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| Main Entry: | easy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not difficult |
| Synonyms: | accessible, apparent, basic, child's play, cinch, clear, easily done, effortless, elementary, evident, facile, inconsiderable, light, little, manageable, manifest, mere, no bother, no problem, no sweat, no trouble, not burdensome, nothing to it*, obvious, painless, paltry, picnic*, piece of cake*, plain, plain sailing*, pushover*, royal, simple, simple as ABC, slight, smooth, snap, straightforward, uncomplicated, undemanding, uninvolved, untroublesome, wieldy, yielding |
| Antonyms: | arduous, complex, complicated, demanding, difficult, hard, intricate, involved, laborious, uneasy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | easy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | leisurely, relaxed |
| Synonyms: | calm, carefree, comfortable, comfy, commodious, composed, content, contented, cozy, cushy, effortless, flowing, fluent, forthright, gentle, languid, light, mild, moderate, peaceful, pleasant, prosperous, quiet, running, satisfied, secure, serene, slow, smooth, snug, soft, spontaneous, substantial, successful, temperate, thriving, tranquil, undisturbed, unhurried, untroubled, well-to-do, at ease, cursive, easeful, in clover, undemanding, unexacting, unworried |
| Antonyms: | difficult, hard, oppressive, trying, uneasy, exhausting, unleisurely, unrelaxed |
| Main Entry: | easy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tolerant, permissive |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, amenable, benign, charitable, clement, compassionate, compliant, condoning, easygoing, flexible, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, gullible, indulgent, kindly, lax, lenient, liberal, light, merciful, mild, moderate, naive, soft, submissive, susceptible, sympathetic, temperate, tractable, trusting, biddable, deceivable, deludable, dupable, excusing, exploitable, fleeceable, humoring, mollycoddling, pampering, pardoning, spoiling, unburdensome, unoppressive, unsuspicious |
| Antonyms: | difficult, impossible, intolerant, strict, onery, unpermissive |
| Main Entry: | easy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good-humored |
| Synonyms: | affable, amiable, carefree, casual, complaisant, diplomatic, familiar, friendly, gentle, good-natured, graceful, gracious, gregarious, informal, mild, natural, obliging, open, pleasant, polite, secure, smooth, sociable, suave, tolerant, unaffected, unpretentious, urbane, at ease, good-tempered, relaxed, unanxious, undemanding, unforced |
| Antonyms: | difficult, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | able |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | capable of performing; having an innate capacity |
| Synonyms: | adept, adequate, adroit, agile, alert, apt, bright, capable, competent, cunning, deft, dexterous, easy, effortless, equipped, facile, fitted, good, intelligent, knowing, powerful, ready, smart, strong, worthy, endowed |
| Notes: | able is having the necessary power to accomplish something while capable means having the potential to accomplish something |
| Antonyms: | ineffective, inept, infirm, powerless, unable, useless |
| Main Entry: | amiable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, agreeable |
| Synonyms: | affable, amicable, attractive, benign, breezy, charming, cheerful, complaisant, cool*, cordial, cozy, delightful, easy, engaging, friendly, genial, good-humored, good-natured, gracious, kind, kindly, lenient, lovable, mellow, mild, obliging, palsy-walsy*, pleasant, pleasing, princely*, responsive, right, righteous, sociable, swell*, tight*, warm, warmhearted, winning, buddy-buddy*, clubby, copacetic, downright neighborly, home cooking, pussycat, sweet-tempered |
| Antonyms: | crabby, disagreeable, gloomy, hateful, irritable, mean, quarrelsome, rude, surly, testy, unfriendly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attainable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | within reach; achievable |
| Synonyms: | accessible, at hand, available, duck soup*, easy, feasible, likely, obtainable, piece of cake*, possible, potential, practicable, probable, procurable, reachable, accomplishable, cherry pie, gettable, no problem, no sweat, realizable, securable |
| Antonyms: | unachieveable, unattainable, unreachable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | carefree |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lighthearted, untroubled |
| Synonyms: | airy, blithe, breezy, buoyant, calm, careless, cheerful, cheery, cool, easy, happy, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, jaunty, jovial, radiant, secure, sunny, at ease, easy-going, feelgood, laid back, unanxious, unbothered |
| Antonyms: | anxious, heavyhearted, troubled, worried |
| Main Entry: | charitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kind, lenient |
| Synonyms: | benevolent, big*, bighearted*, broad-minded, clement, considerate, easy, favorable, forbearing, forgiving, gracious, humane, indulgent, kindly, lenient, magnanimous, merciful, sympathetic, thoughtful, tolerant, understanding, all heart |
| Antonyms: | hard, harsh, mean, rough, severe, tough, inhumane |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clement |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forgiving |
| Synonyms: | benevolent, benign, charitable, compassionate, easy, forbearing, gentle, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, kind, kind-hearted, kindly, lenient, merciful, mild, sympathetic, tender, tolerant, benignant, soft-hearted |
| Antonyms: | hard, harsh, mean, unforgiving, hard-hearted |
| Main Entry: | collected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | composed, calm |
| Synonyms: | confident, cool, easy, easygoing, levelheaded, nonchalant, peaceful, placid, possessed, quiet, sanguine, self-possessed, serene, still, sure, temperate, together, tranquil, unflappable, unperturbed, unruffled, poised, unperturbable |
| Antonyms: | agitated, disorganized, excited, upset, worried, mixed up |
| Main Entry: | comfortable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good feeling |
| Synonyms: | adequate, agreeable, appropriate, cheerful, complacent, contented, convenient, cozy, delightful, easy, enjoyable, hale, happy, healthy, hearty, loose, pleasant, pleased, protected, relieved, rested, restful, restored, satisfactory, satisfying, serene, sheltered, snug, soft, untroubled, useful, warm, well-off, at rest, cared for, enjoying, gratified, loose-fitting, made well, relaxed, relaxing, snug as a bug in a rug, soothed, strengthened |
| Antonyms: | discontented, hopeless, miserable, neglected, uncomfortable, unhappy, upset |
| Main Entry: | comfortable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affluent, wealthy |
| Synonyms: | ample, easy, enough, prosperous, substantial, sufficient, suitable, well-heeled*, well-off, well-to-do |
| Antonyms: | destitute, hopeless, needy, poor, uncomfortable, wretched, pitiable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | complaisant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agreeable |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, amiable, compliant, conciliatory, deferential, easy, friendly, generous, good-humored, good-natured, indulgent, lenient, mild, obliging, polite, solicitous, submissive, easy-going, good-tempered |
| Antonyms: | antagonistic, disagreeable, discontented, dissatisfied, obstinate |
| Main Entry: | composed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, collected |
| Synonyms: | at ease, calmed, clearheaded, commonsensical, confident, cool, cool as cucumber, disimpassioned, dispassionate, easy, easygoing, have one's act together, imperturbable, keeping a stiff upper lip, keeping one's shirt on, levelheaded, nonchalant, not turn a hair, placid, poised, possessed, quieted, relaxed, repressed, sedate, self-assured, self-possessed, sensible, serene, serious, soothed, staid, suppressed, sure of oneself, temperate, together, tranquil, unflappable, unruffled, untroubled |
| Antonyms: | agitated, angered, annoyed, aroused, distressed, excited, perturbed, upset, worried |
| Main Entry: | cushy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lush, comfortable |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, comfy*, easy, pleasant, plum, soft*, undemanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | docile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compliant, submissive |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, adaptable, agreeable, amenable, childlike, complacent, cool, ductile, easy, easygoing, gentle, governable, humble, laid-back, manageable, meek, mellow, mild, obedient, obliging, orderly, pliable, pliant, quiet, resigned, soft, tame, teachable, tractable, usable, well-behaved, willing, yielding, acquiescent, biddable, docious, easily influenced, weak-kneed |
| Antonyms: | determined, headstrong, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, stubborn, uncooperative, unyielding |
| Main Entry: | down-to-earth |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reasonable, practical |
| Synonyms: | common, easy, hard, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, mundane, no-nonsense, pragmatic, rational, realistic, sane, sensible, sober, commonsense, hardboiled, plainspoken, unfantastic, unidealistic, unsentimental |
| Antonyms: | excitable, excited, impractical, unreasonable, unsensible |
| Main Entry: | elementary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simple, basic |
| Synonyms: | ABCs, abecedarian, basal, beginning, child's play, clear, duck soup*, easy, elemental, essential, facile, foundational, fundamental, initial, introductory, meat and potatoes*, original, plain, prefatory, preliminary, primary, primitive, primo, rudimentary, simplest, simplex, simplified, straightforward, substratal, uncomplex, uncomplicated, underlying |
| Antonyms: | abstruse, advanced, complex, complicated, compound, difficult, hard, intricate, involved, secondary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expansive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talkative |
| Synonyms: | affable, communicative, demonstrative, easy, effervescent, effusive, extroverted, free, friendly, garrulous, generous, genial, gregarious, lavish, liberal, loquacious, open, outgoing, sociable, uninhibited, unreserved, unrestrained, warm, gushy, unconstrained |
| Antonyms: | quiet, reserved, silent |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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