combat-ready

1. 1.

   engaged in or ready for military or naval operations

   “on active duty”

   “the platoon is combat-ready”

   “review the fighting forces”

   Synonymsactivefighting

   Similaroperational

   military

Questions about combat-ready

What does combat-ready mean?

combat-ready means "engaged in or ready for military or naval operations".

How many syllables are in combat-ready?

combat-ready has 5 syllables: com-ba-t-re-a-dy. The stress falls on "t-re".

What is another word for combat-ready?

Close synonyms include active, fighting. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is combat-ready a common word?

combat-ready is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.