Dictionary entry details
• EASE (noun)
Meaning:
Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
ease; easiness; simpleness; simplicity
Context examples:
he rose through the ranks with apparent ease / they put it into containers for ease of transportation / the very easiness of the deed held her back
Hypernyms ("ease" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Attribute:
easy (posing no difficulty; requiring little effort)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ease"):
effortlessness (the quality of requiring little effort)
Antonym:
difficulty (the quality of being difficult)
Meaning:
A freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
ease; comfort
Context examples:
a life of luxury and ease / he had all the material comforts of this world
Hypernyms ("ease" is a kind of...):
affluence; richness (abundant wealth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ease"):
lap of luxury (in conditions of wealth and comfort)
Meaning:
The condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
relief; ease
Context examples:
he enjoyed his relief from responsibility / getting it off his conscience gave him some ease
Hypernyms ("ease" is a kind of...):
comfort; comfortableness (a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ease"):
reprieve; respite (a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort)
Meaning:
Freedom from constraint or embarrassment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
informality; ease
Context example:
I am never at ease with strangers
Hypernyms ("ease" is a kind of...):
naturalness (the quality of being natural or based on natural principles)
Meaning:
Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
repose; rest; ease; relaxation
Context example:
took his repose by the swimming pool
Hypernyms ("ease" is a kind of...):
inactivity (being inactive; being less active)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ease"):
bed rest; bedrest (confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons))
laziness (relaxed and easy activity)
lie-in (a long stay in bed in the morning)
dormancy; quiescence; quiescency; sleeping (quiet and inactive restfulness)
leisure (freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity)
• EASE (verb)
Meaning:
Move gently or carefully
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
He eased himself into the chair
Hypernyms (to "ease" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Also:
ease up (move in order to make room for someone for something)
Meaning:
Lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
comfort; ease
Context example:
ease the pain in your legs
Hypernyms (to "ease" is one way to...):
alleviate; assuage; palliate; relieve (provide physical relief, as from pain)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Make easier
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
facilitate; alleviate; ease
Context example:
you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge
Hypernyms (to "ease" is one way to...):
aid; assist; help (give help or assistance; be of service)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Lessen the intensity of or calm
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
allay; still; ease; relieve
Context examples:
The news eased my conscience / still the fears
Hypernyms (to "ease" is one way to...):
comfort; console; solace; soothe (give moral or emotional strength to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ease"):
abreact (discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The good news will ease her
