THESAURUS
readiness
Italian hand, OK, a thing for, ability, acceptance, accord, acquiescence, acuity, acuteness, address, adeptness, adroitness, affirmative, affirmative voice, agility, agreeability, agreeableness, agreement, airmanship, alacrity, alertness, amenability, animation, anticipation, anxiety, anxiousness, appetite, approbation, approval, aptitude, aptness, ardor, art, artfulness, artifice, artisanship, artistry, assent, astuteness, attention, attentiveness, avidity, avidness, aye, beginnings, bent, bias, blessing, bravura, breathless impatience, brightness, brilliance, briskness, cageyness, callidity, canniness, capability, capacity, cast, cheerful consent, cheerful
readiness, cheerfulness, cleverness, command, competence, competency, compliance, conatus, condition, conduciveness, connivance, consent, contemplation, control, cooperativeness, coordination, craft, craftiness, craftsmanship, cunning, cunningness, decisiveness, deftness, delight, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diathesis, diplomacy, discretion, dispatch, disposition, docility, eagerness, earliness, early hour, early stage, ease, educability, efficiency, elan, eloquence, endorsement, enthusiasm, envisagement, envisionment, expedition, expeditiousness, expertise, expertness, facility, farseeingness, farsightedness, favorable disposition, favorableness, feeling for, fine Italian hand, finesse, first crack, first stage, fitness, fittedness, fluency, forecast, foreglance, foregleam, foreglimpse, forehandedness, foreseeing, foresight, foresightedness, forwardness, foxiness, gameness, gamesmanship, goodwill, grace, graciousness, grip, ground floor, guile, gust, gusto, handiness, head start, horsemanship, immediacy, immediateness, impatience, impressionability, in
readiness, inclination, ingeniousness, ingenuity, insidiousness, instantaneousness, intelligence, inventiveness, keen desire, keenness, know-how, leaning, liability, life, liking, liveliness, longsightedness, looking ahead, malleability, marksmanship, mastership, mastery, maturity, moldability, motivation, nimbleness, okay, one-upmanship, penchant, permission, plasticity, pliability, pliancy, practical ability, prediction, predilection, predisposition, prejudice, preparation, preparedness, prepublication, prevenience, preview, prevision, probability, proclivity, proficiency, promptitude, promptness, proneness, propensity, prospect, prospection, providence, provision, prowess, prudence, punctuality, punctualness, qualification, quickness, rapidity, ratification, ready, receptive mood, receptiveness, receptivity, resource, resourcefulness, responsiveness, right mood, ripeness, running start, sagacity, sanction, satanic cunning, savoir-faire, savvy, seamanship, seasoning, sensitivity to, sharpness, shiftiness, shrewdness, skill, skillfulness, sleeplessness, sleight, slipperiness, slyness, smartness, sneakiness, soft spot, sophistry, speediness, spirit, spryness, stealth, stealthiness, style, submission, subtilty, subtleness, subtlety, suitability, suitableness, suitedness, summariness, suppleness, susceptibility, swiftness, tact, tactfulness, teachability, teachableness, technical brilliance, technical mastery, technical skill, technique, tempering, tendency, time to spare, timing, tractability, trainableness, trickiness, trim, tropism, turn, twist, ungrudgingness, unloathness, unreluctance, verve, very beginning, virtuosity, vitality, vivacity, volubility, wakefulness, wariness, warp, weakness, wiles, wiliness, willing ear, willing heart, willingness, wit, wizardry, workmanship, zeal, zealousness, zest, zestfulness
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readiness
Elegance
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elegance, purity, grace, ease, gracefulness,
readiness, concinnity, euphony, numerosity, Atticism, classicalism, classicism, well rounded periods, well turned periods, flowing periods, the right word in the right place, antithesis, purist, elegant, polished, classical, Attic, correct, Ciceronian, artistic, chaste, pure, Saxon, academical, graceful, easy, readable, fluent, flowing, tripping, unaffected, natural, unlabored, mellifluous, euphonious, euphemism, euphemistic, numerose, rhythmical, felicitous, happy, neat, well put, neatly put, well expressed, neatly expressed.
Willingness
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willingness, voluntariness, willing mind, heart, disposition, inclination, leaning, animus, frame of mind, humor, mood, vein, bent, penchant, aptitude, docility, docibleness, persuasibleness, persuasibility, pliability, geniality, cordiality, goodwill, alacrity,
readiness, earnestness, forwardness, eagerness, asset, compliance, pleasure, gratuitous service, labor of love, volunteer, volunteering, willing, minded, fain, disposed, inclined, favorable, favorably- minded, favorably inclined, favorably disposed, nothing loth, in the vein, in the mood, in the humor, in the mind, ready, forward, earnest, eager, bent upon, predisposed, propense, docile, persuadable, persuasible, suasible, easily persuaded, facile, easy-going, tractable, genial, gracious, cordial, cheering, hearty, content, voluntary, gratuitous, spontaneous, unasked &c (ask), unforced, willingly, fain, freely, as lief, heart and soul, with pleasure, with all one's heart, with open arms, with good will, with right will, de bonne volonte, ex animo, con amore, heart in hand, nothing loth, without reluctance, of one's own accord, graciously, with a good grace, a la bonne heure, by all means, by all manner of means, to one's heart's content, yes.
Preparation
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preparation, providing, provision, providence, anticipation, precaution, preconcertation, predisposition, forecast, rehearsal, note of preparation, arrangement, clearance, adjustment, tuning, equipment, outfit, accouterment, armament, array, ripening, maturation, evolution, elaboration, concoction, digestion, gestation, batching, incubation, sitting, groundwork, first stone, cradle, stepping-stone, foundation, scaffold, scaffolding, echafaudage, training, inurement, novitiate, cooking, cookery, brewing, culinary art, tilling, plowing sowing, semination, cultivation, preparedness,
readiness, ripeness, mellowness, maturity, un impromptu fait a loisir, preparer, trainer, pioneer, trailblazer, avant-courrier, avant-coureur, voortrekker, sappers and miners, pavior, navvy, packer, stevedore, warming pan, preparing, in preparation, in course of preparation, in agitation, in embryo, in hand, in train, afoot, afloat, on foot, on the stocks, on the anvil, under consideration, brewing, batching, forthcoming, brooding, in store for, in reserve, precautionary, provident, preparative, preparatory, provisional, inchoate, under revision, preliminary, prepared, in
readiness, ready, ready to one's band, ready made, ready cut and dried: made to one's hand, handy, on the table, in gear, in working order, in working gear, snug, in practice, ripe, mature, mellow, pukka, practiced, labored, elaborate, highly-wrought, smelling of the lamp, worked up, in full feather, in best bib and tucker, in harness, at harness, in the saddle, in arms, in battle array, in war paint, up in arms, armed at all points, armed to the teeth, armed cap a pie, sword in hand, booted and spurred, in utrumque paratus, semper paratus, on the alert, at one's post, in preparation, in anticipation of, against, for, abroach, a bove majori discit arare minor, looking before and after, si vis pacem para bellum.
Skill
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skill, skillfulness, address, dexterity, dexterousness, adroitness, expertness, proficiency, competence, technical competence, craft, callidity, facility, knack, trick, sleight, mastery, mastership, excellence, panurgy, ambidexterity, ambidextrousness, sleight of hand, seamanship, airmanship, marksmanship, horsemanship, rope-dancing, accomplishment, acquirement, attainment, art, science, technicality, technology, practical knowledge, technical knowledge, knowledge of the world, world wisdom, savoir faire, tact, mother wit, discretion, finesse, craftiness, management, self-help, cleverness, talent, ability, ingenuity, capacity, parts, talents, faculty, endowment, forte, turn, gift, genius, intelligence, sharpness,
readiness, invention, aptness, aptitude, turn for, capacity for, genius for, felicity, capability, curiosa felicitas, qualification, habilitation, proficient, masterpiece, coup de maitre, chef d'euvre, tour de force, good stroke, skillful, dexterous, adroit, expert, apt, handy, quick, deft, ready, gain, slick, smart, proficient, good at, up to, at home in, master of, a good hand at, au fait, thoroughbred, masterly, crack, accomplished, conversant, experienced, practiced, skilled, hackneyed, up in, well up in, in practice, in proper cue, competent, efficient, qualified, capable, fitted, fit for, up to the mark, trained, initiated, prepared, primed, finished, clever, cute, able, ingenious, felicitous, gifted, talented, endowed, inventive, shrewd, sharp, on the ball, cunning, alive to, up to snuff, not to be caught with chaff, discreet, neat-handed, fine-fingered, nimble-fingered, ambidextrous, sure- footed, cut out for, fitted for, technical, artistic, scientific, daedalian, shipshape, workman- like, business-like, statesman-like, skillfully, well, artistically, with skill, with consummate skill, secundum artem, suo Marte, to the best of one's abilities, ars celare artem, artes honorabit, celui qui veut celui-la peut, c'est une grande habilite que de savoir cacher son, expertus metuit, es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille sich ein C, heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute, if you have lemons, make lemonade.
Memory
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memory, remembrance, retention, retentiveness, tenacity, veteris vestigia flammae, tablets of the memory,
readiness, reminiscence, recognition, recollection, rememoration, recurrence, flashback, retrospect, retrospection, afterthought, post script, PS, suggestion, prompting, hint, reminder, remembrancer, flapper, memorial, commemoration, note, memo, memorandum, things to be remembered, token of remembrance, memento, souvenir, keepsake, relic, memorabilia, art of memory, artificial memory, memoria technica, mnemonics, mnemotechnics, phrenotypics, Mnemosyne, prompt-book, crib sheet, cheat sheet, retentive memory, tenacious memory, photographic memory, green memory, trustworthy memory, capacious memory, faithful memory, correct memory, exact memory, ready memory, prompt memory, accurate recollection, perfect memory, total recall, celebrity, fame, renown, reputation, remembering, remembered, mindful, reminiscential, retained in the memory, pent up in one's memory, fresh, green, green in remembrance, unforgotten, present to the mind, within one's memory, indelible, uppermost in one's thoughts, memorable, by heart, by rote, without book, memoriter, in memory of, in memoriam, memoria in aeterna, suggestive, manet alta mente repostum, forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit, absens haeres non erit, beatae memoriae, briefly thyself remember, mendacem memorem esse oportet, memory the warder of the brain, parsque est meminisse doloris, to live in hearts we leave behind is not to die, vox audita peril littera scripta manet, out of sight, out of mind.
