Dictionary Definition
prepared adj
1 made ready or fit or suitable beforehand; "a
prepared statement"; "be prepared for emergencies" [ant: unprepared]
3 equipped or prepared with necessary
intellectual resources; "graduates well equipped to handle such
problems"; "equipped to be a scholar"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
- Willing.
- The journalist interviewed an eye-witness who was not prepared to disclose his identity.
Translations
willing
- German: bereit
Verb
prepared- past of prepare
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
able,
accomplished,
accoutered, advance, agape, agog, all agog, all ready, all set,
anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, armed, armed and ready, at concert
pitch, awaiting, booted
and spurred, briefed,
career, catered, certain, changed, clairvoyant, coached, cocked, confident, convenience, conversant, disposed, divinatory, eager, endowed, equipped, expectant, expecting, familiarized, farseeing, farsighted, finished, fitted, fitted out, forearmed, forehanded, foreknowing, foreseeing, foresighted, forestalling, forethoughted, forethoughtful, forewarned, furnished, gaping, good and ready, groomed, heeled, hopeful, in anticipation, in
arms, in battle array, in expectation, in readiness, in the saddle,
inclined, informed, initiate, initiated, instant, intuitive, invested, loaded, loaded for bear, longsighted, looking for,
looking forward to, mature, mobilized, modified, not surprised, on the
mark, optimistic,
outfitted, planned, practiced, prearranged, precognitive, precognizant, predisposed, prepared and
ready, prepped, prescient, primed, processed, professional, provided, provident, providential, prudent, psyched up, purveyed, ready, ready for anything,
ready-made, rigged,
ripe, sagacious, sanguine, set, skilled, supplied, sure, technical, trained, treated, unsurprised, up in arms,
vigilant, waiting, waiting for, watching
for, well-prepared, willing