Communication
Synonyms for set
Synonyms for set: mark, determine, correct, fit, fix, hardening, lot, placed, plant, ready, rig and rigid. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 12 synonyms for set
Interchangeable with set, one per sense
Audited under set's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one set carries in that sense.
- markverb, in the sense "establish as the highest level or best performance"
- determineverb, in the sense "fix conclusively or authoritatively"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name set as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- correctcorrect is a verb in the sense "alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard"
- fitfit is an adjective in the sense "on the point of or strongly disposed"
- fixfix is a verb in the sense "decide upon or fix definitely"
- hardeninghardening is a noun in the sense "the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization"
- lotlot is a noun in the sense "an unofficial association of people or groups"
- placedplaced is an adjective in the sense "situated in a particular spot or position"
- plantplant is a verb in the sense "put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground"
- readyready is a verb in the sense "make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc"
- rigrig is a verb in the sense "equip with sails or masts"
- rigidrigid is an adjective in the sense "fixed and unmoving"
two of these come from set's own entries in the bank, and ten were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
establish as the highest level or best performance
Set a record.
set in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The sprinter set a new national record in the two hundred meter dash last night.
- Our warehouse crew set a record for the fastest shipment turnaround this quarter.
How it behaves: In this sense set almost always takes a noun like "record" as its direct object, often followed by a "for" phrase naming the category, and appears frequently in sports and news reporting.
The true synonym
mark
Same sentence, swapped: Mark a record.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- ready
- dress
- party
fix conclusively or authoritatively
Set the rules.
The true synonym
determine
Same sentence, swapped: Determine the rules.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for set in the sentence quoted.
- ready
- dress
- fight
Where set turns up in the game
set is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in 17 other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 17 puzzles where set is the trap
- couplenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is match, in the sense "a pair of people who live together", and set is one of the three tiles that lose.
- handnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is deal, in the sense "the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time", so set is there to be ruled out.
- limitverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is bound, in the sense "place limits on (extent or amount or access)", with set sitting one tile away.
- markverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is notice, in the sense "notice or perceive", so set is there to be ruled out.
Play set
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so set reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because communication is the company set keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. set carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.