Synonyms of readying

readying 1 of 3

adjective

as in preparing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• preparing
• introducing
• preparatory
• preliminary
• beginning
• prefacing
• introductory
• preparative
• prefatory
• precursory
• warning
• basic
• primary
• prelim
• fundamental
• prelusive
• ahead
• elementary
• premonitory
• previous
• early
• prior
• preceding
• former

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• following
• subsequent
• after
• behind

readying

2 of 3

noun

as in preparation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• preparation
• teaching
• cultivation
• conditioning
• coaching
• training
• education
• instruction
• schooling
• tutoring
• tutelage
• tuition
• development
• improvement
• nurturing
• guidance
• enlightenment
• direction
• edification
• pedagogy
• higher learning
• higher education
• nurturance
• didactics
• pedagogics

readying

3 of 3

verb

present participle of ready

1

as in equipping

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

this advanced course should ready him for college

Synonyms & Similar Words

• preparing
• equipping
• qualifying
• training
• enabling
• adjusting
• adapting
• fitting
• teaching
• shaping
• authorizing
• grooming
• conditioning
• seasoning
• educating
• tailoring
• entitling
• accustoming
• empowering
• habituating
• instructing
• indoctrinating
• schooling
• tutoring

2

as in prepping

to make ready in advance

we can ready the desserts for the party a day in advance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• preparing
• prepping
• arranging
• providing
• furnishing
• equipping
• grooming
• fortifying
• fixing
• laying
• fitting
• bracing
• girding
• supplying
• instructing
• mounting
• educating
• training
• gathering
• steeling
• priming
• outfitting
• indoctrinating
• arming
• schooling
• gearing up
• tutoring
• battening
• booting (up)
• drafting
• spreading
• inclining
• setting
• predisposing
• framing
• warming (up)
• drawing up
• forearming

3

as in bracing

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 & Similar Words

• bracing
• fortifying
• strengthening
• poising
• steeling
• nerving
• arming
• reinforcing
• forearming
• bolstering
• enforcing
• psyching (up)
• toughening
• encouraging
• sustaining
• comforting
• hardening
• supporting
• inuring
• reenforcing
• buttressing
• rousing
• boosting
• stirring
• rallying
• inspiring
• propping (up)
• cheering (up)
• seasoning
• emboldening
• buoying (up)
• heartening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shaking
• discouraging
• daunting
• disheartening
• unnerving
• demoralizing
• softening
• undermining
• weakening
• undercutting
• sapping
• tiring
• dispiriting
• psyching (out)
• enervating
• debilitating
• prostrating
• enfeebling