Dictionary entry details
• EASY (adjective)
Meaning:
Posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
Context examples:
an easy job / an easy problem / an easy victory / the house is easy to heat / satisfied with easy answers / took the easy way out of his dilemma
Similar:
user-friendly (easy to use)
smooth (lacking obstructions or difficulties)
simplified (made easy or uncomplicated)
painless (requiring little hard work or exertion)
hands-down (achieved without great effort)
elementary; simple; uncomplicated; unproblematic (easy and not involved or complicated)
cushy; easygoing; soft (not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship)
casual; effortless (not showing effort or strain)
Also:
undemanding (not demanding; requiring little if any patience or effort or skill)
effortless (requiring or apparently requiring no effort)
soft (compassionate and kind; conciliatory)
simple (having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved)
Attribute:
ease; easiness; simpleness; simplicity (freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort)
Antonym:
difficult (not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure)
Meaning:
Not hurried or forced
Synonyms:
leisurely; easygoing; easy
Context examples:
an easy walk around the block / at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace
Similar:
unhurried (relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste)
Meaning:
Free from worry or anxiety
Context examples:
knowing that I had done my best, my mind was easy / an easy good-natured manner / by the time the chsild faced the actual problem of reading she was familiar and at ease with all the elements words
Also:
relaxed (without strain or anxiety)
comfortable (free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind)
Antonym:
uneasy (lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance)
Meaning:
Affording pleasure
Context example:
easy good looks
Similar:
pleasing (giving pleasure and satisfaction)
Meaning:
Having little impact
Synonyms:
easy; gentle; soft
Context examples:
an easy pat on the shoulder / gentle rain / a gentle breeze / a soft (or light) tapping at the window
Similar:
light (of little intensity or power or force)
Meaning:
Readily exploited or tricked
Context examples:
an easy victim / an easy mark
Similar:
impressible; impressionable (easily impressed or influenced)
Meaning:
In fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
Synonyms:
well-to-do; well-situated; well-off; well-heeled; well-fixed; prosperous; comfortable; easy
Context examples:
they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards / easy living / a prosperous family / his family is well-situated financially / well-to-do members of the community
Similar:
rich (possessing material wealth)
Meaning:
Marked by moderate steepness
Synonyms:
gentle; easy
Context examples:
an easy climb / a gentle slope
Similar:
gradual ((of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt)
Meaning:
Not strict
Synonyms:
lenient; easy
Context examples:
an easy teacher / easy standards / lenient rules / an easy penalty
Similar:
undemanding (not demanding; requiring little if any patience or effort or skill)
Meaning:
Affording comfort
Context example:
soft light that was easy on the eyes
Similar:
comfortable; comfy (providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief ('comfy' is informal))
Meaning:
Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
Synonyms:
wanton; sluttish; promiscuous; easy; loose; light
Context examples:
her easy virtue / he was told to avoid loose (or light) women / wanton behavior
Similar:
unchaste (not chaste)
Meaning:
Less in demand and therefore readily obtainable
Context example:
commodities are easy this quarter
Similar:
available (obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service)
Domain category:
economic science; economics; political economy (the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management)
Meaning:
Obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally
Context example:
easy money
Similar:
abundant (present in great quantity)
Domain category:
economic science; economics; political economy (the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management)
• EASY (adverb)
Meaning:
With ease ('easy' is sometimes used informally for 'easily')
Synonyms:
easy; easily
Context examples:
she was easily excited / was easily confused / he won easily / this china breaks very easily / success came too easy
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Meaning:
Without speed ('slow' is sometimes used informally for 'slowly')
Synonyms:
slow; slowly; tardily; easy
Context examples:
he spoke slowly / go easy here--the road is slippery / glaciers move tardily / please go slow so I can see the sights
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Meaning:
In a relaxed manner; or without hardship
Synonyms:
soft; easy
Context example:
just wanted to take it easy
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Pertainym:
easy (posing no difficulty; requiring little effort)
