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NOUN | 1 | ease, easiness, simplicity | Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort |
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2 | ease, comfort | A freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state | |
3 | ease, relief | The condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress) | |
4 | ease, informality | Freedom from constraint or embarrassment | |
5 | ease, rest, repose, relaxation | Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) | |
VERB | 1 | ease | Move gently or carefully |
2 | ease, comfort | Lessen pain or discomfort | |
3 | ease, facilitate, alleviate | Make easier | |
4 | ease, still, allay, relieve | Lessen the intensity of or calm |
Sounds | iy'z |
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Rhymes | Achilles, always, amenities, and 109 more rhymes in iyz at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort. |
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Examples | "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation" |
Synonyms | easiness, simplicity |
Attributes | easy |
Narrower | effortlessness |
Broader | quality |
Contrary | difficulty, difficultness |
Meaning | A freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state. |
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Examples | "a life of luxury and ease" |
Synonyms | comfort |
Narrower | lap of luxury |
Broader | affluence, richness |
Meaning | The condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress). |
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Examples | "getting it off his conscience gave him some ease" |
Synonyms | relief |
Narrower | reprieve, respite |
Broader | comfort, comfortableness |
Verbs | ease |
Meaning | Freedom from constraint or embarrassment. |
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Examples | "I am never at ease with strangers" |
Synonyms | informality |
Broader | naturalness |
Meaning | Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility). |
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Synonyms | rest, repose, relaxation |
Narrower | bedrest, bed rest; lie-in; quiescence, quiescency, dormancy, sleeping; leisure |
Broader | inactivity |
Meaning | Move gently or carefully. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "He eased himself into the chair" |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
See also | ease up |
Meaning | Lessen pain or discomfort. Alleviate. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "ease the pain in your legs" |
Synonyms | comfort |
Broader | relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage |
Nouns | easing, easement |
Meaning | Make easier. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | facilitate, alleviate |
Broader | help, assist, aid |
Nouns | easing |
Meaning | Lessen the intensity of or calm. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Model | The good news will ease her |
Examples | "The news eased my conscience" |
Synonyms | still, allay, relieve |
Narrower | abreact |
Broader | comfort, soothe, console, solace |
Nouns | easement; ease |