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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | prepared; available |
| Synonyms: | accessible, adjusted, all set, all systems go, anticipating, apt, arranged, at beck and call, at fingertips, at hand, at the ready, champing at bit, close to hand, completed, convenient, covered, equal to, equipped, expectant, fit, fixed for, handy, in line, in order, in place, in position, in readiness, in the saddle, near, on call, on hand, on tap, on the brink, open to, organized, primed, qualified, ripe, set, waiting, wired |
| Antonyms: | immature, slow, unavailable, unprepared, unready, unripe, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | ready |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skillful, intelligent |
| Synonyms: | active, acute, adept, adroit, alert, apt, astute, bright, brilliant, clever, deft, dexterous, dynamic, expert, handy, keen, live, masterly, perceptive, proficient, prompt, quick, quick-witted, rapid, resourceful, sharp, skilled, smart |
| Antonyms: | immature, slow, uneducated, unprepared, unskilled, untrained |
| Main Entry: | ready |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare |
| Synonyms: | arrange, brace, brief, clear the decks, equip, fill in, fit, fit out, fix, fortify, gear up, get, get ready, get set, gird, keep posted, let in on, make, make ready, make up, order, organize, pave the way, post, prep, provide, psych up, put on to, set, strengthen, warm up, wise up |
| Antonyms: | hold back, retard, slow |
| Main Entry: | able |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | capable of performing; having an innate capacity |
| Synonyms: | adept, adequate, adroit, agile, alert, apt, bright, capable, competent, cunning, deft, dexterous, easy, effortless, endowed, equipped, facile, fitted, good, intelligent, knowing, powerful, ready, smart, strong, worthy |
| Notes: | able is having the necessary power to accomplish something while capable means having the potential to accomplish something |
| Antonyms: | ineffective, inept, infirm, powerless, unable, useless |
| Main Entry: | active |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very involved in activity |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, agile, alert, alive, animated, assiduous, bold, brisk, bustling, busy, chipper, daring, dashing, determined, dexterous, diligent, dynamic, eager, energetic, engaged, enlivened, enterprising, enthusiastic, eventful, fireball, forceful, forcible, fresh, frisky, hard-working, high-spirited, hyper, industrious, intense, inventive, jumping, keen, lively, nimble, on the move, perky, persevering, purposeful, pushing, quick, rapid, ready, resolute, sharp, sprightly, spry, whiz*, zealous |
| Notes: | active knowledge is the knowledge of a language which a user actively employs in speech or writing, as opposed to passive knowledge, which is what a person understands in what he/she hears or reads |
| Antonyms: | disinterested, idle, indifferent, lazy, quiescent, quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | agile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically or mentally nimble, deft |
| Synonyms: | active, acute, alert, athletic, brisk, buoyant, bustling, clever, dexterous, easy-moving, energetic, fleet, frisky, limber, lithe, lively, mercurial, prompt, quick, quick on the draw, quick on the trigger, quick-witted, rapid, ready, sharp, spirited, sportive, spright, sprightly, spry, stirring, supple, swift, twinkle toes, vigorous, vivacious, winged, zippy |
| Antonyms: | brittle, clumsy, stiff |
| Main Entry: | agreeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pleasing |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, dandy, delicious, delightful, enjoyable, fair, fine, gratifying, hunky-dory, mild, nice, peach, peachy*, pleasant, pleasurable, pleasureful, pussycat, ready, satisfying, spiffy, swell*, to one's liking, to one's taste, welcome |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, discordant, distasteful, harsh, hateful, mean, nasty, offensive, unpleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alert |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attentive, lively |
| Synonyms: | active, all ears, bright, cagey, careful, circumspect, clever, fast on the draw, good hands, heads up, heedful, hip, intelligent, jazzed, observant, on guard, on one's toes, on the ball, on the job, on the lookout, on the qui vive, perceptive, psyched up, quick, ready, sharp, spirited, switched on, vigilant, wary, watchful, wide-awake, wired, wise, with it |
| Antonyms: | asleep, drowsy, inattentive, lethargic, sluggish, unobservant, weary |
| Main Entry: | alive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being active, full of life |
| Synonyms: | abounding, alert, animated, awake, brisk, bustling, cheerful, dynamic, eager, energetic, lively, overflowing, quick, ready, replete, rife, sharp, spirited, sprightly, spry, stirring, swarming, teeming, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zestful |
| Antonyms: | dispirited, dull, lifeless, morose, sluggish, spiritless |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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