'Ready-made' definitions:
Definition of 'ready-made'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Made for purchase and immediate use [ant: custom, custom-made]
adjective
Repeated regularly without thought or originality; "ready- made phrases" [syn: cliched, ready-made]
adjective
Commercially produced; not homemade; "ready-made clothes"
noun
A manufactured artifact (as a garment or piece of furniture) that is made in advance and available for purchase; "their apartment was furnished with ready-mades" [ant: custom-built, custom-made]
Definition of 'Ready-made'
From: GCIDE
- Ready-made \Read"y-made`\ (r[e^]d"[y^]-m[=a]d`), a. Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ready-made'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adaptable,
- believable,
- convenient,
- conventional,
- credible,
- expedient,
- finished,
- hackneyed,
- handy,
- pedestrian,
- plausible,
- prefabricated,
- ready-to-wear,
- routine,
- run-of-the-mill,
- serviceable,
- stale,
- stereotyped,
- stock,
- suitable,
- trite,
- unoriginal,
- usable,
- useful