predisposed

(pre-dis-posed) 3 syllables

Definition


verb.
1 to prepare someone beforehand to be inclined toward a certain attitude or action; 2 to render susceptible or liable

Example Sentence

The heavy smokers are predisposed to lung disease.

Synonyms

bias; incline; cultivate

Antonyms

indispose

Rhymes

  • closed
  • dozed
  • hosed
  • nosed
  • posed

  • composed
  • deposed
  • disclosed
  • disposed
  • enclosed
  • exposed
  • foreclosed
  • imposed
  • opposed
  • proposed
  • supposed
  • transposed

  • decomposed
  • juxtaposed
  • predisposed
  • reimposed
  • undisclosed
  • unopposed

  • overexposed
  • superimposed