Preparations

Synonyms for preparation
noun development, readiness

training
groundwork
establishment
study
arrangement
rehearsal
preparedness
construction
formation
plan
qualification

measure
education
precaution
rundown
anticipation
basis
fitting
alertness
manufacture
foundation
workout

expectation
gestation
background
safeguard
provision
evolution
foresight
base
tryout
dry run
preparing

incubation
schoolwork
substructure
readying
homework
build-up
getting ready
lead time
making ready
putting in order

Antonyms for preparations

ignorance

ingredient

unreadiness

Synonyms
noun something concocted, put together

arrangement
product
mixture

tincture
concoction
confection

medicine
compound
brew

blend
composition
decoction

Antonyms

ingredient

unreadiness

Concept Thesaurus for word preparations
2. Subservience to ends; precursory measures
Synonyms – noun

preparation
anticipation (foresight)
forecast (plan)
clearance
outfit
ripening
concoction
incubation
cradle
echafaudage.
[Preparation of food] cooking
[Preparation of the soil] tilling
cultivation.
mellowness
trainer
avant-coureur
navvy

providing
precaution
rehearsal
adjustment
accouterment
maturation
digestion
sitting.
stepping-stone
[Preparation of men] training (education) [more]
cookery
plowing
[State of being prepared] preparedness
maturity
pioneer
voortrekker
packer

provision
preconcertation
note of preparation.
tuning
armament
evolution
gestation
groundwork
foundation, scaffold (support)
inurement (habit)
brewing
sowing
readiness
un impromptu fait a loisir.
trailblazer
sappers and miners
stevedore

providence
predisposition
[Putting in order] arrangement [more]
equipment
array.
elaboration
batching
first stone
scaffolding
novitiate.
culinary art.
semination
ripeness
[Preparer] preparer
avant-courrier
pavior
warming pan.

Synonyms – verbs

prepare
settle preliminaries
forecast (plan)
till the soil
lay a train
lay the basis
dig the foundations
cut out work
elaborate
season
cook
smelt
arm
furnish
betrim
fledge
vamp up
set
whet the sword
put in trim
put in tune
train (teach)
rehearse
take precautions
open the door to (facilitate)
clear for action
serve an apprenticeship (learn)
buckle on one’s armor
get the steam up
forearm
provide against a rainy day
keep on foot.
keep one’s powder dry
veniente occurrere morbo.

get ready
get up
prepare the ground
cultivate the soil
dig a mine
fix the basis
erect the scaffolding
block out
mature
bring to maturity
brew
barbecue
man
rig
accouter
dress up
refurbish
prime
wind up
put in train
put in a groove for
inure (habituate)
make provision for
provide
set one’s house in order
close one’s ranks
lay oneself out for
reculer pour mieux sauter
put the horses to.
make sure
feather one’s nest
be prepared
lie in wait for (expect)

make ready
sound the note of preparation. set in order
plow the ground
predispose
lay the groundwork
lay the foundations
lay the first stone (begin)
hammer out
ripen
nurture (aid)
temper
infumate
fit-out
dress
array
furbish up
sharpen one’s tools
attune
screw up
put in gear
put in harness
breed
take steps
provide against
make all snug
shuffle the cards.
get into harness
prime and load
guard against
prepare for the evil day
lay in provisions
be ready
anticipate(foresee)

make preparations
put in order (arrange)[more]
dress the ground
sow the seed
fix the groundwork
fix the foundations
roughhew
lick into shape (form)
mellow
hatch
anneal
maturate. equip
fit up
garnish
fettle
brush up
trim one’s foils
whet the knife
adjust (fit)
put in working order
pack.
prepare for
take measures
beat up for recruits
clear the decks
prepare oneself
gird up one’s loins
shoulder arms
make sure against
have a rod in pickle
make investments
hold oneself in readiness
principiis obstare

Synonyms – adjectives

preparing
in embryo
afloat
under consideration (plan)
brooding
provident
inchoate
in readiness
ready cut and dried: made to one’s hand
in working order,in working gear

in preparation
in hand
on foot
brewing
in store for
preparative
under revision
ready
handy
snug

in course of preparation
in train
on the stocks
batching
in reserve.
preparatory
preliminary (precedent)
ready to one’s band
on the table
in practice.

in agitation
afoot
on the anvil
forthcoming
precautionary
provisional
prepared
ready made
in gear

Synonyms – phrases
a bove majori discit arare minor; “looking before and after” [Hamlet], si vis pacem para bellum.
Antonyms

nonpreparation

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Other adjectives related to preparations

afloat
armed to the teeth
brewing
forthcoming
hatching
in battle array
in full feather
in practice
in saddle
in working order
mature
on the anvil
precautionary
prepared
ready
snug
up in arms

afoot
at harness
brooding
fossorial
highly wrought
in best bib and tucker
in gear
in preparation
in store for
inchoate
mellow
on the stocks
preliminary
preparing
ready
sword in hand
worked up

annonary
at one’s post
cut and dried
graith
in agitation
in course of preparation
in hand
in readiness
in training
labored
on foot
on the table
preparative
provident
ready to one’s hand
under consideration

armed at all points
booted and spurred
elaborate
handy
in arms
in embryo
in harness
in reserve
in war
made to one’s hand
on the alert
practiced
preparatory
provisional
smelling of the lamp
under revision

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