the tools or things needed for a job or activity
- Similar:
- gear
- Opposite:
- absence
Foundation level · Year 4 · free
available
adjective
able to be used, had or reached
Her available crayons made the project colourful.
Similar and opposite words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- free
- ready
- usable
- at hand
- open
Antonyms (opposite meaning)
- absent
- lacking
- missing
- scarce
- unavailable
More examples
- The available map in the tale helped the hero.
- His available bike was ready for the big race.
Word family
- -able (suffix) means “can be, or able to be”. Also in: comfortable, reliable, breakable.
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- Opposite:
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- Opposite:
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- Opposite:
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- Opposite:
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