ease

ease is a 4-letter English word with 17 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 4 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.
2. noun. Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body.
3. noun. Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind.
4. noun. Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address.
5. noun. To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquility to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; ease the body or mind.
6. noun. To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.
7. noun. To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery.
8. noun. To entertain; to furnish with accommodations.
9. noun. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

   "took his repose by the swimming pool"

   Synonyms: relaxation, repose, rest

10. noun. freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort

    "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"

    "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"

    Synonyms: easiness, simpleness, simplicity

11. noun. freedom from constraint or embarrassment

    "I am never at ease with strangers"

    Synonyms: informality

12. noun. 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"

    Synonyms: relief

13. noun. 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"

    Synonyms: comfort

14. verb. lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate

    "ease the pain in your legs"

    Synonyms: comfort

15. verb. make easier

    "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"

    Synonyms: alleviate, facilitate

16. verb. lessen the intensity of or calm

    "The news eased my conscience"

    "still the fears"

    Synonyms: allay, relieve, still

17. verb. move gently or carefully

    "He eased himself into the chair"

Synonyms

relaxation, repose, rest, easiness, simpleness, simplicity, informality, relief, comfort, alleviate, facilitate, allay, relieve, still

Common word forms

eased, easer, eases, easing, easeful, easeless, easement

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