set up


Overview of noun set-up

The noun setup has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
                                          
1. (2) apparatus, setup -- (equipment designed to serve a specific function)
2. (1) setup -- (the way something is organized or arranged; "it takes time to learn the setup around here")
3. frame-up, setup -- (an act that incriminates someone on a false charge)

Overview of verb set-up

The verb set up has 15 senses (first 10 from tagged texts)
                                       
1. (17) establish, set up, found, launch -- (set up or found; "She set up a literacy program")
2. (10) assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together -- (create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee")
3. (8) raise, erect, rear, set up, put up -- (construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn")
4. (6) set up, lay out, set -- (get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery")
5. (4) arrange, set up -- (put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order")
6. (3) set up -- (begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.; "set up an election")
7. (2) ensnare, entrap, frame, set up -- (take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police")
8. (2) effect, effectuate, set up -- (produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave")
9. (2) install, instal, put in, set up -- (set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink")
10. (1) install, instal, set up, establish -- (place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz")
11. rig, set up -- (arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election")
12. pitch, set up -- (erect and fasten; "pitch a tent")
13. arrange, set up, put, order -- (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 with sails or masts; "rig a ship")
15. fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set -- (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")

Overview of adj set-up

The adj set up has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
                                           
1. (4) set up -- (well established and ready to function; "things I can do now that I'm set up")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun set-up

3 senses of setup                                                       

Sense 1
apparatus, setup
       => equipment
           => instrumentality, instrumentation
               => artifact, artefact
                   => whole, unit
                       => object, physical object
                           => physical entity
                               => entity

Sense 2
setup
       => manner, mode, style, way, fashion
           => property
               => attribute
                   => abstraction
                       => abstract entity
                           => entity

Sense 3
frame-up, setup
       => falsification, falsehood
           => dishonesty, knavery
               => wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
                   => activity
                       => act, human action, human activity
                           => event
                               => psychological feature
                                   => abstraction
                                       => abstract entity
                                           => entity

Hyponyms of noun set-up

1 of 3 senses of setup                                                  

Sense 1
apparatus, setup
       => aerator
       => burner
       => cascade liquefier
       => centrifuge, extractor, separator
       => chemical reactor
       => cloud chamber, Wilson cloud chamber
       => condenser
       => duplicator, copier
       => electrograph
       => generator
       => heat pump
       => heliograph
       => incubator, brooder
       => instillator
       => Kipp's apparatus
       => lighting
       => nuclear reactor, reactor
       => optical bench
       => pendulum
       => purifier
       => reformer
       => semaphore
       => sequencer, sequenator
       => soda fountain
       => still
       => submersible
       => telegraph, telegraphy
       => titrator
       => X-ray machine

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun set-up

3 senses of setup                                                       

Sense 1
apparatus, setup
       => equipment

Sense 2
setup
       => manner, mode, style, way, fashion

Sense 3
frame-up, setup
       => falsification, falsehood

Antonyms of noun set-up
                                                                         

Member Holonyms of noun set-up
                                                                         

Substance Holonyms of noun set-up
                                                                         

Part Holonyms of noun set-up
                                                                         

Member Meronyms of noun set-up
                                                                         

Substance Meronyms of noun set-up
                                                                         

Part Meronyms of noun set-up
                                                                         

Meronyms of noun set-up
                                                                         

Holonyms of noun set-up
                                                                         

Attributes of noun set-up
                                                                         

Derived Forms of noun set-up

1 of 3 senses of setup                                                  

Sense 3
frame-up, setup
       RELATED TO>(verb) set up#7
           => ensnare, entrap, frame, set up

Domain of noun set-up

1 of 3 senses of setup                                                  

Sense 2
setup
       USAGE>(noun) colloquialism#1

Domain Terms of noun set-up
                                                                         

Familiarity of noun set-up

setup used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)

Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun set-up

3 senses of setup                                                       

Sense 1
apparatus, setup
    > equipment
       => apparatus, setup
       => automation
       => cooling system, engine cooling system
       => electrical system
       => electronic equipment
       => fuel system
       => game equipment
       => gear, paraphernalia, appurtenance
       => life-support system, life support
       => life-support system, life support
       => material
       => materiel, equipage
       => naval equipment
       => photographic equipment
       => radiotherapy equipment
       => recorder, recording equipment, recording machine
       => rescue equipment
       => robotics equipment
       => satellite, artificial satellite, orbiter
       => sports equipment
       => stock-in-trade
       => teaching aid
       => test equipment

Sense 2
setup
    > manner, mode, style, way, fashion
       => artistic style, idiom
       => drape
       => fit
       => form
       => life style, life-style, lifestyle, modus vivendi
       => setup
       => touch, signature
       => wise

Sense 3
frame-up, setup
    > falsification, falsehood
       => frame-up, setup
       => sophistication
       => forgery

Meronyms of noun set-up

3 senses of setup                                                       

Sense 1
apparatus, setup
    => equipment
        => instrumentality, instrumentation
            => artifact, artefact
                => whole, unit
                      HAS PART: part, portion
                      HAS PART: section, segment

Holonyms of noun set-up
                                                                         

Antonyms of verb set-up
                                                                         

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb set-up

15 senses of set up                                                     

Sense 1
establish, set up, found, launch
       => open, open up

Sense 2
assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
       => join, bring together
           => connect, link, tie, link up
       => make, create

Sense 3
raise, erect, rear, set up, put up
       => construct, build, make
           => make, create

Sense 4
set up, lay out, set
       => fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
           => change, alter, modify

Sense 5
arrange, set up
       => put, set, place, pose, position, lay
           => move, displace

Sense 6
set up
       => organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
           => initiate, pioneer
               => cause, do, make
                   => make, create

Sense 7
ensnare, entrap, frame, set up
       => deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
           => victimize, victimise
               => wrong
                   => treat, handle, do by
                       => interact
                           => act, move

Sense 8
effect, effectuate, set up
       => cause, do, make
           => make, create

Sense 9
install, instal, put in, set up
       => put, set, place, pose, position, lay
           => move, displace

Sense 10
install, instal, set up, establish

Sense 11
rig, set up
       => cheat, chisel
           => deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
               => victimize, victimise
                   => wrong
                       => treat, handle, do by
                           => interact
                               => act, move

Sense 12
pitch, set up
       => rear, erect
           => raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
               => move, displace

Sense 13
arrange, set up, put, order
       => organize, organise
           => manage, deal, care, handle
               => control, command

Sense 14
rig, set, set up
       => equip, fit, fit out, outfit
           => supply, provide, render, furnish
               => give
                   => transfer

Sense 15
fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
       => change, alter, modify

Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb set-up

7 of 15 senses of set up                                                

Sense 2
assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
       => confect, confection, comfit
       => jumble, confuse, mix up
       => reassemble
       => configure
       => compound
       => rig up

Sense 5
arrange, set up
       => regularize, regularise
       => order
       => order
       => straighten
       => rearrange
       => serialize, serialise
       => alphabetize, alphabetise
       => organize, organise, coordinate
       => stratify
       => string, thread, draw
       => marshal
       => string
       => string out, spread out
       => preen, plume
       => stack
       => chain
       => pair, geminate
       => concord
       => cascade
       => settle
       => pyramid
       => corral
       => catenate, catenulate
       => dress, decorate
       => range, array, lay out, set out
       => pack, bundle, wad, compact
       => stack, pile, heap
       => stagger, distribute
       => drape
       => drape
       => set
       => gradate
       => line up

Sense 8
effect, effectuate, set up
       => carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil
       => draw, get
       => precipitate
       => induce, stimulate, rush, hasten
       => serve

Sense 9
install, instal, put in, set up
       => retrofit
       => reinstall
       => post, put up

Sense 12
pitch, set up
       => camp, camp down

Sense 13
arrange, set up, put, order
       => synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise
       => phrase

Sense 15
fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
       => socialize, socialise
       => provide
       => cram
       => precondition
       => fix
       => mount
       => set up, lay out, set
       => winterize, winterise
       => summerize, summerise
       => prime
       => cultivate, crop, work
       => brace, poise

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb set-up

15 senses of set up                                                     

Sense 1
establish, set up, found, launch
       => open, open up

Sense 2
assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
       => join, bring together
       => make, create

Sense 3
raise, erect, rear, set up, put up
       => construct, build, make

Sense 4
set up, lay out, set
       => fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set

Sense 5
arrange, set up
       => put, set, place, pose, position, lay

Sense 6
set up
       => organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate

Sense 7
ensnare, entrap, frame, set up
       => deceive, lead on, delude, cozen

Sense 8
effect, effectuate, set up
       => cause, do, make

Sense 9
install, instal, put in, set up
       => put, set, place, pose, position, lay

Sense 10
install, instal, set up, establish

Sense 11
rig, set up
       => cheat, chisel

Sense 12
pitch, set up
       => rear, erect

Sense 13
arrange, set up, put, order
       => organize, organise

Sense 14
rig, set, set up
       => equip, fit, fit out, outfit

Sense 15
fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
       => change, alter, modify

'Cause To' of verb set-up

1 of 15 senses of set up                                                

Sense 8
effect, effectuate, set up
       => happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place

Derived Forms of verb set-up

1 of 15 senses of set up                                                

Sense 7
ensnare, entrap, frame, set up
       RELATED TO>(noun) setup#3
           => frame-up, setup

Domain of verb set-up

1 of 15 senses of set up                                                

Sense 3
raise, erect, rear, set up, put up
       TOPIC>(noun) construction#1, building#2

Domain Terms of verb set-up
                                                                         

Familiarity of verb set-up

set up used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count =15)

Sample Sentences of verb set-up

15 senses of set up                                                     

Sense 1
establish, set up, found, launch
          *> Somebody ----s something

Sense 2
assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
          *> Somebody ----s something
          *> Something ----s somebody
          *> Something ----s something

Sense 3
raise, erect, rear, set up, put up
          *> Somebody ----s something

Sense 4
set up, lay out, set
          *> Somebody ----s something

Sense 5
arrange, set up
          EX:  They set up the bags on the table
          EX:  The men set up the bookshelves

Sense 6
set up
          *> Somebody ----s something
          *> Something ----s something

Sense 7
ensnare, entrap, frame, set up
          EX:  They want to set up the prisoners 

Sense 8
effect, effectuate, set up
          *> Somebody ----s something
          *> Something ----s something

Sense 9
install, instal, put in, set up
          EX:  They want to set up the doors

Sense 10
install, instal, set up, establish
          *> Somebody ----s something
          *> Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 11
rig, set up
          *> Somebody ----s something

Sense 12
pitch, set up
          *> Somebody ----s something

Sense 13
arrange, set up, put, order
          *> Somebody ----s something

Sense 14
rig, set, set up
          *> Somebody ----s something

Sense 15
fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
          *> Somebody ----s something
          *> Somebody ----s somebody
          *> Something ----s somebody
          *> Something ----s something
          *> Somebody ----s somebody PP
          *> Somebody ----s something PP
          *> Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE

Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb set-up

14 of 15 senses of set up                                               

Sense 1
establish, set up, found, launch
    > open, open up
       => establish, set up, found, launch

Sense 2
assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
    > join, bring together
       => ankylose, ancylose
       => connect
       => connect
       => miter
       => ply
       => close up, close
       => anastomose, inosculate
       => match, mate, couple, pair, twin
       => match
       => mortice, mortise
       => cog
       => fair
       => scarf
       => rebate
       => rabbet
       => seam
       => bridge
       => close
       => ligate
       => assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
       => sovietize, sovietise
    > make, create
       => beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth
       => reproduce, procreate, multiply
       => regenerate
       => clear
       => distill, extract, distil
       => derive, educe
       => froth, spume, suds
       => lay down, establish, make
       => puncture
       => twine
       => cleave
       => track
       => institute, bring
       => short-circuit, short
       => re-create
       => grind
       => generate, bring forth
       => originate, initiate, start
       => give, yield
       => bring, work, play, wreak, make for
       => raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
       => create by mental act, create mentally
       => create, make
       => realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate
       => cause, do, make
       => establish, give
       => put on, turn in
       => bear, turn out
       => create from raw material, create from raw stuff
       => construct, build, make
       => build, establish
       => assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
       => style
       => strike
       => copy, re-create
       => create verbally
       => compose, write
       => choreograph
       => direct
       => film
       => film-make
       => recreate
       => offset
       => scrape
       => produce, bring forth
       => produce, bring about, give rise
       => press
       => prepare
       => cut
       => cut
       => raise
       => beat
       => arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
       => incorporate
       => form, organize, organise

Sense 3
raise, erect, rear, set up, put up
    > construct, build, make
       => customize, customise
       => revet
       => lock
       => wattle
       => frame, frame up
       => rebuild, reconstruct
       => groin
       => cantilever
       => raise, erect, rear, set up, put up
       => corduroy
       => channelize, channelise

Sense 4
set up, lay out, set
    > fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
       => socialize, socialise
       => provide
       => cram
       => precondition
       => fix
       => mount
       => set up, lay out, set
       => winterize, winterise
       => summerize, summerise
       => prime
       => cultivate, crop, work
       => brace, poise

Sense 5
arrange, set up
    > put, set, place, pose, position, lay
       => insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
       => docket
       => cock
       => postpose
       => prepose
       => step
       => replace, put back
       => stratify
       => plant
       => intersperse
       => nestle, snuggle
       => pile
       => arrange, set up
       => superimpose, superpose, lay over
       => superpose
       => park
       => ensconce, settle
       => emplace
       => emplace
       => ship
       => underlay
       => trench
       => pigeonhole
       => shelve
       => jar
       => repose
       => stick, put forward
       => sign
       => middle
       => parallelize
       => butt
       => recess
       => reposition
       => throw, thrust
       => tee, tee up
       => rack up
       => coffin
       => bed
       => appose
       => set down, put down, place down
       => sow, sough, seed
       => misplace
       => juxtapose
       => set down
       => bottle
       => bucket
       => barrel
       => ground
       => pillow, rest
       => misplace, mislay, lose
       => upend
       => seat, sit, sit down
       => lay, put down, repose
       => stand, stand up, place upright
       => recline
       => plant, set
       => install, instal, put in, set up
       => situate, fix, posit, deposit
       => ladle
       => poise
       => lean
       => clap
       => rest
       => perch
       => load
       => cram
       => set
       => siphon
       => position
       => glycerolize, glycerolise
       => space
       => marshal
       => settle, settle down
       => throw
       => imbricate

Sense 6
set up
    > organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
       => mount, put on
       => lay
       => set up
       => sandwich
       => spatchcock

Sense 7
ensnare, entrap, frame, set up
    > deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
       => betray, sell
       => cheat, chisel
       => shill
       => flim-flam, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on
       => fool, gull, befool
       => cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander
       => hoax, pull someone's leg, play a joke on
       => ensnare, entrap, frame, set up
       => humbug

Sense 8
effect, effectuate, set up
    > cause, do, make
       => determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
       => initiate, pioneer
       => effect, effectuate, set up
       => make
       => occasion
       => provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up
       => engender, breed, spawn
       => motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite
       => impel, force
       => facilitate

Sense 9
install, instal, put in, set up
    > put, set, place, pose, position, lay
       => insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
       => docket
       => cock
       => postpose
       => prepose
       => step
       => replace, put back
       => stratify
       => plant
       => intersperse
       => nestle, snuggle
       => pile
       => arrange, set up
       => superimpose, superpose, lay over
       => superpose
       => park
       => ensconce, settle
       => emplace
       => emplace
       => ship
       => underlay
       => trench
       => pigeonhole
       => shelve
       => jar
       => repose
       => stick, put forward
       => sign
       => middle
       => parallelize
       => butt
       => recess
       => reposition
       => throw, thrust
       => tee, tee up
       => rack up
       => coffin
       => bed
       => appose
       => set down, put down, place down
       => sow, sough, seed
       => misplace
       => juxtapose
       => set down
       => bottle
       => bucket
       => barrel
       => ground
       => pillow, rest
       => misplace, mislay, lose
       => upend
       => seat, sit, sit down
       => lay, put down, repose
       => stand, stand up, place upright
       => recline
       => plant, set
       => install, instal, put in, set up
       => situate, fix, posit, deposit
       => ladle
       => poise
       => lean
       => clap
       => rest
       => perch
       => load
       => cram
       => set
       => siphon
       => position
       => glycerolize, glycerolise
       => space
       => marshal
       => settle, settle down
       => throw
       => imbricate

Sense 11
rig, set up
    > cheat, chisel
       => job
       => shark
       => rig, set up
       => cozen
       => crib
       => fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent

Sense 12
pitch, set up
    > rear, erect
       => pitch, set up
       => prick up, prick, cock up

Sense 13
arrange, set up, put, order
    > organize, organise
       => arrange, set up, put, order
       => rationalize, rationalise
       => territorialize, territorialise
       => reorganize, reorganise, shake up
       => collectivize, collectivise

Sense 14
rig, set, set up
    > equip, fit, fit out, outfit
       => rig, set, set up
       => mechanize, mechanise, motorize, motorise
       => fuse
       => collar
       => spur
       => fin
       => motorize
       => motorize
       => stock
       => horseshoe
       => turn out
       => instrument
       => muzzle
       => kit out, kit up, kit
       => appoint
       => re-equip, rejig
       => refit
       => armor, armour
       => accouter, accoutre
       => wire
       => shaft
       => spar
       => stave
       => invest, clothe, adorn
       => commission

Sense 15
fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
    > change, alter, modify
       => awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
       => cause to sleep
       => affect
       => refresh, freshen, refreshen
       => inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
       => indispose
       => cry
       => etiolate
       => brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
       => convert
       => opalize, opalise
       => arterialize, arterialise
       => make, get
       => counterchange, transpose, interchange
       => vascularize, vascularise
       => decrepitate
       => suburbanize, suburbanise
       => revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
       => etiolate
       => barbarize, barbarise
       => alkalinize, alkalinise
       => mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
       => allegorize, allegorise
       => demythologize, demythologise
       => bring, land
       => coarsen
       => affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
       => alchemize, alchemise
       => alcoholize, alcoholise
       => shape, form
       => round off, round down, round out, round
       => suspend
       => sober
       => reconstruct
       => increase
       => ease up, ease off, let up
       => assimilate
       => dissimilate
       => commute, convert, exchange
       => vitalize, vitalise
       => unclutter, clear
       => activate
       => activate
       => activate, aerate
       => activate
       => inactivate, deactivate
       => deaden, blunt
       => remodel, reconstruct, redo
       => edit, redact
       => edit, cut, edit out
       => tame, chasten, subdue
       => chasten, moderate, temper
       => better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
       => worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
       => wet
       => dry, dry out
       => lubricate
       => strengthen, beef up, fortify
       => spike, lace, fortify
       => weaken
       => blunt
       => oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
       => unite, unify, merge
       => age
       => ripen, mature
       => antique, antiquate
       => antiquate
       => develop, make grow
       => soften
       => damage
       => ossify
       => acerbate
       => stabilize, stabilise
       => destabilize, destabilise
       => sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
       => desensitize, desensitise
       => habituate, accustom
       => disorder, disarray
       => discolor
       => color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
       => stain
       => hue
       => uglify
       => untune
       => adjust, set, correct
       => set
       => disqualify, unfit, indispose
       => domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
       => widen
       => dehydrogenate
       => hydrogenate
       => oxygenize, oxygenise
       => darken
       => brighten, lighten up, lighten
       => blur, blear
       => obscure, bedim, overcloud
       => obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
       => cook
       => slenderize, slenderise
       => crack
       => dissolve, dismiss
       => end, terminate
       => demist, defog
       => condense, concentrate, contract
       => cool, chill, cool down
       => heat, heat up
       => warm
       => boil
       => freeze
       => blister
       => switch, change over, shift
       => transpose
       => convert, change over
       => transform
       => transform
       => transform
       => transmute
       => transform, transmute, transubstantiate
       => ash
       => translate, transform
       => reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
       => convert
       => Islamize, Islamise
       => turn back, invert, reverse
       => invert
       => customize, customise
       => personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
       => depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
       => sharpen
       => flatten, drop
       => disintegrate
       => magnetize, magnetise
       => demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
       => simplify
       => complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
       => refine
       => complicate, perplex
       => supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
       => centralize, centralise, concentrate
       => decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
       => socialize, socialise
       => fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
       => internationalize, internationalise
       => communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
       => Europeanize, Europeanise
       => Europeanize, Europeanise
       => bestialize, bestialise
       => Americanize, Americanise
       => Frenchify
       => civilize, civilise
       => nationalize, nationalise
       => denationalize, denationalise
       => naturalize, naturalise
       => denaturalize, denaturalise
       => naturalize, naturalise
       => denaturalize, denaturalise
       => even, even out
       => equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
       => stiffen
       => loosen, loose
       => tighten, fasten
       => transitivize, transitivise
       => detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
       => thicken, inspissate
       => full
       => diversify
       => deaden
       => check, retard, delay
       => decrease, lessen, minify
       => liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
       => solvate
       => dissolve
       => validate
       => invalidate, void, vitiate
       => empty
       => fill, fill up, make full
       => saturate
       => clot, coagulate
       => louden
       => normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
       => morph
       => neutralize, neutralise
       => commercialize, commercialise, market
       => purify, purge, sanctify
       => mechanize, mechanise
       => automatize, automatise, automate
       => automatize, automatise
       => mechanize, mechanise
       => harmonize, harmonise, chord
       => polarize, polarise
       => glorify
       => contaminate
       => devalue
       => insulate
       => calcify
       => urbanize, urbanise
       => urbanize, urbanise
       => emulsify
       => demulsify
       => decarboxylate
       => nazify
       => fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
       => clarify
       => embrittle
       => mark
       => barb
       => nick
       => disable, disenable, incapacitate
       => enable
       => de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
       => tender, tenderize, tenderise
       => charge
       => sweeten
       => iodinate
       => ionate
       => archaize, archaise
       => inform
       => officialize, officialise
       => occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
       => orientalize, orientalise
       => acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
       => achromatize, achromatise
       => parallel, collimate
       => camp
       => classicize, classicise
       => conventionalize, conventionalise
       => decimalize, decimalise
       => dizzy
       => poison, envenom
       => exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
       => glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
       => introvert
       => laicize, laicise
       => politicize, politicise
       => radicalize
       => proof
       => romanticize, romanticise
       => rusticate
       => sauce
       => shallow, shoal
       => tense
       => steepen
       => scramble
       => unscramble
       => unsex
       => vitrify
       => pall
       => saponify
       => extend, expand
       => suspend, set aside
       => muddy
       => transform
       => lift, raise, elevate
       => harshen
       => dinge
       => demonize, demonise
       => devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
       => etherealize, etherialise
       => immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
       => animize, animise, animate
       => clear
       => dynamize, dynamise
       => dynamize, dynamise
       => rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
       => volatilize, volatilise
       => uniformize, uniformise
       => symmetrize, symmetrise
       => immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
       => denature
       => denature
       => denature
       => sanitize, sanitise
       => verbify
       => shift
       => sputter
       => draw
       => make
       => dope
       => prostrate
       => excite
       => excite, energize, energise
       => shake
       => outmode
       => spice, spice up
       => shorten
       => think
       => make
       => deflate
       => inflate
       => reflate
       => digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
       => gelatinize, gelatinise
       => recombine
       => feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
       => masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
       => masculinize
       => disharmonize, dissonate
       => sexualize, sexualise
       => schematize, schematise
       => patent
       => constitutionalize, constitutionalise
       => rationalize, rationalise
       => plasticize, plasticise
       => rarefy
       => paganize, paganise
       => incandesce
       => deaminate, deaminize
       => angulate
       => circularize
       => sensitize, sensitise
       => sensitize, sensitise
       => depolarize, depolarise
       => intensify
       => isomerize, isomerise
       => legitimate
       => evaporate, vaporise
       => industrialize, industrialise
       => opacify
       => opsonize
       => militarize, militarise
       => nationalize, nationalise
       => recommend
       => sentimentalize, sentimentalise
       => solemnize, solemnise
       => territorialize, territorialise
       => transaminate
       => transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
       => unsanctify
       => vesiculate
       => visualize, visualise
       => variegate
       => ventilate
       => vivify
       => vulgarise, vulgarize
       => supple
       => professionalize, professionalise
       => smut
       => still
       => weaponize
       => eroticize, sex up
       => piggyback
       => confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
       => confuse
       => tone down, moderate, tame
       => obfuscate
       => synchronize, synchronise
       => mince, soften, moderate
       => militarize, militarise
       => break down, crush
       => fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
       => touch, disturb
       => dull
       => dull, blunt
       => sharpen
       => coarsen
       => loosen
       => untie, undo, loosen
       => barb
       => string
       => straighten, straighten out
       => bring
       => mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
       => charge
       => put
       => clean, make clean
       => dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
       => lower, depress
       => deform
       => break, break up
       => alter
       => decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
       => humanize, humanise
       => humble
       => estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
       => right
       => desensitize, desensitise
       => deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
       => develop
       => blur
       => blind
       => change intensity
       => change taste
       => capture
       => lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
       => restore, reinstate, reestablish
       => liberalize, liberalise
       => right, compensate, redress, correct
       => democratize, democratise
       => neutralize
       => corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
       => relax, loosen
       => unite, unify
       => flocculate
       => turn
       => make possible
       => cohere

Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb set-up

Sense 1
establish, set up, found, launch