Automobile sales suffered a setback at the end of the financial year.
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Setback
//ˈsɛtbæk//
Synonyms for "setback" (143 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (43)
Related words (71)
impedimentinhibitioninterferenceinterruptionlaglapseletletdownletupminus accelerationmiragenegativismnuisance valueobstacleobstructionobstructionismocclusionoppositionreactionrebuff
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recessionrecidivationrecidivismrecrudescencerecurrencereentryrefluencerefluxregressregressionrelapserenewalrepressionrepulseresistancerestraintrestrictionretardationretardmentretroactionretrocessionretroflexionretrogradationretrogressionretrusionreturnreverse of fortunereversionrollbackroutsevere checkslack-upslackeningslow upslowdownslowingslowing downslowupsore disappointmentsqueezesternwaystrangleholdstricturestumbling blocksuppressiontantalizationteasethrowback
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4 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
36 translations across 20 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- نَكْسَة noun (adverse event, obstacle)
Bulgarian
2 entries- препятствие noun (adverse event, obstacle)
- пречка noun (adverse event, obstacle)
Catalan
1 entries- contratemps noun (adverse event, obstacle)
Czech
3 entries- komplikace noun (adverse event, obstacle)
- problém noun (adverse event, obstacle)
- překážka noun (adverse event, obstacle)
Danish
1 entries- tilbageslag noun (adverse event, obstacle)
Dutch
1 entries- tegenslag noun (adverse event, obstacle)
Finnish
1 entries- takaisku noun (adverse event, obstacle)
French
2 entries- contretemps noun (adverse event, obstacle)
- obstacle noun (adverse event, obstacle)
Galician
2 entries- contratempo noun (adverse event, obstacle)
- foda noun (adverse event, obstacle)
German
2 entries- Hindernis noun (adverse event, obstacle)
- Rückschlag noun (adverse event, obstacle)
Italian
3 entries- contrattempo noun (adverse event, obstacle)
- impedimento noun (adverse event, obstacle)
- insuccesso noun (adverse event, obstacle)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tilbakeslag noun (adverse event, obstacle)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- tilbakeslag noun (adverse event, obstacle)
Portuguese
2 entries- contrariedade noun (adverse event, obstacle)
- contratempo noun (adverse event, obstacle)
Russian
2 entries- заде́ржка noun (adverse event, obstacle)
- препя́тствие noun (adverse event, obstacle)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- amaladh noun (adverse event, obstacle)
Slovak
3 entries- komplikácia noun (adverse event, obstacle)
- prekážka noun (adverse event, obstacle)
- problém noun (adverse event, obstacle)
Spanish
4 entries- contratiempo noun (adverse event, obstacle)
- descalabro noun (adverse event, obstacle)
- mazazo noun (adverse event, obstacle)
- percance noun (adverse event, obstacle)
Swedish
1 entries- bakslag noun (adverse event, obstacle)
Turkish
1 entries- aksilik noun (adverse event, obstacle)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
It's only a minor setback.
Source: tatoeba (870646)
Our negotiations to lower export taxes suffered a big setback.
Source: tatoeba (870650)
This is a serious setback.
Source: tatoeba (1587252)
Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.
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