poised

• POS: Adjective

OXFORD DICTIONARY

poised, adj.
1 composed, self-assured.
2 (often foll. by for, or to + infin.) ready for action.

THESAURUS

poised

apoise, arrogant, assured, balanced, calm, cocksure, collected, composed, confident, controlled, convinced, cool, decided, determined, dignified, easy, easygoing, equanimous, equibalanced, equilibrious, equiponderant, equiponderous, hovering, hubristic, imperturbable, levelheaded, overconfident, oversure, overweening, persuaded, placid, pompous, positive, possessed, prepared, proud, ready, reassured, recollected, reserved, secure, sedate, self-assured, self-confident, self-controlled, self-important, self-possessed, self-reliant, self-restrained, serene, staid, sure, suspended, symmetric, teetering, together, tottering, tranquil, trembling, unafraid, undoubting, unfaltering, unflappable, unhesitating, unruffled, unwavering, waiting, wavering, well-balanced, wobbling