Synonyms for prepared

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. prepared(adj)

   made ready or fit or suitable beforehand

   "a prepared statement"; "be prepared for emergencies"

   Synonyms:
   disposed(p), fain, inclined(p)

   Antonyms:
   extemporaneous, unprepared, unequipped, unwilling, extemporary, impromptu, offhand, unrehearsed, offhanded, ad-lib, extempore, off-the-cuff, spur-of-the-moment

2. disposed(p), fain, inclined(p), prepared(adj)

   having made preparations

   "prepared to take risks"

   Antonyms:
   offhanded, extemporary, unequipped, unrehearsed, offhand, unprepared, spur-of-the-moment, extempore, ad-lib, extemporaneous, off-the-cuff, impromptu, unwilling

3. prepared(adj)

   equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources

   "graduates well equipped to handle such problems"; "equipped to be a scholar"

   Synonyms:
   disposed(p), fain, inclined(p)

   Antonyms:
   extempore, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed, unwilling, offhand, spur-of-the-moment, ad-lib, unequipped, unprepared, offhanded, extemporary, impromptu, extemporaneous

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. prepared

   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. Ready expresses more life and vigor than prepared. The gun is prepared; the man is ready. Prompt expresses readiness for appointment or demand at the required moment. The good general is ready for emergencies, alert to perceive opportunity or peril, prompt to seize occasion. The sense of brisk, nimble is the secondary and now less common signification of alert. Compare ACTIVE; ALIVE; NIMBLE; VIGILANT.

   Synonyms:
   active, alert, brisk, hustling, lively, nimble, on the watch, prompt, ready, vigilant, watchful, wide-awake

   Antonyms:
   drowsy, dull, heavy, inactive, slow, sluggish, stupid

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. on it

   got or getting a thing done.

   the troops took care of the situation.

   Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019  

2. locked and loaded

   locked and loaded refers to locking back the bolt on an rifle and loading a bullet or a magazine. the rifle is then ready to fire. Now used simply to convey the completion of preparation for any adventure.

   gentlemen, the enemy is approaching the gate. are you ready? locked and loaded sir!

   Submitted by acronimous on January 29, 2019  

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   ready, willing, developed, established, drafted, preparation, produced, loans, loan, prepare, elaborated, compiled, preparing, preparations, formulated, redo, disposed, equipped, poised, written, prepped, lending, determined, set, devised, authored, completed, designed

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How to use prepared in a sentence?

1. George Bernard Shaw:

   Nothing ever is done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.

2. Steve Warren:

   We do not normally telegraph future operations, so I will not comment on that. He also mentioned that we were providing ISR over Tikrit. I am prepared to confirm that.

3. Winston Churchill:

   Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

4. Prime Minister Cameron:

   I'm afraid that the British public need to be prepared for the fact that many of those killed were British.

5. Kate Zabriskie:

   If you want to go out and buy on your own, you have to be prepared to absorb the cost.

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