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See definition of ready on Dictionary.com
  • adj.prepared; available
  • adj.willing, inclined
  • adj.skillful, intelligent
  • verbprepare

synonyms for ready

  • accessible
  • apt
  • handy
  • qualified
  • ripe
  • adjusted
  • anticipating
  • arranged
  • completed
  • covered
  • equipped
  • fit
  • near
  • organized
  • primed
  • set
  • waiting
  • wired
  • all set
  • all systems go
  • at beck and call
  • at fingertips
  • at hand
  • at the ready
  • champing at bit
  • close to hand
  • convenient
  • equal to
  • expectant
  • fixed for
  • in line
  • in order
  • in place
  • in position
  • in readiness
  • in the saddle
  • on call
  • on hand
  • on tap
  • on the brink
  • open to
See also synonyms for: readied / readies / readying

antonyms for ready

MOST RELEVANT
  • incapable
  • unskilled
  • unavailable
  • uneducated
  • unprepared
  • unready
  • untrained
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How to use ready in a sentence

That the information had always been there, but I had not been ready to receive it.
HOW LAURENCE FISHBURNE GAVE VOICE TO ‘THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X’JOI-MARIE MCKENZIESEPTEMBER 17, 2020ESSENCE.COM
“We’re united and ready to lead,” McCarthy said as Republican members stood behind him.
TRUMP, IN TOWN HALL, SAYS HE WOULDN’T HAVE DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY ON PANDEMICCOLBY ITKOWITZ, JOSH DAWSEY, FELICIA SONMEZ, JOHN WAGNERSEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POST
Even TVOS 14 is going official, so get ready to spend some time downloading updates tomorrow.
APPLE JUST ANNOUNCED A NEW IPAD, IPAD AIR, AND APPLE WATCH SERIES 6STAN HORAZEKSEPTEMBER 15, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
New queens make quacking vibrations when they are ready to hatch.
QUACKS AND TOOTS HELP YOUNG HONEYBEE QUEENS AVOID DEADLY DUELSSHARON OOSTHOEKSEPTEMBER 14, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
You’re expected to not just receive it with a smile, but be ready to give it at any point.
WHAT IF YOUR COMPANY HAD NO RULES? (BONUS EPISODE)MARIA KONNIKOVASEPTEMBER 12, 2020FREAKONOMICS
He stands ready to return to the Capitol should the governor decide to make that call.
SACRAMENTO REPORT: BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR A SPECIAL SESSIONSARA LIBBYSEPTEMBER 11, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
Buy your pass today and get ready for five days of Disruption.
TECHCRUNCH STILL BRINGS THE FUN TO DISRUPT 2020ALEXANDRA AMESSEPTEMBER 11, 2020TECHCRUNCH
In the past the reason given for not choosing a woman was that none were ready.
NEW CITI CEO JANE FRASER GIVES WALL STREET BANKS A FRESH PERSPECTIVECLAIRE ZILLMAN, REPORTERSEPTEMBER 11, 2020FORTUNE
Honda NR750In ’92, on the other hand, Honda’s awesome fuel-injected NR750 appeared, ready for public consumption and looking almost exactly like the prototype displayed three years earlier at the Tokyo Motor Show.
22 OF THE WEIRDEST CONCEPT MOTORCYCLES EVER MADEBY JOHN BURNS/CYCLE WORLDSEPTEMBER 10, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
We’re ready to get to work and make sure that those who serve our country have access to this much needed technology.
PENTAGON REAFFIRMS MICROSOFT’S $10 BILLION JEDI CLOUD CONTRACT AMID AMAZON’S CHALLENGEVERNE KOPYTOFFSEPTEMBER 4, 2020FORTUNE
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WORDS RELATED TO READY

  • adept
  • adequate
  • adroit
  • agile
  • alert
  • apt
  • bright
  • capable
  • competent
  • cunning
  • deft
  • dexterous
  • easy
  • effortless
  • endowed
  • equipped
  • facile
  • fitted
  • good
  • intelligent
  • knowing
  • powerful
  • ready
  • smart
  • strong
  • worthy
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.