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readier

readier is the comparative form of ready.

Meaning of ready

Adjective

ready (comparative readier, superlative readiest)

  1. Prepared for immediate action or use.
    • I made ready to set out on my journey.
    1. first only used predicatively, freely used from the end of the 17th century
      • a loaf of ready-sliced bread
  2. Inclined; apt to happen.
  3. Liable at any moment.
    • The seed is ready to sprout.
    Synonyms:
    fit
  4. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind.
    • a ready apprehension
  5. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient.
    • Through the wilde Deſert, not the readieſt way,1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

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Noun

readier (plural readiers)

  1. One who or that which makes something ready.

Forms of readier

pluralreadiers

Questions about readier

What does readier mean?
Readier means one who or that which makes something ready.
What is readier the comparative form of?
Readier is the comparative form of ready.
What part of speech is readier?
Readier is a noun.
What is the plural of readier?
The plural of readier is readiers.

Words near readier in the dictionary

  1. Readick
  2. Readicks
  3. readie
  4. readied
  5. readied up
  6. readier
  7. readiers
  8. readies
  9. readies up
  10. readiest
  11. readilier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: readier (page history and authors); ready (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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