Dictionary Definition
ease
Noun
1 freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort;
"he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into
containers for ease of transportation" [syn: easiness, simplicity] [ant: difficulty]
2 a freedom from financial difficulty that
promotes a comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had
all the material comforts of this world" [syn: comfort]
3 the condition of being comfortable or relieved
(especially after being relieved of distress); "he enjoyed his
relief from responsibility"; "getting it off his conscience gave
him some ease" [syn: relief]
4 freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am
never at ease with strangers" [syn: informality]
5 freedom from activity (work or strain or
responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn:
rest, repose, relaxation]
Verb
1 move gently or carefully; "He eased himself
into the chair"
2 lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the
pain in your legs" [syn: comfort]
3 make easier; "you could facilitate the process
by sharing your knowledge" [syn: facilitate, alleviate]
4 lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news
eased my conscience"; "still the fears" [syn: still, allay, relieve]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From aise.Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -iːz
Noun
- The state of being comfortable or free from stress.
- She enjoyed the ease of living in a house where the servants did all the work.
- Freedom from
pain, worry, agitation, etc.
- His mind was at ease when he received his pension.
- Freedom from effort,
difficulty or
hardship.
- He passed all the exams with ease.
- Dexterity or
facility.
- He played the organ with ease.
- Affluence and
freedom from financial
problems.
- After winning the jackpot, she lived a life of luxurious ease.
- Relaxation,
rest and leisure.
- We took our ease on the patio.
Synonyms
- (state of being comfortable or free from stress): comfort, peace
- (freedom from pain, worry, agitation, etc): peace of mind
- (freedom from effort, difficulty or hardship):
- (dexterity or facility): dexterity, facility, skill
- (affluence and freedom from financial problems):
- (relaxation, rest and leisure''): free time, leisure, relaxation, rest
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
State of being comfortable or free from stress
- Czech: pohoda
Freedom from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
Freedom from effort, difficulty or hardship
- Russian: лёгкость
Dexterity or facility
Affluence and freedom from financial
problems
Verb
- To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
- He eased his conscience by confessing.
- To alleviate,
assuage or lessen (pain).
- He loosened his shoe to ease the pain.
- To give respite to
(someone).
- The provision of extra staff eased their workload.
- To loosen or slacken the tension on (something).
- We eased the rope, then lowered the sail.
- To reduce the
difficulty of
(something).
- We had to ease the entry requirements.
- To move (something) slowly and carefully.
- He eased the cork from the bottle.
- To lessen in severity.
- The pain eased overnight.
- To proceed with
little effort.
- The car eased onto the motorway.
Synonyms
- (free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc): assuage, salve
- (alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain)): alleviate, assuage, lessen, reduce
- (give respite to (someone)): give someone a break (informal), lay off (informal)
- (loosen or slacken the tension on (something)): loosen, relax, slacken
- (reduce the difficulty of (something)): simplify
- (move (something) slowly and carefully):
- (lessen in severity): lessen, reduce
- (proceed with little effort''): cruise
Translations
To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation,
etc
To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain)
To give respite to (someone)
To loosen or slacken the tension on (something)
To reduce the difficulty of (something)
To move (something) slowly and carefully
To lessen in severity
To proceed with little effort
Extensive Definition
Ease may refer to:
- Ease (programming language)
- Ease (novel), by Patrick Gale
- EASE/ACCESS, an experiment which flew on the Space Shuttle in 1985
- Methylone, a substitute for the drug ecstacy, marketed briefly in New Zealand under the brand name Ease
At Ease may refer to:
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Atticism, Bohemianism, Easy Street,
abandon, abate, abatement, abet, abundance, acceptance, adeptness, adroitness, advance, affability, affluence, aid, alienation, allay, allayment, alleviate, alleviation, allow for,
ameliorate, amusement, analgesia, anesthesia, anesthetize, anesthetizing, animal
pleasure, aplomb,
appease, appeasement, appropriateness,
artfulness, artlessness, assist, assistance, assuage, assuagement, assure, attenuate, avail, bail out, bate, be light, bear a hand, bear
up, bed of roses, befriend, benefit, benumb, better, bodily pleasure, calm, calm down, calming, calmness, carnal delight,
casualness, chasteness, chastity, cheer, clarity, classicalism, classicism, clear, clear coast, clear road,
clear the way, clearness, cleverness, clover, color, comeliness, comfort, common touch, compose, composure, condole with,
content, contentedness, contentment, convenience, cool, cordiality, correctness, coziness, cradle, creature comforts,
cushion, deaden, deaden the pain, deadening, decrease, deftness, diffuse, dignity, dilute, diminish, diminishment, diminution, directness, disburden, discrimination, disencumber, disengage, disjoin, dispatch, disperse, distinction, do good,
doctor, dulcify, dull, dulling, ease matters, ease off,
ease up, easement,
easiness, easing, easy circumstances, easy
going, easygoingness, efficiency, effortlessness, elegance, elegancy, encourage, endpleasure, enjoyment, entertainment, entire
satisfaction, euphoria,
even out, expedite,
expertise, expertness, explain, extenuate, facileness, facilitate, facility, familiarity, favor, felicitousness, felicity, finish, fittingness, fleshpots, flow, flowing periods, fluency, fluff, folksiness, foment, forepleasure, forward, free, free time, freedom, fruition, fulfillment, fun, further, gentle, give a boost, give a
hand, give a lift, give comfort, give help, give relief, gloss
over, good offices, good taste, goof-off time, grace, gracefulness, gracility, gracious life,
gracious living, graciousness, gratification, grease, grease the ways, grease
the wheels, great satisfaction, guide, gusto, happiness, hasten, have little weight,
hearten, hearty
enjoyment, help, help
along, highroad,
homeliness, homeyness, hush, idle hours, idleness, ignore, improve, inactivity, inch, inertia, inertness, informality, informalness, ingenuousness, insouciance, intellectual
pleasure, intelligibility,
irregularity, joie
de vivre, keen pleasure, kick the beam, kicks, knack, knead, lack of hindrance, lap of
luxury, lax, laxate, lay, leisure, lend a hand, lend one
aid, lessen, lessening, let down, let go,
let up, let up on, liberate, life of ease,
lighten, limber, limber up, limpidity, loaves and fishes,
loose, loosen, looseness, lubricate, lucidity, lull, lulling, luxury, make allowance for, make
clear, make light, make lighter, make way for, manipulate, mash, massage, mellow, milden, mince, ministration, ministry, mitigate, mitigation, moderation, mollification, mollify, naturalness, neatness, nonchalance, numb, numbing, odd moments, off-load,
offhandedness,
office, offices, oil, open the way, open up, opulence, pacify, pad, palliate, palliation, passivity, pave the way,
peace, peace and quiet,
peace of mind, peacefulness, pellucidity, perspicuity, physical
pleasure, plain sailing, plainness, plane sailing,
pleasure, plenty, plump, poetry, poise, polish, poultice, pour balm into, pour
oil on, prepare the way, proffer aid, promote, propriety, prosperity, prosperousness, protect, protection, pulp, purity, put at ease, quell, quicken, quiet, quiet pleasure, quieten, rally, reassure, reclaim, reconcilement, reconciliation, redeem, reduce, reduce weight, reduction, refinement, relax, relaxation, relaxedness, release, relief, relieve, relish, remedy, remit, remove friction, render
assistance, repose,
rescue, resignation, rest, restfulness, restore, restraint, resuscitate, retirement, revive, rock, rock to sleep, royal road,
run interference for, salve, salving, satisfaction, save, scatter, security, seemliness,
self-gratification, self-indulgence, semiretirement, sensual
pleasure, sensuous pleasure, serenity, service, set at ease, set up,
sexual pleasure, shake up, simplicity, simplify, skillfulness, slack, slack off, slack up,
slacken, slake, sleep, slip, slow down, slur over,
smash, smooth, smooth down, smooth over,
smooth road, smooth sailing, smooth the way, smoothen, smoothness, soap the ways,
sociability,
soft-pedal, soften,
soften up, softening,
solace, solid comfort,
soothe, soothing, spare time, speed, spontaneity, squash, stabilize, steady, steer, still, straight sailing, straightforwardness,
stupe, subdue, subduement, success, succor, supple, support, sweetness of life,
sympathize with, take in tow, taste, tastefulness, tenderize, terseness, the affluent life,
the good life, therapy,
thriving, thriving
condition, time, time to
kill, time to spare, titillation, tone down,
tranquilize,
tranquillity, tune
down, unaffectedness, unballast, unbar, unbend, unblock, unbrace, unburden, unbuttoned ease,
unceremoniousness,
unclog, uncomplexity, uncomplicatedness,
unconcern, unconstrainedness,
unconstraint,
unconventionality,
unglue, unjam, unlade, unlax, unleash, unload, unpretentiousness,
unrestraint,
unstick, unstrain, unstring, untighten, unwind, upward mobility, varnish, velvet, voluptuousness, water
down, weaken, weal, wealth, weigh lightly, welfare, well-being, whitewash, zest