The Meaning of ease

• (n.) Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.
• (n.) Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body.
• (n.) Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind.
• (n.) Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address.
• (n.) To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquility to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; ease the body or mind.
• (n.) To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.
• (n.) To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery.
• (n.) To entertain; to furnish with accommodations.

Synonyms

easiness , simplicity , simpleness , comfort , relief , informality , rest , repose , relaxation , comfort , facilitate , alleviate , still , allay , relieve

Antonyms

difficulty

Homophones

e's , e.'s , e.s

Rhymes

abductees , abdulaziz , abeles , absentees , abts , adoptees , agrees , amputees , andries , annamese , appease , ashis , aziz , balinese , beas , bees , beese , belize , bes , brees , breese , breeze , brunjes , burmese , cadiz , cantonese , cds , cees , celanese , cheese , chemise , cherokees , chinese , conferees , congolese , crees , creese , damocles , deas , decrees , deese , degrees , deis , delouis , detainees , devotees , diocese , dioceses , disagrees , disease , displease , draftees , drees , dreese , dreis , duvrees , emphases , enlistees , enrollees , expertise , feaze , feces , fees , feeze , flees , foresees , franchisees , francies , freas , frease , frees , freese , freeze , freis , frieze , friis , furches , geez , gies , glees , guarantees , headcheese , hees , heese , hercules , honorees , hyades , idiosyncrasies , indices , indochinese , inductees , internees , interviewees , isosceles , japanese , javanese , jaycees , jeez , journalese , keas , kees , keese , keys , klees , knees , kreis , kriese , leas , lebanese , lees , lessees , licensees , louise , maccabees , maltese , manganese , matterease , mcclees , mclees , mcnease , mcnees , mease , mees , meis , mores , neas , nease , nees , neese , neis , nepalese , niese , nobodies , nominees , ortiz , overseas , pawnees , peas , pease , peise , pleas , please , pleiades , plese , portuguese , preas , preis , rameses , ramesses , ramses , realities , reas , rees , referees , reis , reprise , resignees , retirees , ruiz , rupees , schweiz , scorsese , seas , sease , sees , seese , seize , senegalese , siamese , sies , sinhalese , skees , sneeze , socrates , speas , spease , spees , spiess , sprees , squeeze , stds , stees , striptease , sudanese , sundays , taiwanese , talese , teas , tease , tees , testes , these , thies , threes , trainees , trapeze , trease , trustees , tweeze , underseas , unease , vees , vries , wease , weese , wheeze , wiese , yeas , zeese , zeis