painlessEnglishOxford English Thesauruspainless adjective 1 any killing of animals should be painless: pain-free, under anaesthetic. ▷antonyms painful. 2 getting rid of him proved painless: easy, trouble-free, effortless, undemanding, unexacting, simple, uncomplicated, smooth, plain sailing; informal as easy as pie, as easy as falling off a log, as easy as ABC, a piece of cake, child's play, a cinch; dated a snip. ▷antonyms difficult, demanding.painless Oxford Dictionary of English