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Synonyms for setting forth
noun leaving

retirement
flight
evacuation
escape
removal
exit
separation
withdrawal
exodus
passage
takeoff

retreat
abandonment
egress
farewell
migration
vacation
start
going
adieu
emigration
expatriation

parting
stampede
getaway
recession
decampment
desertion
goodbye
powder
bow out
walkout
egression

hegira
sailing
embarkation
congé
going away
quitting
setting out
taking leave
taking off
vanishing act
withdrawing

Antonyms for setting forth

coming
greeting
continuation

stay
entrance
arrival

hello
keeping
abidance

Synonyms
verb promote or propose an idea

offer
encourage
introduce
benefit
push
further
boost
plug

urge
splash
ballyhoo
suggest
serve
submit
adduce
foster

proffer
hype
puff
allege
spot
cite
present
beat the drum for

get ink for
lay forward
make a pitch for
put forward
put on the map
set forth
throw spotlight on

Antonyms

dissuade
block
hinder
prevent
conceal
hide
withhold
refrain

back down
hesitate
recede
retreat
retrogress
decrease
take back
discourage

hurt
halt
take
stop
turn
withdraw
yield

Synonyms
verb express in particular way

utter
put

phrase
frame

word
formulate

set forth

Synonyms
verb make known clearly or officially

disclose
claim
stress
affirm
confirm
advocate
acknowledge
insist
proclaim
assert
inform
maintain
announce
argue

tell
repeat
reveal
attest
render
show
pronounce
notify
convey
pass
allege
contend
confess
certify

testify
publish
state
blaze
aver
cite
avow
enunciate
vouch
propound
validate
sound
advance
promulgate

manifest
swear
demonstrate
profess
reaffirm
reassert
allegate
asservate
be positive
bring forward
give out
put forward
set forth

Antonyms

conceal
hide
withhold
deny
veto
contradict
repudiate
ignore
suppress

obscure
refuse
mumble
retreat
disavow
disown
reject
renounce
retract

disclaim
oppose
forget
take
fail
confuse
abandon

Synonyms
verb explain, illustrate

teach
express
describe
confirm

debunk
proclaim
testify to
give for instance

make clear
ostend
set forth
show how

walk one through

Antonyms

conceal
hide

distort
falsify

misrepresent
confuse

Synonyms
verb leave, retreat

blast off
quit
pull out
vacate
retire
evacuate
go
exit
remove
withdraw
escape
abandon
disappear

absent
abdicate
migrate
troop
secede
start
part
decamp
split
scram
vanish
emigrate
desert

tergiversate
perish
beat it
cut out
hit the road
sally forth
shove off
cut and run
get away
git
go away
go forth
hit the bricks

hit the trail
make a break
march out
move on
move out
say goodbye
set forth
slip away
start out
take leave

Antonyms

remain
persevere
come in
combine
wait

stay
continue
fill
occupy
enter

arrive
join
come
linger
keep to

Synonyms
verb specify, make clear

portray
reveal
depict
delineate
relate
describe
stipulate
spell out
enumerate
uncover

recount
lay out
summarize
analyze
tell
recite
exhibit
show
particularize
elaborate

rehearse
communicate
embellish
recapitulate
produce
catalog
spread
epitomize
report
specialize

individualize
itemize
narrate
designate
set forth
circumstantiate
fly speck
get down to brass tacks
quote chapter and verse
sweat details

Antonyms

conceal
hide
suppress

mix up
simplify
misrepresent

withhold
cover
confuse

Synonyms
verb carve

portray
depict
ingrain
stamp
inscribe
imprint
engrave

incise
delineate
represent
execute
cut
erode
outline

picture
impress
describe
reduce
corrode
compose
furrow

grave
define
eat into
set forth

Antonyms

neglect

build

confuse

Synonyms
verb talk about in great detail

exemplify
delineate
explain
express
spell out

clarify
explicate
illustrate
comment
elucidate

describe
state
discourse
interpret
unfold

present
construe
set forth
enucleate

Antonyms

complicate
mystify
obscure

refrain
mix up
withhold

confuse

Synonyms
verb demonstrate, proffer

return
extend
show
provide
offer
indicate
produce

issue
present
render
dispense
pose
confer
yield

evidence
administer
bestow
minister
tender
manifest
display

furnish
hold out
put on
set forth

Antonyms

take back
conceal
hide
deny
refuse

withhold
obscure
refrain
withstand
keep

take
hold
cover
fight
hold up

Synonyms
verb make known; present

suggest
offer
propose
submit
recommend
announce
open
advance
familiarize
harbinger

acquaint
originate
air
herald
ventilate
usher
moot
preface
broach
precede

bring out
bring up
come out with
fix up
get together
do the honors
get things rolling
give introduction
kick off
knock down

lead into
lead off
open up
pave the way
put forward
set forth
spring with
start ball rolling

Antonyms

withhold
deny
refuse
conceal
dissuade

hide
erase
subtract
end
finish

close up
close
take away
extract

Synonyms
verb exhibit, make plain

reveal
signify
prove
embody
demonstrate
illustrate
vent
incarnate
parade
show

evidence
evince
utter
sport
establish
confirm
suggest
flash
externalize
mark

proclaim
exteriorize
expose
express
personalize
strut
objectify
materialize
substantiate
display

personify
voice
declare
show and tell
showcase
let it all hang out
ostend
personize
set forth
wave around

Antonyms

conceal
hide
deny
veto

contradict
disprove
destroy
invalidate

obscure
withhold
cover
bury

Synonyms
verb describe, detail

recite
portray
depict
chronicle
rehearse
unfold
recount
disclose

reveal
picture
repeat
delineate
characterize
expatiate
relate
enumerate

state
proclaim
paint
discourse
descant
report
spin
tell

give an account of
hold forth
make known
set forth
tell a story

Antonyms

hide

conceal

suppress

Synonyms
verb demonstrate, show

display
present
offer

exhibit
advance
unfold

bring to light
bring forward
put forward

set forth

Antonyms

withhold
conceal
hide
destroy

ruin
result
take
stop

consume
act
play

Synonyms
verb suggest, present for action

urge
offer
nominate
request
introduce
come up with
submit
recommend
ask
contend
advance

counsel
invite
affirm
pose
prefer
broach
assert
tender
state
proposition
propound

solicit
proffer
press
advise
volunteer
adduce
name
hold out
put up
kibitz
hit on

lay before
lay on the line
make a motion
make a pitch
move for
propone
put forward
put to
set forth
spitball
speak one’s piece

Antonyms

dissuade
ignore
reply
retreat
take back

reject
deny
condemn
refuse
disbelieve

discourage
answer
oppose
repulse

Synonyms
verb give an account of

disclose
reveal
describe
detail
present
recite
picture
express
rehearse
sling

spill
particularize
itemize
recount
divulge
verbalize
track
state
depict
impart

report
chronicle
tell
narrate
run down
run through
shoot the breeze
spill the beans
retell
break a story

clue one in
give the word
lay it on the line
set forth
spin a yarn
get off one’s chest
let one’s hair down

Antonyms

conceal
hide
withhold

suppress
misrepresent
dissociate

keep

Synonyms
verb communicate information, knowledge

disclose
reveal
inform
broadcast
describe
list
detail
publish
declare
note
record
account for
notify

mention
announce
document
tell
present
recite
relate
telephone
air
trumpet
wire
itemize
rehearse

state
spread
impart
advise
circulate
relay
enunciate
inscribe
recount
summarize
narrate
cable
cover

promulgate
proclaim
retail
bring word
give an account of
give the facts
make known
make public
pass on
provide details
set forth
write up

Antonyms

conceal
hide
withhold

suppress
misrepresent
refrain

secret
keep

Synonyms
verb declare, assert

expound
describe
give
affirm
explain
express
articulate
say
present
put
voice

tell
specify
speak
recite
vent
relate
enumerate
pronounce
asseverate
pitch
utter

enounce
ventilate
rehearse
narrate
aver
elucidate
deliver
enunciate
spiel
propound
recount

report
interpret
air
bring out
come out with
throw out
set forth
chime in
give blow-by-blow
give rundown

Antonyms

misrepresent
refrain
withhold
listen
conceal

hide
mumble
suppress
confuse
take

be quiet
ask
question

Synonyms
verb narrate, describe

portray
express
state

recount
report
speak

relate
depict
rehearse

chronicle
give an account of
set forth

Antonyms

conceal
hide
listen

misunderstand
estimate
guess

figure

Synonyms
verb journey on a trip or tour

fly
trek
sail
proceed
migrate
move
visit
drive
cross
carry
tour
transmit
vacation

cruise
go
walk
wander
roam
voyage
traverse
ramble
jet
rove
wend
cover
explore

jaunt
motor
hop
junket
progress
scour
adventure
cover ground
weekend
sightsee
get through
go abroad
go camping

go into orbit
go riding
knock around
make a journey
overnight
set forth
set out
take a boat
take a plane
take a train
take a trip
make one’s way

Antonyms

remain
dissuade
ignore

stay
halt
stop

discourage
back up

Synonyms
verb put language down on paper

compose
rewrite
create
scrawl
sign
note
record
pen
draft
address
print
scribble
tell

ghost
engross
transcribe
formulate
author
communicate
correspond
inscribe
reproduce
letter
indite
commit
copy

scribe
autograph
draw up
knock off
knock out
take down
turn out
typewrite
ink
pencil
chalk
bang out
comp

dash off
drop a line
drop a note
jot down
note down
push a pencil
put in writing
scriven
set down
set forth
write down
write up

Antonyms

destroy
ruin

ignore
keep

stop
read

Synonyms
verb go forth

emerge
launch

sally
start

strike out
put forth

set forth

Synonyms
verb propose

proffer
broach
prefer
adduce
press
proposition
tender
contend
suggest
submit
state

solicit
recommend
advise
urge
invite
offer
pose
introduce
assert
ask
volunteer

advance
counsel
name
affirm
nominate
request
come up with
hold out
put up
set forth
kibitz

hit on
lay before
lay on the line
make a motion
make a pitch
move for
propone
put forward
put to
spitball
speak one’s piece

Antonyms

reject
retreat
dissuade
disapprove
refuse

take back
withhold
deny
reply
ignore

tell
discourage
withdraw
answer

Usage Notes

The verbs set and sit1 are similar in form and meaning but different in grammatical use. Set is chiefly transitive and takes an object: Set the dish on the shelf. Its past tense and past participle are also set: Yesterday he set three posts for the fence. The judge has set the date for the trial. Set also has some standard intransitive uses, as “to pass below the horizon” (The sun sets late in the northern latitudes during the summer) and “to become firm, solid, etc.” (This glue sets quickly). The use of set for sit, “to be seated,” is nonstandard: Pull up a chair and set by me. Sit is chiefly intransitive and does not take an object: Let’s sit here in the shade. Its past tense and past participle are sat: They sat at the table for nearly two hours. Have they sat down yet? Transitive uses of sit include “to cause to sit” (Pull up a chair and sit yourself down) and “to provide seating for” (The waiter sat us near the window).