setup

Other forms of setup

plural

setups·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about setup

What does setup mean?

setup means "equipment designed to serve a specific function". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in setup?

setup has 2 syllables: set-up. The stress falls on "set". In IPA it is /ˈsɛˌtʌp/.

What is another word for setup?

Close synonyms include apparatus, frame-up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is setup a common word?

setup is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with setup?

3 words rhyme with setup. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.