Set one's heart on — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Related Entry: Set (verb)

Set is a different word from Set one's heart on. The synonyms below are for set, not for set one's heart on.

1. to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop

   "the hen set for days"

   similar: brood, hatch, incubate, sit
   related: lay, spawn

2. to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority

   "set a date for the wedding"

   similar: appoint, designate, fix, name
   related: adopt, assign, choose, determine, establish, opt (for), pick, pin (down), prefer, select, settle, single (out), specify, arrange, coordinate, orchestrate, advertise, announce, declare, publish

3. to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding

   "fire losses were set at a million dollars"

   similar: appraise, assess, estimate, evaluate, guesstimate, rate, valuate, value
   related: adjudge, deem, judge, ascertain, determine, discover, learn, price, prize, decide, settle, analyze, assay, survey, test, reappraise, reassess, reevaluate, rejudge, revalue, transvaluate, transvalue, misesteem, misjudge, misprize, underestimate, undervalue

4. to rest on the buttocks or haunches

   "come over and set for a spell"

   similar: sit
   related: perch, lounge, slouch, sprawl, squat, straddle
   near: arise, get up, rise, stand

5. to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal

   "determined to see the West, she set her car towards the sun and drove off"

   similar: aim, bend, cast, direct, head, hold, level, pinpoint, train
   related: sight, bear, face, concentrate, focus, incline, orient, steer
   near: avert, curve, deflect, detour, divert, rechannel, shunt, sidetrack

6. to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of

   "finally set some plans for the luncheon"

   similar: agree (on), arrange, decide, fix, settle, dispose of
   related: contract, pledge, promise, blueprint, calculate, chart, concert, design, draft, frame, hammer out, intrigue, lay out, maneuver, map (out), plan, program, schematize, scheme, shape, square away, work out, choose, conclude, determine, figure, opt, resolve, affirm, approve, authorize, clear, confirm, OK, sanction, warrant, close, complete, end, finalize, finish, round (off or out), wind up, wrap up, bargain, chaffer, deal, dicker, haggle, horse-trade, negotiate
   near: abort, call, call off, drop, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke, differ (over), disagree (with), counter, debate, object, oppose, protest, resist, contest, dispute

7. to put securely in place or in a desired position

   "had the jeweler set the diamond again"

   similar: anchor, catch, clamp, fasten, fix, hitch, moor, secure
   related: embed, entrench, implant, ingrain, lodge, stuff, wedge
   opposite: loose, loosen, unfasten, unfix, unloose, unloosen
   near: extract, prize, pry, pull, root (out), tear (out), uproot, wrest, yank

8. to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly

   "the gelatin is just starting to set now"

   similar: clot, coagulate, congeal, gel, gelate, gelatinize, jell, jelly
   related: cake, concrete, firm (up), fix, freeze, harden, indurate, solidify, stiffen, condense, thicken, clump, curd, curdle, gum, lump (up)
   near: deliquesce, flux, fuse, liquefy, melt, thaw

9. to arrange something in a certain spot or position

   "set a book on the table"

   similar: depose, deposit, dispose, emplace, fix, lay, place, position, put, set up, situate, stick
   related: move, rearrange, reorder, shift, orient, establish, locate, plant, settle, clap, flop, plank, plop, plump, plunk, plunk down, slap, ensconce, niche, assemble, collect, carry, berth, park, affix, anchor, lock, lodge, wedge, array, lay out, line up, queue, rank, set down
   near: relocate, remove, take, banish, dislodge, displace, replace, supersede, supplant

10. to become physically firm or solid

    "the concrete must set completely before anyone can walk on it"

    similar: concrete, congeal, firm (up), freeze, harden, indurate, solidify
    related: cake, callus, encrust, clot, coagulate, gel, gelate, gelatinize, jell, jelly, stiffen, thicken, calcify, crystallize, ossify, petrify, rigidify, anneal, case-harden, temper
    opposite: liquefy, soften
    near: deliquesce, dissolve, flux, fuse, melt, smelt, thaw, unfreeze