Word Meanings - EASE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

asio, It. agio; of uncertain origin; cf. L. ansa handle, occasion, 1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment. They him besought Of harbor and or ease as for hire penny. Chaucer. 2. Freedom from anything that pains or troubles;

Additional info about word: EASE

asio, It. agio; of uncertain origin; cf. L. ansa handle, occasion, 1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment. They him besought Of harbor and or ease as for hire penny. Chaucer. 2. Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body. Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease. Herbert. Give yourself ease from the fatigue of watching. Swift. Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind. Among these nations shalt thou find no ease. Deut. xxviii. 65. Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. Luke xii. 19. Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. Pope. Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 't was natural to please. Dryden. At ease, free from pain, trouble, or anxiety. "His soul shall dwell at ease." Ps. xxv. 12. -- Chapel of ease. See under Chapel. -- Ill at ease, not at ease, disquieted; suffering; anxious. -- To stand at ease , to stand in a comfortable attitude in one's place in the ranks. -- With ease, easily; without much effort. Syn. -- Rest; quiet; repose; comfortableness; tranquility; facility; easiness; readiness.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of EASE)

• Facility
• Ease
• address
• readiness
• quickness
• adroitness
• dexterity
• pliancy
• Leisure
• Freedom
• vacation
• opportunity
• convenience
• ease
• quiet
• retirement
• spare time
• unoccupied time
• Lubricate
• Oil
• grease
• levigate
• gloze
• glaze
• Security
• Pledge
• guarantee
• warranty
• protection
• safeguard
• pawn
• deposit
• bond
• defence
• guard
• shelter
• safety
• certainty
• assurance
• carelessness
• confidence

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of EASE)

• Elude
• avoid
• shun
• ignore
• pass
• Redeem
• Rouse
• excite
• disturb
• agitate
• stir
• urge
• goad
• Expose
• surrender
• betray
• imperil
• endanger

Related words: (words related to EASE)

• CONVENIENCE; CONVENIENCY
  1. The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety. Let's futher think of this; Weigh what convenience both of time and means May fit us to our shape. Shak. With all brief and plain conveniency,
• LEISURED
  Having leisure. "The leisured classes." Gladstone.
• CONFIDENCE
  1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in. Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity. South. A cheerful confidence in
• DEPOSITOR
  One who makes a deposit, especially of money in bank; -- the correlative of depository.
• GUARDIAN
  One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs. Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. -- viz.,
• GUARDIANSHIP
  The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.
• ROUSE
  To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
• DEFENCE
  See DEFENSE
• SAFETY BICYCLE
  A bicycle with equal or nearly equal wheels, usually 28 inches diameter, driven by pedals connected to the rear wheel by a multiplying gear.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• GUARDIANESS
  A female guardian. I have placed a trusty, watchful guardianess. Beau. & Fl.
• AGITATE
  1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. "Winds . . . agitate the air." Cowper. 2. To move or actuate. Thomson. 3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly
• SHELTERLESS
  Destitute of shelter or protection. Now sad and shelterless perhaps she lies. Rowe.
• GUARDIANLESS
  Without a guardian. Marston.
• GUARDER
  One who guards.
• REDEEM
  Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. Gal. iii. 13. 5. To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem
• PLIANCY
  The quality or state of being pliant in sense; as, the pliancy of a rod. "Avaunt all specious pliancy of mind." Wordsworth.
• GUARDANT
  See GARDANT (more info) 1. Acting as guardian. Shak.
• DEXTERITY
  1. Right-handedness. 2. Readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts; as, dexterity with the chisel. In youth quick bearing and dexterity. Shak. 3. Readiness in the use or control of the
• PLEDGERY
  A pledging; suretyship.
• PRELUDE
  An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially , a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with
• AMBERGREASE
  See AMBERGRIS
• PRELUDER
  One who, or that which, preludes; one who plays a prelude. Mason.
• DISQUIETTUDE
  Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. Abp. Sharp.
• TRANSPARENT
  transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent
• TROUSERING
  Cloth or material for making trousers.
• EFFLAGITATE
  To ask urgently. Cockeram.
• DISQUIETLY
  In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. Wiseman.
• INTERPLEDGE
  To pledge mutually.