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Synonyms for setting to
verb verbally fight

contend
squabble
disagree
quibble
dispute
quarrel
pettifog
rehash
bandy
hash
bicker
sass

buck
jump
cross
wrangle
hassle
battle
row
hammer
feud
break with
cross swords
gang up on

lock horns
altercate
bump heads
face down
face off
go one on one
hammer away
hash over
have at each other
have at it
jump on
knock around

mix it up
pick an argument
put up a fight
put up a struggle
set to
sock it to
stick it to
talk back
get in one’s face

Antonyms for setting to

give in
concur
harmonize
ignore

comply
abstain
agree
make peace

overlook
keep quiet
keep silent

Synonyms
verb set to work

tackle
buckle down
take up

deal with
dive into
plunge into

set to
start in on
tear into

Antonyms

aid
protect
resist
retreat
shelter

shield
surrender
withstand
defend
submit

support
sustain
be lazy
slough off

Synonyms
verb work very hard

address
bend
give
knuckle down
pitch in
throw
turn

apply oneself
attend to
concentrate on
dedicate oneself to
devote oneself to
exert oneself
get serious

give oneself over to
keep close to
launch into
occupy oneself with
plunge into
set to
swing into action

take the bull by the horns
keep one’s mind on
put one’s hand to the plow
put one’s nose to the grindstone

Antonyms

ignore

be lazy

relax

Synonyms
verb argue

claim
urge
defend
charge
insist
assert
say
maintain
allege
tell
dispute
hold

vindicate
affirm
enjoin
prescribe
cross
rip
aver
mix
avow
dictate
report
blast

warrant
debate
zap
justify
come at
gang up on
lay into
take on
fly in face of
go at
have at
have bone to pick

jump on
lace into
let have it
light into
lock horns with
mix it up
put up argument
set to
sock it to one
stick it to

Antonyms

deny
desert
retreat
cede
give in

surrender
question
forget
divide
separate

abandon
give up
leave
unmix

Synonyms
verb fight

contend
defend
compete
vie
withstand
traverse
scuffle
wrangle
hassle
battle

row
tilt
scrap
sock
cross
attack
strike
conflict
brawl
struggle

buck
duel
rival
feud
repel
rumpus
quarrel
break with
gang up on
lay out

take on
altercate
fight over
knuckle with
lay a finger on
put on gloves
put up dukes
set to
square off

Antonyms

desert
surrender
concur
harmonize
aid
assist

resign
abandon
leave
yield
make peace
agree

help
support
allow
give up

Synonyms
verb argue, discuss

consider
bicker
contest
deliberate
question
wrangle
oppose
answer
contend
confab
differ
bandy

pettifog
prove
confute
refute
rehash
controvert
agitate
reason
hassle
moot
disprove
canvass

demonstrate
cogitate
rebut
dispute
cross swords
lock horns
altercate
bump heads
chew the fat
discept
hammer away at
hash over

have at it
kick around
knock around
pick a bone
put up argument
set to
talk back
talk game
thrash out
toss around

Antonyms

give in
harmonize
prove

agree
endorse
make peace

go along

Synonyms
verb argue; hold differing opinion

contend
differ
divide
clash
dissent
object
haggle
wrangle
feud
oppose
quibble
bicker

spar
quarrel
palter
sue
discord
disaccord
scrap
contest
debate
rip
fight
battle

controvert
spat
brawl
skirmish
dispute
war
zap
row
break with
fall out
lay into
take on

altercate
bring action
controversialize
discept
go for the jugular
have words
jump on
let have it
logomachize
set to
take issue

Antonyms

give in
consent
concur
harmonize
coincide

acquiesce
aid
agree
join
approve

make peace
go along
accept
help

Synonyms
verb begin undertaking, journey

broach
commence
engage
enter

get off
initiate
launch
open

start
take up
jump off
plunge into

set about
set out
set to
tee off

Synonyms
verb embark on; take part in

start
begin
join
open
enroll
muster

enlist
subscribe
inaugurate
commence
take up
become member

commit oneself
get oneself into
join up
lead off
participate in
set about

set out on
set to
sign on
sign up
tee off

Antonyms

complete
avoid
dodge
exit
abstain
refrain

delete
erase
conclude
die
end
finish

stop
depart
go
leave
withdraw
forget

Synonyms
verb help out

come through
aid
attack
begin
buckle down
chip in
commence
contribute

cooperate
do
fall to
help
launch
participate
subscribe
tackle

volunteer
get going
contribute work
get cracking
go to it
help; get busy
hop to it
join in

jump in
lend a hand
plunge into
set about
set to
tee off
wade in
do one’s bit

Antonyms

hinder

prevent

hurt

Synonyms
verb disagree

differ
squabble
bicker
tangle
carp
wrangle
feud
break with
fall out
spar
argue
complain
divide

bump
embroil
vary
disapprove
hassle
battle
row
contend
contest
scrap
fight
charge
dissent

war
spat
dispute
cavil
clash
brawl
collide
struggle
strive
caterwaul
cross swords
lock horns
take on

altercate
be at loggerheads
find fault
get tough with
have it out
have words
mix it up
object to
set to
take exception

Antonyms

harmonize
concur
ignore
sanction
retreat

give in
surrender
agree
keep
approve

endorse
make peace
give up
yield

Synonyms
verb disagree over minor issues

squabble
bicker
carp
waffle
spar
wrangle
cavil
criticize
pettifog

fence
shift
avoid
evade
hassle
equivocate
flip-flop
pretend
prevaricate

dispute
blow hot and cold
hem and haw
split hairs
argufy
chicane
altercate
argue over
catch at straws

have at it
hypercriticize
make a big thing about
nit-pick
paralogize
put up an argument
set to
talk back

Antonyms

concur
agree

face
meet

tell truth
approve

Synonyms
verb begin or start again

resume
assume
adopt
pick up
reopen
initiate
renew
continue

embrace
undertake
enter
tackle
open
commence
carry on
espouse

follow through
get off
go on
proceed
start
take on
restart
become involved in

engage in
kick off
recommence
set to
tee off

Antonyms

reject
release
cease
complete
exclude

abstain
finish
halt
stop
leave

close
conclude
end
neglect
forget

Synonyms
verb plod, often through water

bathe
trek
splash
stumble
paddle
attempt
toil

launch
initiate
attack
drudge
tackle
labor
walk

start
fall to
go for
pitch in
ford
get feet wet
get stuck in

jump in
light into
set about
set to
tear into
work through

Antonyms

laze
ignore
avoid
dodge

be lazy
idle
neglect
end

finish
stop
conclude

Synonyms
verb quibble

niggle
bicker
wrangle
hassle
prevaricate
fence
avoid
flip-flop
spar
dispute

cavil
squabble
nitpick
carp
waffle
criticize
shift
pretend
evade
equivocate

blow hot and cold
hem and haw
split hairs
chicane
argufy
altercate
argue over
catch at straws
have at it
hypercriticize

make a big thing about
nit-pick
paralogize
pick to pieces
put up an argument
set to
talk back

Antonyms

give in
concur

agree
tell truth

face
meet

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).