/ Thesaurus / S Synonyms of set up Find synonyms for: Noun1. apparatus, setup, equipmentusage: equipment designed to serve a specific function2. setup, manner, mode, style, way, fashionusage: the way something is organized or arranged; "it takes time to learn the setup around here"3. frame-up, setup, falsification, falsehoodusage: an act that incriminates someone on a false chargeVerb1. establish, set up, found, launch, open, open upusage: set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"2. assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together, join, bring together, make, createusage: create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"3. raise, erect, rear, set up, put up, construct, build, makeusage: construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"4. set up, lay out, set, fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, setusage: get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery"5. arrange, set up, put, set, place, pose, position, layusage: put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"6. set up, organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinateusage: begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.; "set up an election"7. ensnare, entrap, frame, set up, deceive, lead on, delude, cozenusage: take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"8. effect, effectuate, set up, cause, do, makeusage: produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave"9. install, instal, put in, set up, put, set, place, pose, position, layusage: set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"10. install, instal, set up, establishusage: place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"11. rig, set up, cheat, chiselusage: arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election"12. pitch, set up, rear, erectusage: erect and fasten; "pitch a tent"13. arrange, set up, put, order, organize, organiseusage: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"14. rig, set, set up, equip, fit, fit out, outfitusage: equip with sails or masts; "rig a ship"15. fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set, change, alter, modifyusage: 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"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: pundit Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language