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ready

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of ready

1 being in a state of fitness for some experience or action

  • after studying for months, she felt ready for the bar exam
Synonyms of ready

fit, go, prepared, set
Words Related to ready

conditioned, primed, ripe

armed, braced, fortified, steeled

qualified, trained
Near Antonyms of ready

unqualified, untrained
Antonyms of ready

flat-footed, half-baked, half-cocked, underprepared, unprepared, unready

2 having a desire or inclination (as for a specified course of action)

  • Iʼm ready to help, if I can
Synonyms of ready

amenable, disposed, fain, game, glad, inclined, minded, willing
Words Related to ready

predisposed, prone

accommodating, agreeable, compliant, cooperative, obedient, obliging, submissive

favorable, receptive

prepared, prompt, quick, responsive, swift

desirous, eager, enthused, enthusiastic, excited
Near Antonyms of ready

averse, loath (also loth), reluctant, reticent
Antonyms of ready

disinclined, unamenable, unwilling

3 having or showing the ability to respond without delay or hesitation

  • had a ready response to every one of her objections regarding the feasibility of the plan
Synonyms of ready

alacritous, alert, expeditious, prompt, quick, willing
Words Related to ready

receptive, responsive

immediate, instant, instantaneous, summary

breakneck, breathless, brisk, fast, fleet, fleet-footed, hit-and-run, lightning, rapid, rapid-fire, rattling, snappy, speedy, swift, whirlwind

eager, keen, sharp

apt, clever, quick, quick-witted, ready-witted, sharp-witted, smart
Near Antonyms of ready

unresponsive

crawling, creeping, dallying, dawdling, dilatory, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, lagging, lazy, lazyish, leisurely, logy (also loggy), poking, poky (or pokey), slothful, slow, slowish, sluggish, tardy, unhurried

dormant, idle, inactive, inert

4 involving minimal difficulty or effort

  • weʼre hoping you have a ready solution to our networking problem
Synonyms of ready

cheap, downhill, easy, effortless, facile, fluent, fluid, hands-down, light, painless, royal, simple, smooth, snap, soft
Words Related to ready

idiotproof, mindless, quick, straightforward, unchallenging, uncomplicated

apparent, clear, clear-cut, distinct, evident, manifest, obvious, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, perspicuous, plain, transparent, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable
Near Antonyms of ready

burdensome, exhausting, onerous, oppressive, painful, stressful, taxing, troublesome

abstruse, complex, complicated, intricate, involved, knotty, problematic (also problematical), recondite
Antonyms of ready

arduous, demanding, difficult, exacting, formidable, grueling (or gruelling), hard, herculean, killer, labored, laborious, murderous, rough, severe, stiff, strenuous, toilful, toilsome, tough

Synonym Discussion of ready

quick, prompt, ready, apt mean able to respond without delay or hesitation or indicative of such ability. quick stresses instancy of response and is likely to connote native rather than acquired power.
    • quick reflexes
    • a keen quick mind
prompt is more likely to connote training and discipline that fits one for instant response.
    • prompt emergency medical care
ready suggests facility or fluency in response.
    • backed by a pair of ready assistants
apt stresses the possession of qualities (such as intelligence, a particular talent, or a strong bent) that makes quick effective response possible.
    • an apt student
    • her answer was apt and to the point

ready

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of ready

1 to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function

  • this advanced course should ready him for college
Synonyms of ready

equip, fit, prepare, qualify, season, train
Words Related to ready

accustom, adapt, adjust, condition, groom, habituate, shape, tailor

authorize, entitle

empower, enable

educate, indoctrinate, instruct, school, teach, tutor

2 to make ready in advance

  • we can ready the desserts for the party a day in advance
Synonyms of ready

fit, fix, groom, lay, prep, prepare
Words Related to ready

brace, fortify, gird, steel

batten, gather, gear up, mount

educate, indoctrinate, instruct, school, train, tutor

boot (up), prime

arrange, set, spread

arm, equip, forearm, furnish, outfit, provide, supply

incline, predispose

draft, draw up, frame

warm (up)

3 to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally

  • the basketball players sat quietly in the locker room, readying themselves for the final game of the season
Synonyms of ready

brace, forearm, fortify, nerve, poise, psych (up), steel, strengthen
Words Related to ready

arm

harden, inure, season, toughen

bolster, boost, buoy (up), buttress, enforce, prop (up), reinforce (also reenforce), support, sustain

cheer (up), comfort, embolden, encourage, hearten, inspire

rally, rouse, stir
Near Antonyms of ready

daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, psych (out), shake, unnerve

debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, prostrate, sap, soften, tire, undercut, undermine, weaken

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