ease
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
he rose through the ranks with apparent ease
Types & categories
- quality hypernym
- effortlessness hyponym
Related & opposite
- difficultness antonym
- easy attribute
- easy derivation
- elementary derivation
- gentle derivation
- easygoing derivation
Sense 2 verb
move gently or carefully
He eased himself into the chair
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
- ease up also see
Sense 3 noun
a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state
a life of luxury and ease
Types & categories
- affluence hypernym
- lap of luxury hyponym
Sense 4 verb
lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate
ease the pain in your legs
Types & categories
- relieve hypernym
Related & opposite
- easing derivation
- baby's dummy derivation
- quilt derivation
- comfort derivation
Sense 5 noun
the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
he enjoyed his relief from responsibility
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- allay derivation
Sense 6 verb
make easier
you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge
Types & categories
- assist hypernym
Related & opposite
- facilitation derivation
- easing derivation
- facilitator derivation
- facilitation derivation
- facilitative derivation
Sense 7 noun
freedom from constraint or embarrassment
I am never at ease with strangers
Types & categories
- naturalness hypernym
Related & opposite
- informal derivation
Sense 8 verb
lessen the intensity of or calm
The news eased my conscience
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 9 noun
freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
took his repose by the swimming pool
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | difficultness |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | easy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | easy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | elementary |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | gentle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | easygoing |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | quality |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | effortlessness |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | ease up |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | affluence |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lap of luxury |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | easing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | baby's dummy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | quilt |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | comfort |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | relieve |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | allay |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | comfort |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | respite |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | facilitation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | easing |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | facilitator |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | facilitation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | facilitative |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | assist |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | informal |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | naturalness |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | easing |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | hush |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | allayer |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | relief |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | comfort |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | abreact |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | relax |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | recumb |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | rest |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | inactivity |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | bedrest |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | laziness |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | lie-in |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | sleeping |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | leisure |