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eases - 20 thesaurus results
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
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
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
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
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
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
Main Entry: compose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: calm, bring under control
Synonyms: adjust, allay, appease, arrange, assuage, balm, check, collect, comfort, console, contain, control, cool, ease, lessen, let up, lull, mitigate, moderate, modulate, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, reconcile, regulate, rein, relax, repress, resolve, restrain, settle, slacken, smother, soften, solace, soothe, still, suppress, temper, tranquilize, becalm, ease up, hold in, re-collect, simmer down, tune down
Notes: compose is preferred when the parts of the whole being assembled are regarded as nonconcrete and more general; when the parts are concrete and specific, then constitute is more appropriate, and then there is comprise, which can mean 'comprehending or encompassing certain parts'
Antonyms: agitate, anger, arouse, distress, excite, upset
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
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
Antonyms: agitation, annoyance, antagonism, discouragement, disturbance, trouble, upset
Main Entry: content
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: comfort, happiness
Synonyms: contentment, ease, gratification, peace, peace of mind, pleasure, satisfaction
Antonyms: discontent, displeasure, unhappiness, uncomfortableness
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: convenience
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: availability, usefulness; useful thing
Synonyms: accessibility, accessory, accommodation, advancement, advantage, aid, amenity, appliance, appropriateness, assistance, avail, benefit, comfort, contribution, cooperation, decency, ease, enjoyment, facility, fitness, furtherance, help, life, luxury, means, ministry, promotion, relief, satisfaction, service, succor, suitability, support, use, utility, agreeableness, comforts, handiness, ministration, openness, opportuneness, receptiveness, serviceability, suitableness, time saver
Antonyms: inconvenience, waste, inexpedience, inutility, unsuitability, uselessness
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: edge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: defeat narrowly
Synonyms: creep, ease, inch, infiltrate, sidle, steal, nose out*, slip by, slip past, squeeze by, squeeze past, worm*
Antonyms: lose, wallop
Main Entry: encourage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give support; help
Synonyms: abet, advance, advocate, aid, approve, assist, back, back up, befriend, bolster, boost, brace, comfort, console, countenance, develop, ease, egg on*, endorse, favor, fortify, forward, foster, further, go for*, improve, instigate, invite, pat on the back, prevail, promote, push, reassure, reinforce, relieve, sanction, second, serve, solace, spur, strengthen, subsidize, succor, support, sustain, uphold, get behind, give a leg up, pull for, root for, side with*, smile upon, subscribe to
Antonyms: block, confuse, deter, discourage
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
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