ready and waiting

1. 1.

   being and remaining ready and available for use

   “waiting cars and limousines lined the curb”

   “found her mother waiting for them”

   “an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests”

   “military forces ready and waiting”

   Synonymswaiting

   Similarready

Questions about ready and waiting

What does ready and waiting mean?

ready and waiting means "being and remaining ready and available for use".

What is another word for ready and waiting?

Close synonyms include waiting. 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 ready and waiting a common word?

ready and waiting 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.