'set back' definitions:
Definition of 'set back'
From: WordNet
verb
Hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off]
verb
Slow down the progress of; hinder; "His late start set him back"
verb
Cost a certain amount; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000" [syn: set back, knock back, put back]
Synonyms of 'set back'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrest,
- backpedal,
- backwater,
- bog down,
- bottle up,
- brake,
- bridle,
- check,
- clip the wings,
- constrain,
- contain,
- control,
- cool,
- cool off,
- countercheck,
- curb,
- curtail,
- dam up,
- damp,
- dampen,
- decelerate,
- delay,
- dent,
- depress,
- detain,
- dimple,
- dint,
- dompt,
- draw rein,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- engrave,
- enjoin,
- govern,
- guard,
- hang up,
- hinder,
- hold,
- hold at bay,
- hold back,
- hold fast,
- hold in,
- hold in check,
- hold in leash,
- hold up,
- impede,
- impress,
- imprint,
- indent,
- inhibit,
- intercept,
- interfere,
- intermeddle,
- interrupt,
- intervene,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep from,
- keep in,
- keep in check,
- keep under control,
- lay under restraint,
- let down,
- let up,
- lose ground,
- lose momentum,
- lose speed,
- meddle,
- mire,
- moderate,
- notch,
- obstruct,
- oppose,
- pit,
- pock,
- pockmark,
- press in,
- prohibit,
- pull,
- pull in,
- punch,
- punch in,
- recess,
- reef,
- rein,
- rein in,
- relax,
- repress,
- resist,
- restrain,
- retard,
- retrench,
- scotch,
- set in,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slow,
- slow down,
- slow up,
- snub,
- stamp,
- stay,
- straiten,
- suppress,
- take in sail,
- tamp,
- throttle down,
- withhold