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
Similar word(s): easiness, simpleness, simplicity
Definition categories: attribute, quality
2. a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state
- a life of luxury and ease
Similar word(s): comfort
Definition categories: state, affluence, richness
3. the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
- getting it off his conscience gave him some ease
Similar word(s): relief
Definition categories: state, comfort, comfortableness
4. freedom from constraint or embarrassment
- I am never at ease with strangers
Similar word(s): informality
Definition categories: attribute, naturalness
5. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
Similar word(s): relaxation, repose, rest
Definition categories: act, inactivity
Sentences with ease as a noun:
- She enjoyed the ease of living in a house where the servants did all the work.
- His mind was at ease when he received his pension.
- He passed all the exams with ease.
- He played the organ with ease.
- After winning the jackpot, she lived a life of luxurious ease.
- We took our ease on the patio.
- to add ease to a waist measurement
verb
1. move gently or carefully
- He eased himself into the chair
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
2. lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate
- ease the pain in your legs
Similar word(s): comfort
Definition categories: body, alleviate, assuage, palliate, relieve
3. make easier
Similar word(s): alleviate, facilitate
Definition categories: change, aid, assist, help
4. lessen the intensity of or calm
- The news eased my conscience
Similar word(s): allay, relieve, still
Definition categories: emotion, comfort, console, solace, soothe
Sentences with ease as a verb:
- He eased his conscience by confessing.
- He loosened his shoe to ease the pain.
- The provision of extra staff eased their workload.
- We eased the rope, then lowered the sail.
- We had to ease the entry requirements.
- He eased the cork from the bottle.
- The pain eased overnight.
- The car eased onto the motorway.