Synonyms for ready
- adjective
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Prepared — not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind
prepared, willing, prompt, good to go informal, ripe, easy, good informal, skilled, inclined, expert, smart, dexterous, dextrous UK, mature, alert, apt, swift, active, convenient, speedy, handy, glib, cheerful
Verb
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind.
a ready writer or workman
- v. 1
To prepare; to make ready for action.
Related words
- Word family
- readily readiness ready-made ready-to-wear
- Phrases
- get ready ready money ready reckoner ready salted at the ready ready meal ready to hand ready to rock
- Is a kind of
- make-ready
Forms
- Past participle
- readied
e.g. readied → prepared, setted, cooked, fixt…
Choose the right word
Alert, ready, and wide-awake refer to a watchful promptness for action. Ready suggests thoughtful preparation; the wandering Indian is alert, the trained soldier is ready.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- prepared You are not really prepared to go on a pilgrimage.
- willing Tomorrow, God willing, we'll be with your parents.
- ripe Ziri uses the fruit picker to gather ripe peaches.
- available Please inform me what options are available to me.
- primed She primed her canvas with gesso before starting to paint.
By length
- 3 letters
- set1, fit1, fix1, apt1
- 4 letters
- good1, make1, easy2, cook1, ripe1, glib1, yark
- 5 letters
- about2, quick1, smart1, prime1, alert2, swift1, handy2
- 6 letters
- active2, expert2, mature2, prompt1, speedy2, primed1
- 7 letters
- willing2, prepare2, skilled1
- 8 letters
- prepared2, inclined2, cheerful2, dextrous2
- 9 letters
- available4, versatile3, dexterous
- 10 letters
- convenient3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (easy2 = 2 syllables).