Definition for Preparedness:

• State of being in readiness.

Synonyms for Preparedness:

• n.

  •
  • warmed up,
  • on the point of doing something,
  • in the wings,
  • on the verge of something,
  • poised,
  • ready,
  • on (full) alert.
  •
  • prepared.
  •candidacy (noun)
  • Candidateship,
  • running for office.
  •expectance (noun)
  • deduction,
  • presumption,
  • Envisagement,
  • presupposition,
  • assumption,
  • suspicion,
  • Expectance,
  • apprehension,
  • anticipation,
  • foreknowledge.
  •fitness (noun)
  • congruousness,
  • seasonableness,
  • expediency,
  • Concurrency,
  • admissibility,
  • auspiciousness,
  • patness.
  •foresightedness (noun)
  • forehandedness,
  • forethoughtfulness,
  • foresightfulness.
  •preparation (noun)
  • putting in order,
  • homework,
  • incubations,
  • getting ready,
  • schoolwork,
  • making ready,
  • build-ups,
  • incubation,
  • substructure,
  • build-up,
  • homeworks,
  • gestation,
  • substructures,
  • tryout,
  • lead time.
  •readiness (noun)
  • mobility,
  • willingness,
  • zeal,
  • alertness.
  •state (noun)
  • preparedness.
  •willingness (noun)
  • candidacy.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • foresight.

Paraphrases for Preparedness:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    readiness.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    readiness.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    prepare.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    prepare.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    responses, precautions, safeguards, plans, initiatives, powers, qualifications, Abilities, hides, interventions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    stands, responsiveness, prevention, lead-up, preprocessing, pre-planning, precaution, response, promptness, provident, prediction, preventative, intervention, interventions, advancement, progression, elaboration, forecasting, warning, capacity, production.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    intends, plans, preparations.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    preparation, preparations, Preparing, prepared, alert.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    preparation, Preparing, preventive, run-up, prepared, disaster, availability, alert.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    preparation.

Preparedness Sentence Examples:

• It was just the lack of thorough preparedness for a war which was much worse than humanity had thought possible that deepened the tragedy of their situation.

• All clear - seeing people realise that, as things are in the world today, there is a certain amount of preparedness that is necessary for influence and for insurance.

Hypernym for Preparedness:

• n.

  • state
    qui vive, ready, alert.

Hyponym for Preparedness:

• n.

  • state
    state.