Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
-
- [eez]
- /iz/
- /iːz/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [eez]
- /iz/
Definitions of ease word
- noun ease freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease. 1
- noun ease freedom from concern, anxiety, or solicitude; a quiet state of mind: to be at ease about one's health. 1
- noun ease freedom from difficulty or great effort; facility: It can be done with ease. 1
- noun ease freedom from financial need; plenty: a life of ease on a moderate income. 1
- noun ease freedom from stiffness, constraint, or formality; unaffectedness: ease of manner; the ease and elegance of her poetry. 1
- verb with object ease to free from anxiety or care: to ease one's mind. 1
Information block about the term
Origin of ease
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; (noun) Middle English ese, eise < Anglo-French ese, Old French aise, eise comfort, convenience < Vulgar Latin *adjace(m), accusative of *adjacēs vicinity (compare Medieval Latin in aiace in (the) vicinity), the regular outcome of Latin adjacēns adjacent, taken in VL as a noun of the type nūbēs, accusative nūbem cloud; (v.) Middle English esen < Anglo-French e(i)ser, Old French aisier, derivative of the noun
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Ease
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ease popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
ease usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ease
verb ease
- mitigate — to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
- moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- relax — to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
- speed — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- relieve — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
adjective ease
- dumper — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- unburden — to free from a burden.
- out with it — a command to make something known immediately, without missing any details
- get off one's chest — Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- unbosom — to disclose (a confidence, secret, etc.).
noun ease
- effortless — requiring or involving no effort; displaying no signs of effort; easy: an effortless writing style.
- easiness — the quality or condition of being easy.
- simplicity — the state, quality, or an instance of being simple.
- straightforwardness — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- facility — Often, facilities. something designed, built, installed, etc., to serve a specific function affording a convenience or service: transportation facilities; educational facilities; a new research facility. something that permits the easier performance of an action, course of conduct, etc.: to provide someone with every facility for accomplishing a task; to lack facilities for handling bulk mail.
Antonyms for ease
verb ease
- incite — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- intensify — to make intense or more intense.
- worsen — Make or become worse.
- worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
noun ease
- difficulty — the fact or condition of being difficult.
- hardship — a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression: a life of hardship.
- agitation — If someone is in a state of agitation, they are very worried or upset, and show this in their behaviour, movements, or voice.
- discontent — not content; dissatisfied; discontented.
- unhappiness — sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
Top questions with ease
- how can i ease the pain?
- how to ease cramps?
- how to ease period cramps?
- lisa fischer how can i ease the pain?
- what does ease mean?
- how to ease anxiety?
- how to ease lower back pain?
- how to ease the pain of a uti?
- how to ease back pain?
- how to ease pink eye pain?
- how to ease menstrual cramps?
- how to ease food poisoning?
- how to ease stomach pain?
- how do you spell ease?
- how to ease constipation?