" set back "

1: a change in status for the worse usually temporarily;

  * e.g., " ... The explorers persevered despite suffering setbacks that would have discouraged lesser souls. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  knock,

•  lapse,

•  reversal,

•  reverse

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in keep, hold up;

•  Synonyms : 

•  delay,

•  detain,

•  hold up,

•  keep,

•  retard,

•  slow,

•  baffle,

•  balk,

•  block,

•  blockade,

•  bottleneck,

•  clog,

•  dam,

•  hinder,

•  hold,

•  hold back,

•  impede,

•  obstruct,

•  snag,

•  stem,

•  hesitate,

•  pause,

•  extend,

•  lengthen,

•  prolong,

•  protract,

•  stretch (out),

•  defer,

•  hold off (on),

•  hold over,

•  lay over,

•  put off,

•  put over,

•  remit,

•  shelve,

•  conclude,

•  cut off,

•  end,

•  terminate,

•  call,

•  discontinue,

•  suspend,

•  choke off,

•  rein (in),

•  repress,

•  squash,

•  squelch,

•  stanch,

•  stunt,

•  suppress,

•  turn back

•  Antonyms : 

•  carry on,

•  continue,

•  follow through (with),

•  keep (on),

•  keep up,

•  persist,

•  run on,

•  advance,

•  fare,

•  go along,

•  march,

•  move,

•  proceed,

•  progress,

•  wend,

•  actuate,

•  budge,

•  drive,

•  goad,

•  impel,

•  propel,

•  push,

•  spur,

•  stir