Nearby Words
predisposed
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | biased |
| Synonyms: | colored, discriminatory, favorably, inclined, influenced, partisan, predisposed, prejudiced, unequal, unfair, unjust |
| Main Entry: | prepared |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ready in body or mind |
| Synonyms: | able, adapted, adjusted, all bases covered, all set, all systems go, arranged, available, disposed, fit, fixed, framed, gaffed, groomed, handy, in order, in readiness, inclined, minded, of a mind, on guard, planned, predisposed, prepped, primed, processed, psyched-up, put up, qualified, rehearsed, rigged, set, set-up, sewed-up, stacked, up on, up*, willing, wired |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, neglectful, unprepared, unready |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prepossessed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made partial by initial impression |
| Synonyms: | biased, colored, inclined, jaundiced, one-sided, opinionated, partisan, predisposed, prejudiced, tendentious, unindifferent, warped |
| Antonyms: | total, whole |
| Main Entry: | prone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liable, likely |
| Synonyms: | apt, bent, devoted, disposed, exposed, fain, given, inclined, minded, open, predisposed, ready, sensitive, subject, susceptible, tending, willing |
| Notes: | apt is for general probabilities, likely is for specific probabilities; liable and prone indicate a probability arising as a regrettable consequence prone is lying on your face (facing downwards) - which is also true for prostrate, but only in expressing adoration or begging for protection; supine is lying on your back supine is lying face upward, prone and prostrate are lying face downward - and prostrate suggests throwing oneself down, while recumbent is lying flat in any position |
| Antonyms: | improbably, unlikely |
| Main Entry: | ready |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | willing, inclined |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, apt, ardent, disposed, eager, enthusiastic, fain, game, game for, glad, happy, keen, minded, predisposed, prompt, prone, psyched up, wired, zealous |
| Antonyms: | disinclined, unprepared, unwilling |
| Main Entry: | susceptible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exposed, naive |
| Synonyms: | affected, aroused, be taken in, disposed, easily moved, easy, fall for, given, gullible, impressed, impressible, impressionable, inclined, influenced, liable, mark, movable, nonresistant, obnoxious, open, out on a limb, persuadable, predisposed, prone, pushover, ready, receptive, responsive, roused, sensible, sensile, sensitive, sentient, sitting duck, soft, stirred, subject, sucker, suggestible, susceptive, swallow, swayed, tender, touched, tumble for, vulnerable, wide open |
| Antonyms: | resistant, resisting, unsusceptible |
| Main Entry: | willing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agreeable, ready |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, active, amenable, cheerful, compliant, consenting, content, deliberate, desirous, disposed, eager, energetic, enthusiastic, fair, favorable, feeling, forward, game, go along with, happy, in accord with, in favor, in the mood, inclined, intentional, like-minded, obedient, one, pleased, predisposed, prepared, prompt, prone, reliable, responsible, tractable, unasked, unbidden, unforced, voluntary, well-disposed, willful, witting, zealous |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, unprepared, unwilling |
| Main Entry: | prejudiced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | biased |
| Synonyms: | bigoted, blind, closed-minded, discriminatory, doctrinaire, dogmatic, extreme, hidebound, illiberal, inclined, influenced, intolerant, intransigent, leaning, narrow, narrow-minded, one-sided, opinionated, partisan, preconceived, predisposed, prepossessed, presupposing, racist, sexist, xenophobic |
| Antonyms: | generous, impartial, open-minded, receptive, unbiased |
| Main Entry: | determine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conclude, decide |
| Synonyms: | actuate, arbitrate, call the shots, cinch, clinch, complete, dispose, drive, end, figure, finish, fix upon, halt, impel, incline, induce, move, nail down, opt, ordain, persuade, pin down, predispose, regulate, resolve, rule, settle, take a decision, tap, terminate, ultimate, wind up, wrap up |
| Antonyms: | begin, start |
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