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setback - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | setback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappointment |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, bath*, blow, bottom, check, comedown, defeat, delay, difficulty, drawing board, flip-flop*, hindrance, hitch*, impediment, misfortune, obstacle, rebuff, regress, reversal, reverse, slowdown, stumbling block*, trouble, upset, backset, hold-up, regression, reversal of fortune, whole new ballgame |
| Antonyms: | achievement, advance, blessing, boon, boost, success |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bad luck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rotten break |
| Synonyms: | adversity, bad break, blow, devil's own luck, hard cheese, hard luck, hard time, hardship, ill luck, mischance, misfortune, raw deal, reverse, rotten luck, setback, tough break, tough luck, tragedy |
| Main Entry: | comedown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | letdown, blow |
| Synonyms: | anticlimax, blow, collapse, comeuppance, crash, decline, defeat, descent, disappointment, discomfiture, dive, down, downfall, failure, fall, flop*, humiliation, reverse, ruin, setback, undoing, wreck, cropper, deflation, demotion, pratfall |
| Antonyms: | ascent, boon, boost, fortune, promotion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deferment, interruption |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, bind, check, detention, downtime*, filibuster, hindrance, holding pattern, impediment, interval, jam, lag, moratorium, obstruction, postponement, problem, remission, reprieve, setback, stall, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, suspension, wait, cooling-off period, cunctation, dawdling, demurral, discontinuation, hangup, hold-up, holding, lingering, logjam, loitering, procrastination, prorogation, putting off, retardation, retardment, showstopper, tarrying, tie-up |
| Notes: | various things may cause a delay, but a postponement will result from the action of a person |
| Antonyms: | advance, dispatch, expedition, furtherance, hurry, rush, speed, hastening |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disaster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accident, trouble |
| Synonyms: | act of God*, adversity, affliction, bad luck, bad news*, bale, bane, blight, blow, bust, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, collision, crash, debacle, defeat, depression, emergency, exigency, failure, fall, fiasco, flood, flop, grief, harm, hazard, holocaust, hot water, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, rock, rough, ruin, setback, slip, stroke, tragedy, undoing, upset, washout*, woe, fell stroke, hard luck, ill luck, ruination, the worst |
| Antonyms: | blessing, good luck, miracle, prosperity, success, triumph, win, wonder, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expenditure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
| Synonyms: | amount, application, bottom line*, charge, consumption, cost, disbursement, dissipation, expense, figure, investment, kickback*, outlay, output, payoff, price, rate, setback*, splurge, squander, throw*, tune*, use, valuation, value, waste, cash on barrelhead, come to*, outgo, spending |
| Antonyms: | savings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frustration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappointment, thwarting |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, bitter pill, blow, bummer, chagrin, defeat, dissatisfaction, downer*, drag*, failure, fizzle, grievance, hindrance, impediment, irritation, letdown, obstruction, resentment, setback, vexation, blocking, circumvention, contravention, curbing, disgruntlement, foiling, nonfulfillment, nonsuccess, old one-two, unfulfillment |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, cooperation, encouragement, help, support, facilitation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glitch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | error |
| Synonyms: | bug*, defect, flaw, hitch, malfunction, misfire, mishap, problem, setback, snafu, snag, something wrong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impediment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction, hindrance |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, bar, barricade, barrier, block, bottleneck*, burden, catch*, chain, check, clog, cramp, curb, defect, delay, deterrent, detriment, difficulty, disadvantage, drag*, drawback, encumbrance, fault, flaw, handicap, hazard, hitch, holdup, hurdle, inhibition, load, manacle, millstone*, obstacle, prohibition, red tape*, restraint, restriction, road block*, rub*, setback, shackle, snag, stoppage, stricture, stumbling block*, tie, trammel, wall, blockage, dead weight, retardation, retardment |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, furtherance, help, support, facilitation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jolt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surprise; sudden push |
| Synonyms: | blow, bounce, bump, clash, collision, concussion, double whammy, impact, jar, jerk, jog, jounce, jump, kick, lurch, percussion, punch, quiver, reversal, setback, shake, shock, shot, start, surprise, bombshell, thunderbolt |
| Main Entry: | letdown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappointment |
| Synonyms: | anticlimax, balk, bitter pill, blow, chagrin, comedown, frustration, setback, washout*, disgruntlement, disillusionment |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, blessing, boon, satisfaction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misadventure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad luck, mishap |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, blunder, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, debacle, disaster, error, failure, faux pas, lapse, mischance, misfortune, reverse, setback, slip, tragedy, woe, bad break, ill fortune |
| Antonyms: | blessing, good luck, success, triumph, good fortune |
| Main Entry: | misfortune/mishap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad luck; disaster |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, annoyance, anxiety, bad news*, blow*, burden, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, cross, crunch, debacle, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, dole, failure, hardship, harm, inconvenience, loss, misadventure, mischance, misery, nuisance, reverse, setback, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unpleasantness, visitation, worry, bad break, casuality, hard luck, infelicity, rotten luck, stroke of bad luck, tough luck |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, blessing, fortune, good luck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mishap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accident |
| Synonyms: | blow, blunder, calamity, collision, disaster, fluke*, hazard, misadventure, misfortune, mistake, pileup*, setback, smash*, smashup*, total*, crack-up, fender-bender, ill-fortune, rear-ender, stack-up, wrack-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outlay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expenses |
| Synonyms: | bite*, bottom line*, charge, cost, damage, disbursement, expenditure, expense, highway robbery, investment, price tag, score*, setback*, tab*, throw*, tune*, spending |
| Antonyms: | income, pay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | relapse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deterioration, weakening |
| Synonyms: | fall, fall from grace, lapse, loss, repetition, retrogression, return, reversion, setback, backsliding, recidivism, recurrence, regression, turn for the worse, worsening |
| Antonyms: | healing, progress, strengthening |
| Main Entry: | stumbling block |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hindrance |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, barricade, barrier, blockage, catch, catch*, clog, complication, delay, deterrent, difficulty, discouragement, drag*, drawback, fly in the ointment, handicap, hindrance, hitch, holdup, hurdle, impediment, limitation, obstacle, obstruction, restraint, road block, road block*, setback, snag, stone in one's path, stumbling stone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misfortune |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, annoyance, anxiety, bad luck, bad news, blow, burden, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, cross, crunch, debacle, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, dole, failure, hardship, harm, inconvenience, loss, misadventure, mischance, misery, mishap, nuisance, reverse, setback, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unpleasantness, visitation, worry, bad break, hard luck, infelicity, rotten luck, tough luck, unluck |
| Antonyms: | piece of luck |
| Main Entry: | accident |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unexpected, undesirable event; often physically injurious |
| Synonyms: | blow, calamity, casualty, collision, disaster, fluke*, hazard, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, pileup*, setback, smash*, smashup*, total*, crack-up, fender-bender, rear ender, stack-up, wrack-up |
| Antonyms: | intent, intention, necessity, plan, provision |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cost |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expense; price paid |
| Synonyms: | amount, bad news*, bite*, bottom line*, charge, damage*, disbursement, dues, expenditure, figure, line, nick*, nut*, outlay, payment, price, price tag, rate, score*, setback*, squeeze*, tab, tariff, ticket, toll, value, worth, arm and a leg, bottom dollar, top dollar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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