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easy going

eas·y go·ing
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ee-zee goh-ing]
    • /ˈi zi ˈgoʊ ɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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

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Synonyms 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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