ready | Definition of ready

ready

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of ready

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

this advanced course should ready him for college

Synonyms of ready

equip, fit, prepare, qualify, season, train

Words Related to ready

accustom, adapt, adjust, condition, groom, habituate, shape, tailor

authorize, entitle

empower, enable

educate, indoctrinate, instruct, school, teach, tutor

2 to make ready in advance

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

Synonyms of ready

fit, fix, groom, lay, prep, prepare

Words Related to ready

brace, fortify, gird, steel

batten, gather, gear up, mount

educate, indoctrinate, instruct, school, train, tutor

boot (up), prime

arrange, set, spread

arm, equip, forearm, furnish, outfit, provide, supply

incline, predispose

draft, draw up, frame

3 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 of ready

brace, forearm, fortify, nerve, poise, psych (up), steel, strengthen

Words Related to ready

harden, inure, season, toughen

bolster, boost, buoy (up), buttress, enforce, prop (up), reinforce (also reenforce), support, sustain

cheer (up), comfort, embolden, encourage, hearten, inspire

rally, rouse, stir

Near Antonyms of ready

daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, psych (out), shake, unnerve

debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, prostrate, sap, soften, tire, undercut, undermine, weaken