ease

The word “ease” has 1 syllable: ease

It's pronounced as /iːz/


What is synonym and antonym for ease?

In the thesaurus, “ease” has 303 synonyms and 155 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for ease along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for ease

  • abandon
  • abandonment
  • abate
  • abbreviate
  • abet
  • abridge
  • accelerate
  • adroitness
  • advance
  • affability
  • affluence
  • aid
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • alleviation
  • ameliorate
  • amend
  • anesthetize
  • aplomb
  • appease
  • appeasement
  • ardor
  • assist
  • assuage
  • assuagement
  • ataraxia
  • attend to
  • bed of roses
  • better
  • blank check
  • breeze
  • calm
  • calming
  • calmness
  • carelessness
  • carte blanche
  • casualness
  • catnapping
  • cheer
  • cinch
  • clear the way
  • cleverness
  • clip
  • collapse
  • comfort
  • composure
  • compress
  • condense
  • constrict
  • content
  • contentment
  • contract
  • correct
  • crop
  • cure
  • curtail
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • de-escalate
  • decline
  • decompression
  • decrease
  • deflate
  • dent
  • deplete
  • detach
  • dexterity
  • diminish
  • diminishment
  • disburden
  • disengage
  • disentangle
  • dispatch
  • dock
  • doctor
  • dolce far niente
  • downscale
  • downsize
  • dozing
  • drop
  • duck soup
  • dwindle
  • easiness
  • easygoingness
  • ebb
  • edge
  • efficiency
  • effortlessness
  • emend
  • enhance
  • enrich
  • enthusiasm
  • evaporate
  • excess
  • excessiveness
  • expedite
  • expertise
  • expertness
  • extricate
  • exuberance
  • facilitate
  • fall
  • fall away
  • familiarity
  • fervor
  • fix
  • flag
  • flexibility
  • fluency
  • forward
  • free
  • free hand
  • further
  • give out
  • gratification
  • grease
  • handle
  • happiness
  • hasten
  • heal
  • heedlessness
  • help
  • hurry
  • idleness
  • immoderacy
  • improve
  • impulsiveness
  • impulsivity
  • inactivity
  • inch
  • incontinence
  • indiscretion
  • induce
  • indulgence
  • inertia
  • inertness
  • informality
  • insert
  • insouciance
  • intemperance
  • join
  • knack
  • knock down
  • lazing
  • leisure
  • lessen
  • let up
  • let up on
  • liberty
  • licentiousness
  • lift
  • lighten
  • lightheartedness
  • loose
  • loosen
  • lower
  • luxury
  • make easier
  • maneuver
  • meliorate
  • mend
  • minimize
  • mitigate
  • mitigation
  • moderate
  • moderation
  • modify
  • modulate
  • mollification
  • mollify
  • napping
  • naturalness
  • nick
  • nonchalance
  • nurse
  • offhandedness
  • open the door
  • pacify
  • pall
  • palliate
  • pare
  • peace
  • peace of mind
  • peacefulness
  • perfect
  • permissiveness
  • phase down
  • placidity
  • poise
  • promote
  • prosperity
  • prune
  • pushover
  • qualify
  • quicken
  • quickness
  • quiet
  • quietness
  • quietude
  • readiness
  • recede
  • recklessness
  • rectify
  • reduce
  • refine
  • reform
  • relax
  • relaxation
  • relaxedness
  • release
  • relent
  • relief
  • relieve
  • remedy
  • remit
  • remove
  • repair
  • repose
  • requiescence
  • respite
  • rest
  • restfulness
  • resting
  • retrench
  • right
  • run interference for
  • rush
  • salving
  • satisfaction
  • security
  • sereneness
  • serenity
  • set right
  • setup
  • shorten
  • shrink
  • silence
  • simplicity
  • simplify
  • sink
  • skillfulness
  • slack
  • slacken
  • slash
  • sleep
  • slide
  • slip
  • slumber
  • slumbering
  • smooth
  • smooth sailing
  • smoothness
  • snap
  • snoozing
  • soften
  • soothe
  • soothing
  • speed
  • speed up
  • spirit
  • spontaneity
  • spontaneousness
  • squeeze
  • steer
  • still
  • stillness
  • streamline
  • subside
  • supinity
  • taper
  • taper off
  • temper
  • thoughtlessness
  • tranquility
  • tranquilize
  • tranquillity
  • tranquilness
  • trim
  • truncate
  • unaffectedness
  • unbind
  • unclog
  • unconstraint
  • undo
  • unfasten
  • uninhibitedness
  • unreservedness
  • unrestraint
  • unself-consciousness
  • untangle
  • untie
  • untighten
  • vanish
  • wane
  • wantonness
  • warmth
  • weaken
  • whittle
  • wildness
  • zeal
  • zealotry
  • zealousness

Antonyms for ease

  • accumulate
  • ache
  • action
  • activity
  • aggrandize
  • aggravate
  • agitate
  • agitation
  • agony
  • amplify
  • anguish
  • annoy
  • appear
  • attach
  • augment
  • balloon
  • bind
  • block
  • blow up
  • boost
  • bourgeon
  • build
  • burden
  • burgeon
  • carefulness
  • check
  • complement
  • complicate
  • constrain
  • constraint
  • delay
  • difficulty
  • dilate
  • discipline
  • discomfort
  • discontent
  • discreetness
  • discretion
  • displeasure
  • disquiet
  • dissatisfaction
  • distend
  • disturbance
  • effort
  • elongate
  • embarrassment
  • emerge
  • employment
  • enhance
  • enlarge
  • entangle
  • escalate
  • exacerbate
  • exasperate
  • excitableness
  • exertion
  • expand
  • extend
  • fasten
  • furor
  • grow
  • halt
  • harm
  • heedfulness
  • heighten
  • hinder
  • hold back
  • hurt
  • impair
  • impede
  • inability
  • incite
  • increase
  • inflate
  • inhibition
  • injure
  • intensify
  • irritate
  • labor
  • lengthen
  • make difficult
  • misery
  • mount
  • mushroom
  • neglect
  • pain
  • pang
  • perplex
  • pick up
  • pressure
  • prick
  • prolong
  • protract
  • provoke
  • raise
  • redouble
  • repression
  • reserve
  • restrain
  • restraint
  • restriction
  • retard
  • reticence
  • rise
  • self-command
  • self-consciousness
  • self-control
  • self-denial
  • self-discipline
  • self-mastery
  • self-restraint
  • sharpen
  • show up
  • slow
  • smart
  • snowball
  • soar
  • sophisticate
  • sting
  • stitch
  • stop
  • strain
  • stress
  • stretch
  • strife
  • suffering
  • supplement
  • suppression
  • swell
  • tense
  • tenseness
  • tension
  • throe
  • tie
  • tighten
  • tingle
  • toil
  • torment
  • torture
  • trouble
  • turmoil
  • twinge
  • uneasiness
  • unhappiness
  • unrest
  • upset
  • vex
  • wax
  • weaken
  • willpower
  • withdraw
  • woe
  • work
  • worry
  • worsen

Meanings of ease

  • noun
    1. Ability, the means to do something, particularly:.
    2. Comfort, a state or quality lacking unpleasantness, particularly:.
    3. Relief, an end to discomfort, particularly:.
    4. A convenience; a luxury.
    5. A relief; an easement.
  • verb
    1. To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
    2. To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).
    3. To give respite to (someone).
    4. To loosen or slacken the tension on a line.
    5. To reduce the difficulty of (something).
    6. To move (something) slowly and carefully.
    7. To lessen in severity.
    8. To proceed with little effort.

Example Sentences

  • After a long day, a hot bath brings a sense of relaxation and ease.
  • The smooth transition between tasks added a sense of ease to the workflow.
  • The gentle breeze provided a welcome sense of coolness and ease on a warm day.
  • Meditation can help bring a feeling of peace and ease to a busy mind.
  • The musician played the melody with such skill and ease that it captivated the audience.

On this page you'll find 458 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to ease, such as: abandon, abandonment, abate, abbreviate, abet, abridge, accelerate.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abandon

abandoned

  • abjured
  • aborted
  • abrogated
  • alone
  • annulled
  • barbaric
  • basked
  • broke off
  • broke up
  • called
  • called off
  • canceled
  • cancelled
  • cast aside
  • cast away
  • cast-off
  • castaway
  • ceased
  • closed
  • concluded
  • corrupt
  • countermanded
  • cried off
  • cut off
  • delivered
  • depraved
  • derelict
  • deserted
  • desolate
  • discarded
  • discontinued
  • disowned
  • disregarded
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • distanced
  • disused
  • ditched
  • dropped
  • dumped
  • eighty-sixed
  • eliminated
  • empty
  • ended
  • escaped
  • expired
  • finished
  • flung
  • forgot
  • forgotten
  • forsaken
  • forsook
  • gave up
  • given up
  • godforsaken
  • halted
  • handed over
  • held back
  • hog wild
  • hung it up
  • idle
  • ignored
  • immoral
  • incontinent
  • incorrigible
  • indulged
  • intemperate
  • interrupted
  • invalidated
  • jettisoned
  • jilted
  • junked
  • knocked off
  • left
  • left in the cold
  • left in the lurch
  • left off
  • licentious
  • luxuriated
  • marooned
  • miserable
  • neglected
  • nullified
  • outcast
  • overdid
  • overindulged
  • passed up
  • paused
  • pigeon-holed
  • profligate
  • quit
  • quitted
  • rampant
  • raw
  • recalled
  • recanted
  • refuse
  • rejected
  • relinquished
  • renounced
  • repealed
  • repudiated
  • rescinded
  • retracted
  • reveled
  • revelled
  • reversed
  • revoked
  • riotous
  • rolled
  • rolled back
  • runaway
  • sacrificed
  • scrapped
  • scrubbed
  • shabby
  • shameless
  • shed
  • shunned
  • shut off
  • side-tracked
  • sidelined
  • sinful
  • stopped
  • stranded
  • surrendered
  • suspended
  • tapered off
  • terminated
  • threw away
  • threw out
  • threw up
  • took back
  • unattended
  • unbounded
  • unbridled
  • unchecked
  • uncontrollable
  • uncontrolled
  • ungovernable
  • unhampered
  • unhindered
  • uninhibited
  • unoccupied
  • unprincipled
  • unrestrained
  • untended
  • vacant
  • vacated
  • void
  • voided
  • walked away from
  • walked out on
  • wallowed
  • wanton
  • waste
  • wicked
  • wild
  • winded up
  • withdrew
  • wound up
  • wrapped up
  • wretched
  • wrote off
  • yielded

abandonment

abandons

abashment

  • agitation
  • bother
  • chagrin
  • confusion
  • debasement
  • degradation
  • discomfiture
  • discomfort
  • discomposure
  • disconcertment
  • disgrace
  • dismay
  • disquiet
  • distress
  • disturbance
  • embarrassment
  • fluster
  • humble pie
  • humiliation
  • ignominy
  • mortification
  • perturbation
  • shame
  • unease
  • uneasiness
  • upset

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