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- [ee-zee goh-ing]
- /ˈi zi ˈgoʊ ɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ee-zee goh-ing]
- /ˈi zi ˈgoʊ ɪŋ/
Definitions of easy going words
- adjective easy going calm and unworried; relaxed and rather casual: an easygoing person. 1
- adjective easy going going easily, as a horse. 1
- noun easy going personality 1
- noun easy going speed 1
- noun easy going rhythm 1
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Origin of easy going
First appearance:
before 1665 One of the 47% oldest English words
First recorded in 1665-75; easy + going
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Easy going
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
easy going popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% 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".
easy going usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for easy going
noun easy going
adj easy going
- resilient — springing back; rebounding.
- flexible — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
- compliant — If you say that someone is compliant, you mean they willingly do what they are asked to do.
- malleable — capable of being extended or shaped by hammering or by pressure from rollers.
- versatile — capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc.: a versatile writer.
Antonyms for easy going
adj easy going
- rigid — stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
- intractable — not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition.
- nonconforming — to act in accordance or harmony; comply (usually followed by to): to conform to rules.
- inflexible — not flexible; incapable of or resistant to being bent; rigid: an inflexible steel rod.
- stiff — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
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