| Main Entry: | fixed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intent, resolute; established |
Synonyms: |
abiding, agreed, arranged, certain, changeless, circumscribed, confirmed, decided, defined, definite, definitive, determinate, enduring, firm, in the bag, inalterable, inflexible, inveterate, level, limited, narrow, never-failing, planned, prearranged, precise, resolved, restricted, rigged, rooted, set, set-up, settled, stated, steadfast, steady, still, stipulated, sure, unbending, unblinking, unchangeable, undeviating, unfaltering, unflinching, unmodifiable, unmovable, unqualified, unwavering |
Antonyms: |
indefinite, irresolute, unestablished, unfixed, variable |
| Main Entry: | foundation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | established institution |
Synonyms: |
association, charity, company, corporation, endowment, establishment, guild, inauguration, institute, organization, plantation, set-up, settlement, society, trusteeship |
| Main Entry: | methodical/methodic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | organized, precise |
Synonyms: |
all together, analytical, businesslike, by the book, by the numbers, careful, cut-and-dried, deliberate, disciplined, efficient, exact, fixed, framed, in a groove, logical, methodized, meticulous, neat, ordered, orderly, painstaking, planned, regular, scrupulous, set-up, structured, systematic, tidy, together, well-regulated |
Antonyms: |
confused, disorderly, disorganized, imprecise, unmethodical/unmethodic |
| Main Entry: | orderly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | methodical, organized |
Synonyms: |
alike, all together, arranged, businesslike, careful, clean, conventional, correct, exact, fixed, formal, framed, in apple-pie order, in good shape, in order, in shape, methodic, neat, neat as button, neat as pin, precise, regular, regulated, scientific, set-up, shipshape, slick, spick-and-span, systematic, systematized, thorough, tidy, to rights, together, trim, uncluttered, uniform |
Antonyms: |
complicated, disorderly, disorganized, unmethodical, unsystematic, untidy |
| Main Entry: | premeditated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | planned, intended |
Synonyms: |
advised, aforethought, calculated, conscious, considered, contrived, deliberate, designed, fixed, framed up, intentional, laid-out, prepense, purposed, rigged, set-up, sewn-up, stacked deck, studied, thought-out, willful |
Antonyms: |
accidental, casual, spontaneous |
| Main Entry: | prepared |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ready in body or mind |
Synonyms: |
able, adapted, adjusted, all bases covered, all set, all systems go, arranged, available, disposed, fit, fixed, framed, gaffed, groomed, handy, in order, in readiness, inclined, minded, of a mind, on guard, planned, predisposed, prepped, primed, processed, psyched-up, put up, qualified, rehearsed, rigged, set, set-up, sewed-up, stacked, up on, up*, willing, wired |
Antonyms: |
ignorant, neglectful, unprepared, unready |
| Main Entry: | booby trap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concealed trap |
Synonyms: |
ambush, baited trap, deadfall, decoy, hidden danger, land mine, mine, mousetrap, pitfall, set-up, snare, trap, trip wire |
| Main Entry: | blind date |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | date with an unknown person |
Synonyms: |
arranged date, set-up |
| Main Entry: | methodic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | methodical |
Synonyms: |
all together, analytical, businesslike, by the book, by the numbers, careful, cut-and-dried, deliberate, disciplined, efficient, exact, fixed, framed, in a groove, logical, methodized, meticulous, neat, ordered, orderly, painstaking, planned, regular, scrupulous, set-up, structured, systematic, systematical, tidy, together, well-regulated |
| Main Entry: | start-up |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foundation |
Synonyms: |
association, charity, company, constitution, corporation, creation, endowment, establishment, guild, inauguration, institute, institution, organization, origination, plantation, set-up, settlement, society, trusteeship |