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ease

noun

1 the 15-year old beat all the adult players with ease:

effortlessness, no difficulty, no trouble, no bother, facility, facileness, simplicity;

deftness, adroitness, dexterity, proficiency, mastery.

▷antonyms difficulty.

2 friends recall his ease of manner with children:

naturalness, casualness, informality, unceremoniousness, lack of reserve, lack of constraint, relaxedness, amiability, affability;

unconcern, composure, aplomb, nonchalance, insouciance.

▷antonyms formality, stiffness.

3 only in his sleep could he find any ease:

peace, peacefulness, calmness, tranquility, composure, serenity, repose, restfulness, quiet, contentment, security, comfort.

▷antonyms trouble, disturbance.

4 a life of ease:

affluence, wealth, prosperity, prosperousness, luxury, opulence, plenty, sufficiency;

comfort, coziness, contentment, content, enjoyment, well-being, freedom from hardship, freedom from troubles;

rare easefulness.

▷antonyms hardship; poverty.

□ at ease (also at one's ease)

when he woke he felt wonderfully at ease:

relaxed, calm, serene, tranquil, unworried, contented, content, happy;

comfortable, secure, safe;

informal chilled.

▷antonyms tense; uncomfortable.

verb

1 he hoped the alcohol would ease his pain:

relieve, alleviate, mitigate, assuage, allay, soothe, soften, palliate, ameliorate, mollify, moderate, tone down, blunt, dull, deaden, numb, take the edge off;

lessen, reduce, lighten, diminish.

▷antonyms aggravate.

2 it was dawn before the rain eased off:

abate, subside, die down, die away, die out, drop off, let up, slacken off, diminish, lessen, grow less, tail off, peter out, taper off, wane, ebb, relent, weaken, become weaker, come to an end;

British quieten;

North American quiet;

archaic remit.

▷antonyms worsen.

3 concentrating on work helped to ease her mind:

calm, pacify, soothe, comfort, bring comfort to, give solace to, solace, console;

hearten, gladden, uplift, encourage;

British quieten;

North American quiet.

4 we want to ease our employees' adjustment to the new policy:

facilitate, make easy, make easier, expedite, speed up, assist, help, aid, advance, further, forward, smooth the way for, clear the way for, simplify.

▷antonyms hinder.

5 he eased out the champagne cork with his thumbs:

guide, maneuver, inch, edge, steer, slide, slip, squeeze.