adj. Function: adjective
1 causing or involving little or no difficulty FF1C; an easy solution FF1E;
Synonyms: effortless, facile, light, royal, simple, smooth, untroublesome
Related Words: apparent, clear, distinct, evident, manifest, obvious, plain; clear-cut, straightforward, uncomplicated, uncompounded, uninvolved
Idioms: easy as falling off a log, easy as pie, nothing to it
Contrasted Words: arduous, difficult, troublesome; abstruse, complex, complicated, intricate, knotty
Antonyms: hard
2
Synonyms: FORBEARING , charitable, clement, indulgent, lenient, merciful, tolerant
Related Words: compassionate, condoning, excusing, forgiving, pardoning, sympathetic; benign, kindly; lax, moderate, soft; humoring, mollycoddling, pampering, spoiling
Contrasted Words: austere, exacting, rigid, severe, stern, strict, stringent
3 easily taken advantage of or imposed upon FF1C; he was easy prey to her wiles FF1E;
Synonyms: fleeceable, gullible, naive, susceptible
Related Words: credulous, trusting, unmistrusting, unsuspicious; deceivable, deludable, dupable, exploitable; artless, dewy-eyed, green, simple, unsophisticated
Contrasted Words: critical, cynical, disbelieving, mistrustful, scoffing, skeptical, suspicious, unbelieving
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Synonyms: FAST 7, light, loose, ||riggish, unchaste, wanton, whorish
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Synonyms: COMFORTABLE 2, comfy, cozy, cushy, easeful, snug, soft
Related Words: secure
Contrasted Words: discontented, dissatisfied; miserable
Antonyms: uncomfortable
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Synonyms: AMIABLE 1, complaisant, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered, lenient, mild, obliging
Related Words: familiar, gregarious, informal; courtly, diplomatic, pleasant, polite, sociable; smooth, suave, urbane
Contrasted Words: brusque, curt, unfriendly, unpleasant; constrained, embarrassed, formal, restrained; discourteous, impolite, undiplomatic, ungracious; stiff, unsocial, withdrawn, wooden
Antonyms: ill at ease
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Synonyms: CALM 2, collected, composed, easygoing, placid, poised, possessed, self-possessed, serene, tranquil
Related Words: relaxed; lethargic, unambitious
Contrasted Words: agitated, tense, troubled, uptight
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Synonyms: PROSPEROUS 3, comfortable, ||snug, substantial, well, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do
Related Words: successful, thriving
Idioms: in easy circumstances, on easy street
Contrasted Words: straitened
9 marked by ready facility (as of expression) FF1C; an easy style of writing FF1E;
Synonyms: cursive, effortless, flowing, fluent, running, smooth
Related Words: facile; graceful
Contrasted Words: effortful, labored
Antonyms: difficult