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Synonyms for setback
ˈsɛtˌbækset·back
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Princeton's WordNet
reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eyenoun
an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
Synonyms:
nose candy, reversal, turnabout, puff, turnaround, snow, about-face, opposite, change of mind, gust, shock, black eye, reverse, flip-flop, verso, policy change, volte-face, mouse, turn around, shiner, contrary, bump, blow, transposition, coke, reversion, blast, reverse gear
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "setback":
backhand, nakba, backspace, blow, retrogression, regression, failure, reversal, relapse, set-back, backlash, defeat, decline, reverse, backsliding, kickback, frustration, versa, downturn
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2274 | snow | |
#2278 | failure | |
#2382 | mouse | |
#2540 | blow | |
#3815 | reverse | |
#4602 | shock | |
#5425 | opposite | |
#5615 | decline | |
#6477 | blast | |
#6811 | contrary | |
#8135 | defeat | |
#8636 | regression | |
#10588 | bump | |
#12559 | coke | |
#13206 | versa | |
#13243 | frustration | |
#15621 | reversal | |
#17866 | turnaround | |
#18108 | puff | |
#21804 | setback | |
#25141 | relapse | |
#25905 | backlash | |
#26114 | gust | |
#28176 | downturn | |
#30176 | verso | |
#40939 | reversion | |
#42525 | transposition | |
#44872 | backspace | |
#48948 | shiner | |
#58221 | kickback | |
#58629 | backhand | |
#100874 | turnabout | |
#114563 | backsliding | |
#158119 | retrogression | |
#200230 | nakba |
How to use setback in a sentence?
Whoever loses the fight would suffer a fatal blow, unless the two reach a settlement. This will also be a setback for automakers.
These false accusations have been extremely damaging to our entire organization, but we can only begin to imagine the setback this must have dealt to survivors of sexual assault.
If they concluded the virus was from China, they would have had to tighten quarantine measures on the border area in a further setback to North Korea-China trade.
For eight years, a broad coalition has worked to pass this life-saving legislation, each year this legislation is delayed, more people die of drug overdoses — two per day in San Francisco alone. While this veto is a major setback for the effort to save lives and connect people to treatment, we must not — and will not — let it end this movement.
New Zealand Vanuatu president:
This is a very devastating cyclone in Vanuatu. I term it as a monster, a monster, it's a setback for the government and for the people of Vanuatu. After all the development that has taken place, all this development has been wiped out.
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