readies

Makes fully prepared

Readies is the third-person singular of ready as a verb, meaning to prepare or make something ready: She readies the children for school.

In British slang, readies (also "the readies") means cash on hand—money ready for immediate use: Have you got the readies?

preparation

prepares

Makes ready beforehand

organizes · stages · conditions · configures · provisions · equips · assembles · gears · outfits · trains

anticipation

awaits

Remains in expectation

steels · girds · prepares · anticipates

cash

money

Currency for transactions

dough · loot · bread · dosh · lolly · brass · quid · bucks · notes · bills

alertness

alerts

Warning notifications

attunes · primes · rouses · activates · energizes · quickens · stimulates · heightens · tenses · braces

equipping

arms

Upper body limbs

stocks · loads · furnishes · rigs · munitions · arrays · appoints

Categories
Opposites
preparation state

readiesunprepares

Undoes prior readiness

disables · incapacitates · dismantles · disorganizes · unsettles

action vs. inaction

readiesneglects

Fails to care for

ignores · delays · procrastinates · overlooks · defers

Phrases
Family

readiness, readied, readier, readiest, unreadiness

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Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G