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| Main Entry: | ease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peace, quiet; lack of difficulty |
| Synonyms: | affluence, bed of roses*, calm, calmness, comfort, content, contentment, easiness, enjoyment, gratification, happiness, idleness, inertia, leisure, luxury, peace of mind*, prosperity, relaxation, repose, rest, satisfaction, security, serenity, tranquility, ataraxia, inactivity, inertness, passivity, quietness, quietude, requiescence, restfulness, supinity |
| Antonyms: | difficulty, disquiet, furor, strife, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest, excitableness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alleviate, help |
| Synonyms: | abate, aid, allay, ameliorate, appease, assist, assuage, calm, cheer, comfort, cure, disengage, doctor, expedite, facilitate, forward, free, further, improve, lessen, lift, lighten, meliorate, mitigate, moderate, mollify, nurse, pacify, palliate, promote, quiet, relax, release, relent, relieve, simplify, slacken, smooth, soften, soothe, speed, still, tranquilize, anesthetize, attend to, clear the way, disburden, let up on, make easier, open the door, run interference for, speed up, untighten |
| Antonyms: | annoy, increase, irritate, perplex, vex, worsen |
| Main Entry: | ease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | facility, freedom |
| Synonyms: | adroitness, affability, aplomb, breeze, child's play, cinch, cleverness, composure, dexterity, dispatch, duck soup*, easygoingness, efficiency, effortlessness, expertise, expertness, familiarity, flexibility, fluency, informality, insouciance, knack, liberty, naturalness, nonchalance, poise, pushover, quickness, readiness, relaxedness, setup, simplicity, skillfulness, smooth sailing, smoothness, snap, unaffectedness, unconstraint, unreservedness |
| Antonyms: | difficulty, effort, inhibition, perplexity, restriction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guide, move carefully |
| Synonyms: | disentangle, edge, extricate, facilitate, handle, inch, induce, insert, join, loose, loosen, maneuver, relax, remove, right, slack, slacken, slide, slip, squeeze, steer, set right, untighten |
| Antonyms: | vex, make difficult |
| Main Entry: | allay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce something, usually a pain or a problem |
| Synonyms: | abate, alleviate, assuage, calm, compose, decrease, ease, lessen, lighten, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, quiet, square, cool out, make nice, play up to, pour oil on, take the bite out, take the sting out |
| Antonyms: | intensify, provoke, stir, worsen |
| Main Entry: | alleviate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | relieve; lessen |
| Synonyms: | allay, assuage, ease, lighten, mitigate, mollify, pacify, soft-pedal*, pour oil on, take the bite out, take the edge off, take the sting out |
| Antonyms: | aggravate, heighten, increase, intensify, magnify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | satisfy, pacify |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, assuage, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, content, diminish, do*, ease, gratify, lessen, lull, meet halfway, mitigate, mollify, placate, propitiate, quell, quench, quiet, serve, soften, soothe, subdue, sweeten, tranquilize, be enough, make matters up, patch things up |
| Antonyms: | aggravate, annoy, incite, irritate, provoke, tease |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assuage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | soothe, relieve |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, appease, calm, compose, conciliate, cool*, ease, fill, lessen, lighten, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, propitiate, quench, quiet, sate, satisfy, soften, still, surfeit, sweeten, temper, tranquilize, make nice, pour oil on, take the edge off, take the sting out |
| Antonyms: | exacerbate, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | comfort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make to feel better |
| Synonyms: | abate, aid, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, assist, assuage, bolster, buck up*, calm, cheer, compose, condole, confirm, console, delight, divert, ease, encourage, enliven, free, gladden, hearten, help, invigorate, mitigate, nourish, reassure, refresh, relieve, remedy, revive, salve, soften, solace, soothe, strengthen, stroke, succor, support, sustain, sympathize, uphold, commiserate with, grant respite, inspirit, lighten burden, make well, put at ease, quiet fears, reanimate, revitalize, upraise |
| Antonyms: | aggravate, annoy, bother, distress, exasperate, hurt, irritate, provoke, torment, torture, trouble, vex |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | composure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calmness, collectedness |
| Synonyms: | accord, aplomb, assurance, balance, calm, contentment, control, cool*, coolness, dignity, ease, equanimity, equilibrium, evenness, fortitude, harmony, moderation, nonchalance, peace of mind, poise, polish, presence of mind, quiet, repose, sang-froid, self-assurance, self-control, self-possession, serenity, sobriety, stability, tranquility, cool head, coolheadedness, dispassion, even temper, imperturbability, inexcitability, levelheadedness, placidity, quietude, sedateness |
| Antonyms: | agitation, excitement, upset, arousal, discomposure, perturbedness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consolation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relief, comfort |
| Synonyms: | cheer, comfort, compassion, ease, easement, encouragement, fellow feeling, help, pity, solace, succor, support, sympathy, alleviation, assuagement, lenity |
| Notes: | solace is a form of comfort given to one who is in sorrow or distress; consolation is an act of offering such comfort, or the result of such comfort having been provided |
| Antonyms: | agitation, annoyance, antagonism, discouragement, disturbance, trouble, upset |
| Main Entry: | contentment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comfort, happiness |
| Synonyms: | complacency, content, ease, equanimity, fulfillment, gladness, gratification, peace, pleasure, satisfaction, serenity, contentedness, repletion |
| Antonyms: | discomfort, discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction, misery, sadness, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | decrease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow less or make less |
| Synonyms: | abate, calm down, check, contract, crumble, curb, curtail, cut down, decay, decline, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, droop, drop, drop off, dwindle, ease, ebb, evaporate, fade, fall off, lessen, let up, lighten, lower, modify, peter out, quell, quiet, reduce, restrain, settle, shrink, shrivel, sink, slacken, slash, slump, soften, subside, wane, waste, weaken, wear down, wither, devaluate, die down, dry up, lose edge, narrow down, run low, slack off, slow down, tail off, wear away |
| Antonyms: | add, develop, enlarge, expand, grow, increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | disengage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free from connection |
| Synonyms: | abstract, back off, back out, cut loose, cut out, detach, disassociate, disconnect, disentangle, disjoin, dissociate, disunite, divide, drop out, ease, extricate, liberate, loose, loosen, opt out, release, separate, undo, unfasten, untie, withdraw, pull the plug, set free, unbind, uncouple, unfix, unloose, weasel out |
| Antonyms: | attach, bind, connect, engage, fasten, join, unite |
| Main Entry: | facilitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assist the progress of |
| Synonyms: | aid, ease, expedite, forward, further, help, promote, simplify, smooth, speed, grease the wheels, hand-carry, make easy, open doors, run interference for, speed up, walk through |
| Antonyms: | block, check, delay, detain, hinder, prohibit, stop |
| Main Entry: | leisure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | free time and its activities |
| Synonyms: | chance, convenience, ease, freedom, holiday, idle hours, intermission, leave of absence, liberty, one's own sweet time, opportunity, pause, quiet, range, recess, recreation, relaxation, repose, requiescence, respite, rest, retirement, sabbatical, scope, spare moments, spare time, time, time off*, unemployment, vacant hour, vacation |
| Antonyms: | employment, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lessen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lower, reduce |
| Synonyms: | abate, abridge, amputate, attenuate, clip, close, contract, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, decline, decrease, degrade, dilute, diminish, downsize, drain, dwindle, ease, erode, impair, lighten, minimize, mitigate, moderate, narrow, shrink, slacken, soft-pedal*, taper, thin, truncate, weaken, become smaller, de-escalate, die down, grow less, minify, roll back, slack up, slow down, take the bite out, take the edge off, take the sting out, taper off, wind down |
| Antonyms: | enlarge, extend, increase, raise, strengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | let up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pause |
| Synonyms: | abate, cease, decrease, diminish, ease, ebb, fall, moderate, release, relent, slacken, stop, subside, wane, die down, die out, ease off, ease up, slow down |
| Antonyms: | continue |
| Main Entry: | loose/loosen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set free; unbind |
| Synonyms: | alleviate, break up, deliver, detach, discharge, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, ease, emancipate, extricate, free, liberate, mitigate, relax, release, separate, slacken, unbuckle, unbutton, undo, unfasten, unhitch, unleash, unlock, untie, become unfastened, disenthrall, ease off, let go, let out, manumit, unbar, unbolt, unchain, unclasp, unfix, unhook, unlace, unlash, unlatch, unloose, unpin, unscrew, unsnap, unstick, unstrap, untighten, work free, work loose |
| Antonyms: | bind, limit, restrict, tighten |
| Main Entry: | mitigate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | check, diminish, lighten |
| Synonyms: | abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, cool*, dull, ease, extenuate, lessen, meet halfway*, moderate, modify, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quiet, reduce, relieve, remit, soften, soothe, subdue, temper, tone down, tranquilize, weaken, come together, take the edge off |
| Antonyms: | aggravate, incite, increase, intensify, irritate, worsen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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