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Synonyms for ready
ˈrɛd iready
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Wiktionary
readyadjective
Synonyms:
good to goreadyadjective
Prepared for immediate action or use.
The troops are ready for battle.
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good to goreadyadjective
Inclined; apt to happen.
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good to goreadyadjective
Liable at any moment.
The seed is ready to sprout.
Synonyms:
good to go
English Synonyms and Antonyms
ready
Active refers to both quickness and constancy of action; in the former sense it is allied with agile, alert, brisk, etc.; in the latter, with busy, diligent, industrious. The active love employment, the busy are actually employed, the diligent and the industrious are habitually busy. The restless are active from inability to keep quiet; their activity may be without purpose, or out of all proportion to the purpose contemplated. The officious are undesirably active in the affairs of others. Compare ALERT; ALIVE; MEDDLESOME.
Synonyms:
active, agile, alert, brisk, bustling, busy, diligent, energetic, expeditious, industrious, lively, mobile, nimble, officious, prompt, quick, restless, sprightly, spry, supple, vigorous, wide awakeAntonyms:
dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, quiescent, quiet, slow, sluggish, stupidPreposition:
Active in work, in a cause; for an object, as for justice; with persons or instrumentalities; about something, as about other people's business.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
ready
Synonyms:
prompt, alert, expeditions, speedy, unhesitating, dexterous, apt, skilful, handy, expert, facile, easy, opportune, fitted, prepared, disposed, willing, free, cheerful, compliant, responsive, quickAntonyms:
unready, tardy, slow, hesitating, reluctant, dubitating, awkward, unhandy, clumsy, remote, inaccessible, unavailable, inopportune, ununited, unfitted, unprepared, indisposed, unwilling, constrained, grudging, unaccommodating, incompliant, irresponsive
Princeton's WordNet
readyadjective
poised for action
"their guns were at the ready"
Antonyms:
unavailable, unripe, unwilling, napping, off one's guard(p), off-guard(a), unprepared, off her guard, unintelligent, stupid, off your guard, flat-footed, off guard(p), off his guard, unreadyreadyadjective
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
"get ready"; "she is ready to resign"; "the bridge is ready to collapse"; "I am ready to work"; "ready for action"; "ready for use"; "the soup will be ready in a minute"; "ready to learn to read"
Antonyms:
unavailable, unprepared, unready, off one's guard(p), stupid, unwilling, off guard(p), off your guard, off his guard, off-guard(a), unintelligent, flat-footed, napping, unripe, off her guardready(a)adjective
(of especially money) immediately available
"he seems to have ample ready money"; "a ready source of cash"
Antonyms:
off guard(p), unprepared, stupid, unintelligent, napping, unripe, off your guard, off her guard, unavailable, off one's guard(p), off-guard(a), off his guard, unwilling, flat-footed, unreadyreadyadjective
mentally disposed
"he was ready to believe her"
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unready, stupid, off his guard, napping, unripe, off-guard(a), unavailable, off one's guard(p), unintelligent, off your guard, unwilling, off guard(p), unprepared, flat-footed, off her guardreadyadjective
made suitable and available for immediate use
"dinner is ready"
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off-guard(a), off her guard, napping, off your guard, unprepared, unready, flat-footed, stupid, off his guard, off one's guard(p), unwilling, unripe, off guard(p), unintelligent, unavailablequick, readyverb
apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity
"a quick mind"; "a ready wit"
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immediate, straightaway, warm, fast, speedy, spry, agile, nimble, quick, prompt, flying, ready(a)Antonyms:
off her guard, unintelligent, napping, stupid, unready, flat-footed, off one's guard(p), unavailable, off his guard, unripe, off your guard, unwilling, unprepared, off-guard(a), off guard(p)cook, fix, ready, make, prepareverb
prepare for eating by applying heat
"Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
Synonyms:
wee-wee, take, hit, bring in, desexualise, restore, construct, doctor, draw, stool, have, lay down, mend, piddle, hold, desex, piss, constitute, fudge, do, reach, earn, stimulate, get to, shit, fix, pay back, posit, name, falsify, fixate, define, make water, progress to, create, crap, take a shit, pretend, cook, gain, defecate, establish, pee, realize, train, make up, specify, bushel, develop, sterilise, give, unsex, attain, relieve oneself, pull in, set, wee, induce, form, spend a penny, touch on, make, gear up, limit, fake, prepare, micturate, deposit, furbish up, take in, machinate, organise, repair, score, get, secure, build, situate, make believe, throw, pass water, arrive at, pee-pee, sterilize, set up, ca-ca, devise, misrepresent, determine, puddle, take a crap, clear, produce, nominate, groom, educate, manipulate, organize, take a leak, fasten, pay off, desexualize, cause, urinate, get up, wangle, work, realise, seduceAntonyms:
off guard(p), flat-footed, unprepared, unwilling, off his guard, off one's guard(p), off her guard, unready, napping, unavailable, off your guard, unintelligent, unripe, stupid, off-guard(a)fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, setverb
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
"Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
Synonyms:
localize, restore, organise, fructify, doctor, secure, cook, mend, touch on, launch, desex, jell, entrap, put, fixate, do, go under, congeal, effect, frame, place, fix, pay back, posit, install, set up, define, countersink, raise, lay, plant, coif, dress, found, specify, mark, arrange, establish, correct, fasten, train, effectuate, bushel, develop, sterilise, unsex, sterilize, set, desexualise, devise, make, sic, gear up, limit, get, prepare, put together, situate, coiffe, deposit, tack, furbish up, machinate, repair, pose, pitch, position, assemble, piece, rear, put in, typeset, rig, instal, order, ensnare, determine, coiffure, groom, erect, go down, put up, educate, organize, pay off, desexualize, localise, get up, lay out, adjust, tack togetherAntonyms:
unripe, unavailable, off his guard, off-guard(a), off your guard, napping, unprepared, off her guard, unwilling, unready, unintelligent, off one's guard(p), stupid, flat-footed, off guard(p)
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Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
readyadjective
Synonyms:
prepared, in readinessreadyadjective
Synonyms:
prompt, quick, expeditiousreadyadjective
Synonyms:
apt, expert, dexterous, adroit, clever, quick, sharp, smartreadyadjective
readyadjective
Synonyms:
near, handy, convenient, commodious, at handreadyadjective
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How to use ready in a sentence?
When the student is ready. . . the lesson appears.
For now, it's business as usual. But if they're here in Kiev, I'm ready to, I am prepared to fight.
At any rate, we are ready for this, i believe that the ball is in America’s court.
I completely disregarded [ a nomination ] as a possibility, i just considered it to be such a long shot... It was actually Bill who texted me. I was in my hotel room getting ready to go to set for' Bill Ted 3, and Bill texted me,' Congrats, dude.' That's it -- no exclamation point, no nothing. I was like,' On what ? Did the show get nominated ?' And he said,' You got nominated,' So that was a really, really cool moment. And I just kind of had to stare at the floor for a few minutes.
When you're faced with a situation requiring a self-control dilemma, you will be ready with an alternative way to handle it.
Translations for ready
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- مستعد, حاضر, جَهّزَ, جاهزArabic
- әҙерBashkir
- гато́выBelarusian
- disposat, llestCatalan, Valencian
- hotový, připravenýCzech
- parod, barodWelsh
- paratDanish
- fertig, bereit, garGerman
- έτοιμοςGreek
- pretaEsperanto
- preparar, preparado, alistar, listoSpanish
- آماده, رو به راهPersian
- valmisFinnish
- prête, prêtFrench
- ullamh, réidhIrish
- સજ્જ, તૈયારGujarati
- מוכןHebrew
- तैयारHindi
- készül, készHungarian
- պատրաստArmenian
- undirbúinn, tilbúinnIcelandic
- preparato, pronta, preparare, prontoItalian
- 用意の出来た, 準備の出来た, 出来上がりJapanese
- მზადGeorgian
- 준비된Korean
- حازر, ئاماده, ئامادهکردنKurdish
- promptus, preparatusLatin
- gatavsLatvian
- takatū, reriMāori
- तयारMarathi
- sediaMalay
- तयारNepali
- gereed, klaarDutch
- beredt, rede, parat, klarNorwegian
- ਤਿਆਰPanjabi, Punjabi
- gotowi, gotowy, gotówPolish
- aprontar, pronto, preparar, preparadoPortuguese
- gataRomanian
- гото́выйRussian
- gotov, spremanSerbo-Croatian
- hotovýSlovak
- gatiAlbanian
- beredd, redoSwedish
- తయారు, సిద్ధంTelugu
- razı, hazır, meyyalTurkish
- гото́вийUkrainian
- تیارUrdu
- The word "ready" can be translated into Vietnamese as "sẵn sàng."Vietnamese
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