Synonyms of setting store by

setting store by

phrase

variants or setting store on

present participle of set store by

1

as in respecting

to think very highly or favorably of

He sets store by the example set by his parents.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• respecting
• admiring
• considering
• enjoying
• appreciating
• drinking (in)
• commending
• revelling (in)
• regarding
• grooving (on)
• loving
• reveling (in)
• delighting (in)
• valuing
• liking
• doting (on)
• praising
• worshiping
• esteeming
• approving
• cherishing
• applauding
• complimenting
• savouring
• favoring
• crediting
• relishing
• acclaiming
• revering
• worshipping
• savoring
• accrediting
• venerating
• reverencing
• fancying
• idolizing
• hallowing
• digging
• adoring
• treasuring
• deifying
• prizing
• canonizing
• adulating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hating
• loathing
• frowning (on or upon)
• despising
• detesting
• abhorring
• dismissing
• abominating
• discounting
• execrating
• disregarding
• disapproving
• condemning
• deploring
• disliking
• decrying
• scorning
• disdaining
• kissing off
• vilifying
• disfavoring
• discountenancing

2

as in believing

to regard as right or true

I don't set much store by his opinion.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• believing
• understanding
• taking
• trusting
• accepting
• buying
• swallowing
• accounting
• assuming
• crediting
• accrediting
• supposing
• presuming
• concluding
• inferring
• deducing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejecting
• disbelieving
• discrediting
• questioning
• doubting
• suspecting
• distrusting
• challenging
• misdoubting
• disputing
• mistrusting

3

as in loving

to hold dear

He'll always set store by his favorite childhood books.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loving
• enjoying
• appreciating
• grooving (on)
• revelling (in)
• reveling (in)
• delighting (in)
• valuing
• treasuring
• liking
• cherishing
• prizing
• doting (on)
• admiring
• respecting
• relishing
• fancying
• venerating
• revering
• digging
• worshiping
• enshrining
• apprizing
• memorializing
• caressing
• regarding
• reverencing
• idolizing
• esteeming
• worshipping
• adoring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sniffing (at)
• hating
• undervaluing
• loathing
• disvaluing
• writing off
• despising
• scouting
• putting down
• crying down
• detesting
• abhorring
• execrating
• minimizing
• abominating
• scorning
• disdaining
• snubbing
• disparaging
• abandoning
• forgetting
• slighting
• deprecating
• belittling
• decrying
• kissing off
• depreciating
• neglecting
• high-hatting
• bad-mouthing