Synonyms: zeal, readiness, forwardness, eagerness
Definition: prompt willingness
Usage: readiness to continue discussions; they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel; they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority; he tried to explain his forwardness in battle
Similar words: willingness
Definition: cheerful compliance
Usage: he expressed his willingness to help
Definition: a natural effortlessness
Usage: they conversed with great facility; a happy readiness of conversation--Jane Austen
Similar words: effortlessness
Definition: the quality of requiring little effort
Usage: such effortlessness is achieved only after hours of practice
Definition: (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
Usage: the subjects' set led them to solve problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution; his instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set
Similar words: cognitive state, state of mind
Definition: the state of a person's cognitive processes
Synonyms: preparation, preparedness, readiness
Definition: the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
Usage: putting them in readiness; their preparation was more than adequate
Similar words: state
Definition: the way something is with respect to its main attributes
Usage: the current state of knowledge; his state of health; in a weak financial state