forearmed
Ready for trouble
Forearmed means prepared in advance against potential danger or difficulty.
The word appears almost exclusively in the proverb forewarned is forearmed—knowing about a threat ahead of time lets you prepare for it.
Outside this set phrase, forearmed is rare.
Made ready beforehand
- equippedSupplied with necessary items
- readySuitable for use now
- briefedGiven essential information
- informedGiven necessary knowledge
aware · trained · knowledgeable · alerted · warned · notified · apprised · educated
Handheld defensive armor
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
- protectionGuarding against harm
- guardWatchful defensive attention
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
barrier · bulwark · security · countermeasure · deterrent · preemptive · preventive · contingency
State of awaiting something
- foreknowledgeAwareness of future events
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
- predictionForecast of coming events
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
prescience · forethought · insight · expectation · forecast · projection · planning · prevision
State of keen awareness
- warinessCautious distrust
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- circumspectionCareful consideration of consequences
- discretionCareful judgment in speech
alertness · watchfulness · heedfulness · carefulness · guardedness · skepticism · suspicion · mistrust
prepared
Made ready beforehand
informed · aware · trained · knowledgeable · alerted · warned · notified · apprised · educated · advised
shield
Handheld defensive armor
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
- protectionGuarding against harm
- guardWatchful defensive attention
fortification · barrier · bulwark · security · countermeasure · deterrent · preemptive · preventive · contingency · backup
anticipation
State of awaiting something
- foreknowledgeAwareness of future events
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
- predictionForecast of coming events
premonition · prescience · forethought · insight · expectation · forecast · projection · planning · prevision · precognition
vigilance
State of keen awareness
- warinessCautious distrust
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- circumspectionCareful consideration of consequences
discretion · alertness · watchfulness · heedfulness · carefulness · guardedness · skepticism · suspicion · mistrust · apprehension
forearmedunprepared
Lacking readiness beforehand
caught off guard · unready · ill-prepared · defenseless · blindsided
- forewarned is forearmedKnowing ahead lets you prepare
- forearm plankProne core-strengthening position
- forearm rotation
- forearm bonesRadius and ulna together
- forearm crutchesMobility aids gripping below elbow
- forearm blockArm-based defensive technique