SET OFF Synonyms

• give an incentive for action

• provoke or stir up

• urge on; cause to act

• provoke or stir up

• serve as the inciting cause of

• a momentary flash of light

• Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)

• merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance

• electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

• a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger

• a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction

• put in motion or move to act

• emit or produce sparks

• the beginning of anything

• the time at which something is supposed to begin

• a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)

• a sudden involuntary movement

• the act of starting something

• a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

• a signal to begin (as in a race)

• the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

• set in motion, cause to start

• depart for someplace

• have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

• bring into being

• get off the ground

• move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

• get going or set in motion

• begin or set in motion

• begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job

• play in the starting lineup

• have a beginning characterized in some specified way

• begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object

• bulge outward

• lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun

• a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen

• an act that sets in motion some course of events

• put in motion or move to act

• release or pull the trigger on

• Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

• have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

• set in motion, cause to start

• begin to speak or say

• be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series

• have a beginning, of a temporal event

• have a beginning characterized in some specified way

• begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object

• achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative

• begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

• evoke or provoke to appear or occur

• deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

• call to mind

• someone new to a field or activity

• someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

• people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity

• bring into being

• take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of

• accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite

• bring up a topic for discussion

• set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for

• catch fire

• cause to start burning

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

• a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)

• (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command

• according to schedule or without delay; on time

• ready and willing or quick to act

• performed with little or no delay

• give an incentive for action

• serve as the inciting cause of

• assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

• evoke or provoke to appear or occur

• provide the needed stimulus for

• annoy continually or chronically

• put in motion or move to act

• give an incentive for action

• a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

• postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled

• make up for

• declare null and void; make ineffective

• remove or make invisible

• make invalid for use

• move away from a place into another direction

• be at variance with; be out of line with

• depart for someplace

• go away or leave

• remove oneself from an association with or participation in

• wander from a direct or straight course

• cause to burst with a violent release of energy

• burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction

• cause to burst with a violent release of energy

• burst outward, usually with noise

• show a violent emotional reaction

• be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise

• destroy by exploding

• cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/

• drive from the stage by noisy disapproval

• show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete

• burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction

• increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner

• the time at which something is supposed to begin

• a compensating equivalent

• a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

• a natural consequence of development

• a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper

• structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly

• compensate for or counterbalance

• make up for

• cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface

• create an offset in

• produce by offset printing

• something determined in relation to something that includes it

• something less than the whole of a human artifact

• a portion of a natural object

• that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation

• the extended spatial location of something

• the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group

• an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

• assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group

• one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole

• a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions

• the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music

• the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result

• an item that is an instance of some type

• to some extent; in some degree; not wholly

• go one's own way; move apart

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• depart for someplace

• move or break apart

• force, take, or pull apart

• a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)

• a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs

• an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall

• an exciting or stimulating experience

• a catch mechanism that acts as a switch

• a light or nimble tread

• an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

• miss a step and fall or nearly fall

• cause to stumble

• make a trip for pleasure

• put in motion or move to act

• get high, stoned, or drugged