup, makeup

build, construction, structure

2 the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another

changed the setup of the living room furniture several times before being satisfied

Synonyms of setup

arrangement, array, disposal, disposition, distribution, order, ordering, sequence

Words Related to setup

continuity

precedence, priority

chain, procession, progression, succession

series

aligning (also alining), alignment (also alinement), lining up

design, layout, pattern, structure, system

Near Antonyms of setup

confusion, disorder, disorganization, disruption, upset

disconnection, disjointedness

set up

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of set up

1 to arrange something in a certain spot or position

set up tables in the living room for the party

Synonyms of set up

depose, deposit, dispose, emplace, fix, lay, place, position, put, set, situate, stick

Words Related to set up

move, rearrange, reorder, shift

orient

establish, locate, plant, settle

clap, flop, plank, plop, plump, plunk (or plonk), plunk down, slap

affix, anchor, lock, lodge, wedge

array, lay out, line up, queue, rank

set down

Near Antonyms of set up

relocate, remove, take

banish

dislodge, displace, replace, supersede, supplant

2 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 of set up

begin, constitute, establish, found, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, introduce, launch, pioneer, plant, start

Words Related to set up

author, father, originate

conceive, concoct, contrive, cook (up), create, devise, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture, produce, think (up)

construct, put up

develop, enlarge, expand

endow, finance, fund, subsidize

arrange, organize, systematize, systemize

refound, reinitiate, reinstitute, relaunch

Near Antonyms of set up

abolish, annihilate, annul, nullify

end, finish, halt, stop, terminate

round (off or out), wind up, wrap up

Antonyms of set up

close (down), phase out, shut (up)

3 to fix in an upright position

set up a post from which to hang the sign

Synonyms of set up

erect, pitch, put up, raise, rear, upend, upraise

Words Related to set up

brace, buttress, prop (up), shore (up), support

boost, crane, elevate, heave, heft, heighten, hike, hoist, jack (up), lift, perk (up), pick up, up, uphold, uplift

Near Antonyms of set up

demolish, flatten, knock down, level, raze, tear down

4 to form by putting together parts or materials

set up the prefabricated shed by following the instructions

Synonyms of set up

assemble, build, confect, construct, erect, fabricate, make, make up, piece, put up, raise, rear

Words Related to set up

carpenter, fashion, forge, frame, hammer, handcraft, manufacture, mold, produce, shape

prefabricate

begin, coin, create, generate, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, invent, originate

constitute, establish, father, found, institute, organize

conceive, concoct, contrive, cook (up), design, devise, imagine, think (up)

reassemble, rebuild, reconstruct, redevelop, reedify [British], retrofit

jerry-build, rig (up), throw up

combine, unite

Phrases Synonymous with set up

put together

Near Antonyms of set up

demolish, destroy, devastate, flatten, level, pull down, pulverize, raze, ruin, ruinate, shatter, smash, wreck

blow up, explode

detach, disengage

disconnect, disjoin, disunite, divide, separate

Antonyms of set up

demount, disassemble, dismantle, dismember, knock down, strike, take down, tear down

5 to restore to a healthy condition

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

Synonyms of set up

cure, fix, heal, mend, rehab, rehabilitate

Words Related to set up

attend (to), care (for), doctor, medicate, minister (to), nurse, physic, treat

fortify, rejuvenate, renew, resuscitate, revitalize, revive

alleviate, relieve, remedy, repair

Near Antonyms of set up

cripple, damage, disable, harm, hurt, impair, injure, lacerate, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, wound

afflict, ail, debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, lay up, sap, sicken, waste, weaken

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