'Setback' definitions:
Definition of 'setback'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Setback'
From: GCIDE
- Setback \Set"back`\ (s[e^]t"b[a^]k`), n.
- 1. (Arch.) Offset, n., 4. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. A reversal of progress in an endeavor; a reverse; a backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse. [Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'setback'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- atavism,
- backset,
- backsliding,
- backward deviation,
- backward motion,
- backward step,
- bafflement,
- balk,
- betrayed hope,
- blasted expectation,
- blighted hope,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- blow,
- buffet,
- check,
- checkmate,
- clogging,
- closing up,
- closure,
- comedown,
- confusion,
- constriction,
- cramp,
- cruel disappointment,
- dash,
- dashed hope,
- deceleration,
- defeat,
- delay,
- descent,
- detainment,
- detention,
- disappointment,
- discomfiture,
- disillusionment,
- dissatisfaction,
- down,
- drag,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- failure,
- fallen countenance,
- falling back,
- fiasco,
- fixation,
- fizzle,
- flagging,
- foil,
- foiling,
- foot-dragging,
- forlorn hope,
- frustration,
- hampering,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- holdback,
- holdup,
- hope deferred,
- impediment,
- inhibition,
- interference,
- interruption,
- lag,
- lapse,
- let,
- letdown,
- letup,
- minus acceleration,
- mirage,
- negativism,
- nuisance value,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- obstructionism,
- occlusion,
- opposition,
- reaction,
- rebuff,
- recession,
- recidivation,
- recidivism,
- recrudescence,
- recurrence,
- reentry,
- refluence,
- reflux,
- regress,
- regression,
- relapse,
- renewal,
- repression,
- repulse,
- resistance,
- restraint,
- restriction,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- retroaction,
- retrocession,
- retroflexion,
- retrogradation,
- retrogression,
- retrusion,
- return,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- reverse of fortune,
- reversion,
- rollback,
- rout,
- severe check,
- slack-up,
- slackening,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowup,
- sore disappointment,
- squeeze,
- sternway,
- stranglehold,
- stricture,
- stumbling block,
- suppression,
- tantalization,
- tease,
- throwback