set-up

Verbs

  • (v) set up or found
    • She set up a literacy program
    establish, found, launch,
  • (v) create by putting components or members together
    • She pieced a quilt
    • He tacked together some verses
    • They set up a committee
    assemble, put together, tack together, piece, tack,
  • (v) construct, build, or erect
    • Raise a barn
    erect, put up, rear, raise,
  • (v) get ready for a particular purpose or event
    • set up an experiment
    • set the table
    • lay out the tools for the surgery
    lay out, set,
  • (v) put into a proper or systematic order
    • arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order
    arrange,
  • (v) begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
    • set up an election
  • (v) take or catch as if in a snare or trap
    • I was set up!
    • The innocent man was framed by the police
    ensnare, entrap, frame,
  • (v) produce
    • The scientists set up a shock wave
    effect, effectuate,
  • (v) set up for use
    • install the washer and dryer
    • We put in a new sink
    instal, install, put in,
  • (v) place
    • Her manager had set her up at the Ritz
    instal, install, establish,
  • (v) arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
    • rig an election
    rig,
  • (v) erect and fasten
    • pitch a tent
    pitch,
  • (v) arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
    • arrange my schedule
    • set up one's life
    • I put these memories with those of bygone times
    arrange, order, put,
  • (v) equip with sails or masts
    • rig a ship
    rig, set,
  • (v) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
    • Get the children ready for school!
    • prepare for war
    • I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
    gear up, prepare, ready, set, fix,

Synonyms

establish found launch assemble put together tack together piece tack erect put up rear raise lay out set arrange ensnare entrap frame effect effectuate instal install put in rig pitch order put gear up prepare ready fix

Antonyms

abolish get rid of break apart disassemble take apart dismantle break up pull down rase raze tear down level take down disarrange

Words of close approximity

set in set on set-to
set upon