eased

The word “eased” has 1 syllable: eased

It's pronounced as /iːzd/


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In the thesaurus, “eased” has 140 synonyms and 101 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for eased

  • abated
  • abbreviated
  • abetted
  • abridged
  • accelerated
  • advanced
  • aided
  • allayed
  • alleviated
  • ameliorated
  • amended
  • anesthetized
  • assisted
  • assuaged
  • bettered
  • clipped
  • collapsed
  • compressed
  • condensed
  • constricted
  • contracted
  • corrected
  • cropped
  • cured
  • curtailed
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • de-escalated
  • declined
  • decreased
  • deflated
  • dented
  • depleted
  • detached
  • diminished
  • disentangled
  • docked
  • downscaled
  • downsized
  • dropped
  • dwindled
  • ebbed
  • emended
  • enhanced
  • enriched
  • evaporated
  • expedited
  • facilitated
  • feeble
  • fell
  • fell away
  • fixed
  • flagged
  • forwarded
  • freed
  • furthered
  • gave out
  • greased
  • hastened
  • healed
  • helped
  • hurried
  • improved
  • knocked down
  • lessened
  • let up
  • light
  • lightened
  • loosened
  • lowered
  • meliorated
  • mended
  • minimized
  • mitigated
  • moderate
  • moderated
  • modified
  • modulated
  • mollified
  • nicked
  • palled
  • palliated
  • pared
  • perfected
  • phased down
  • promoted
  • pruned
  • qualified
  • quickened
  • receded
  • rectified
  • reduced
  • refined
  • reformed
  • relaxed
  • relented
  • relieved
  • remedied
  • remitted
  • repaired
  • retrenched
  • rushed
  • salved
  • sank
  • shallow
  • shortened
  • shrank
  • shrunk
  • simplified
  • slacked
  • slackened
  • slashed
  • smoothed
  • soft
  • softened
  • soothed
  • sped
  • speeded
  • streamlined
  • subdued
  • subsided
  • sunk
  • superficial
  • tapered
  • tapered off
  • tempered
  • trimmed
  • truncated
  • unbound
  • unclogged
  • undid
  • unfastened
  • untangled
  • untied
  • vanished
  • waned
  • weak
  • weakened
  • whittled

Antonyms for eased

  • accentuated
  • accumulated
  • acute
  • aggrandized
  • aggravated
  • almighty
  • amplified
  • appeared
  • attached
  • augmented
  • ballooned
  • blew up
  • blistering
  • boosted
  • bound
  • bourgeoned
  • built
  • burgeoned
  • complemented
  • complicated
  • concentrated
  • constrained
  • deep
  • deepened
  • dilated
  • distended
  • distraught
  • dreadful
  • elongated
  • emerged
  • emphasized
  • enhanced
  • enlarged
  • escalated
  • exacerbated
  • excruciating
  • expanded
  • explosive
  • exquisite
  • extended
  • fastened
  • fearful
  • fearsome
  • ferocious
  • fierce
  • frightful
  • furious
  • ghastly
  • grew
  • hard
  • harmed
  • heavy
  • heavy-duty
  • heightened
  • hellacious
  • hindered
  • hurt
  • impaired
  • impeded
  • increased
  • inflated
  • injured
  • intense
  • intensified
  • intensive
  • keen
  • lengthened
  • magnified
  • mounted
  • mushroomed
  • perplexed
  • picked up
  • profound
  • prolonged
  • protracted
  • raised
  • redoubled
  • restrained
  • retarded
  • rose
  • sad
  • sharpened
  • showed up
  • snowballed
  • soared
  • sophisticated
  • strained
  • stretched
  • supplemented
  • swelled
  • tensed
  • tensioned
  • terrible
  • tied
  • tightened
  • vehement
  • vicious
  • violent
  • waxed
  • worried
  • worsened

Meanings of eased

  • 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

  • She took a deep breath and eased into a state of calm.
  • The medication quickly eased the discomfort in his joints.
  • As the tension in the room grew, a lighthearted joke eased the atmosphere.
  • The gradual warm-up of the weather eased the transition from winter to spring.
  • With each step, the hiker eased down the

On this page you'll find 241 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to eased, such as: abated, abbreviated, abetted, abridged, accelerated, accentuated, accumulated.

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abated

  • abbreviated
  • abolished
  • aborted
  • abridged
  • abrogated
  • allayed
  • alleviated
  • altered
  • ameliorated
  • anesthetized
  • annihilated
  • annulled
  • assuaged
  • avoided
  • bankrupted
  • banned
  • bereaved
  • bereft
  • bettered
  • blended
  • broke down
  • called
  • called off
  • canceled
  • cancelled
  • changed
  • cheapened
  • cheated
  • clipped
  • collapsed
  • compressed
  • condensed
  • constricted
  • contracted
  • corrected
  • countermanded
  • cropped
  • cured
  • curtailed
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • de-escalated
  • debilitated
  • declined
  • decreased
  • deducted
  • deflated
  • defrauded
  • degraded
  • deliquesced
  • demoted
  • dented
  • denuded
  • depleted
  • deprived
  • did away with
  • diminished
  • disallowed
  • disannulled
  • discounted
  • disfurnished
  • disintegrated
  • dismissed
  • dissolved
  • divested
  • docked
  • doctored
  • downscaled
  • downsized
  • dropped
  • dwindled
  • eased
  • ebbed
  • eliminated
  • enhanced
  • enjoined
  • eradicated
  • erased
  • evaporated
  • feeble
  • fell
  • fell away
  • fixed
  • fixed-up
  • flagged
  • forbad
  • forbade
  • fused
  • gave out
  • helped
  • humbled
  • impoverished
  • improved
  • invalidated
  • knocked down
  • knocked off
  • lessened
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  • light
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  • liquefied
  • liquidated
  • lowered
  • marked down
  • merged
  • minimized
  • mitigated
  • moderate
  • moderated
  • modified
  • modulated
  • mollified
  • molten
  • negated
  • nicked
  • nulled
  • nullified
  • outlawed
  • overrode
  • overruled
  • overturned
  • palled
  • palliated
  • pared
  • patched up
  • phased down
  • prohibited
  • pruned
  • qualified
  • quashed
  • rebuilt
  • recalled
  • receded
  • rectified
  • reduced
  • refreshed
  • refurbished
  • regenerated
  • regulated
  • rejected
  • rejuvenated
  • relaxed
  • relented
  • relieved
  • remedied
  • remitted
  • remodeled
  • removed
  • renewed
  • renovated
  • reorganized
  • repaired
  • repealed
  • rescinded
  • restored
  • retracted
  • retrenched
  • reversed
  • revived
  • revoked
  • rolled back
  • salved
  • sank
  • set aside
  • shallow
  • shortchanged
  • shortened
  • shrank
  • shrunk
  • slackened
  • slashed
  • soft
  • softened
  • soothed
  • stripped
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  • struck down
  • subdued
  • subsided
  • subtracted
  • sunk
  • superficial
  • suspended
  • tapered
  • tapered off
  • tempered
  • thawed
  • threw out
  • took off
  • trimmed
  • truncated
  • vacated
  • vanished
  • vetoed
  • voided
  • waned
  • wasted away
  • weak
  • weakened
  • whittled
  • withdrew
  • wrote off

abetted

  • accompanied
  • activated
  • advanced
  • advised
  • aided
  • approved
  • assisted
  • attended
  • authoritative
  • authorized
  • backed
  • backstopped
  • bailed out
  • befriended
  • benefited
  • benefitted
  • bolstered
  • boosted
  • bore a hand
  • brewed
  • buttressed
  • canonical
  • certified
  • championed
  • comforted
  • counseled
  • counselled
  • cultivated
  • delivered
  • detonated
  • eased
  • emboldened
  • encouraged
  • endorsed
  • energized
  • enflamed
  • enlivened
  • ex officio
  • excited
  • facilitated
  • favored
  • fermented
  • fired
  • fomented
  • forwarded
  • fostered
  • furthered
  • galvanized
  • guided
  • heartened
  • helped
  • incited
  • indorsed
  • inflamed
  • inspired
  • instigated
  • invigorated
  • launched
  • lawful
  • legal
  • legit
  • legitimate
  • licensed
  • licit
  • maintained
  • mentored
  • motivated
  • nourished
  • nursed
  • nurtured
  • obliged
  • official
  • patronized
  • permissible
  • picked
  • profited
  • promoted
  • provoked
  • quickened
  • raised
  • reenforced
  • regulation
  • reinforced
  • relieved
  • rescued
  • roused
  • sanctioned
  • saved
  • semiofficial
  • served
  • set
  • set in motion
  • set off
  • sowed
  • sponsored
  • stimulated
  • stood one in good stead
  • subsidized
  • succored
  • suggested
  • supported
  • sustained
  • taken care of
  • triggered
  • vitalized

backed

  • abetted
  • adopted
  • advanced
  • advised
  • advocated
  • affirmed
  • aided
  • approved
  • assisted
  • attended
  • avouched
  • backstopped
  • bailed out
  • bankrolled
  • benefited
  • benefitted
  • bolstered
  • boosted
  • bore a hand
  • built-up
  • buttressed
  • championed
  • comforted
  • confirmed
  • corroborated
  • counseled
  • counselled
  • delivered
  • eased
  • emboldened
  • embraced
  • encouraged
  • endorsed
  • espoused
  • established
  • facilitated
  • favored
  • financed
  • forwarded
  • fostered
  • furthered
  • guided
  • heartened
  • held a brief for
  • helped
  • indorsed
  • launched
  • mentored
  • nurtured
  • obliged
  • patronized
  • plugged
  • preached
  • profited
  • promoted
  • propped
  • proved
  • reenforced
  • reinforced
  • rescued
  • saved
  • seconded
  • served
  • sponsored
  • stiffened
  • stood one in good stead
  • stood up for
  • strengthened
  • stuck up for
  • substantiated
  • succored
  • supported
  • sustained
  • talked up
  • underwritten
  • upheld
  • validated
  • verified
  • went in for
  • went to bat for

dallied

  • aestivated
  • ambled
  • amused
  • be insincere with
  • boondoggle
  • bummed
  • carry on
  • cavorted
  • chilled
  • coquetted
  • cosset
  • courted
  • crawled
  • crept
  • dabbled
  • dawdled
  • decelerated
  • delayed
  • delighted
  • diddled
  • dillydallied
  • disported
  • diverted
  • dozed
  • drag
  • dragged
  • droned
  • dropped behind
  • eased
  • entertained
  • estivated
  • fell behind
  • filibustered
  • flirted
  • fool around
  • fool with
  • fooled
  • fooled around
  • footled
  • frisked
  • fritter away
  • frivol
  • frivoled
  • frivolled
  • frolic
  • frolicked
  • furloughed
  • gambol
  • gamboled
  • gambolled
  • goldbricked
  • hang about
  • hanged
  • have a fling
  • hibernated
  • horse around
  • hung
  • hung about
  • hung fire
  • idle
  • idled
  • inched
  • jerk off
  • jested
  • joked
  • joshed
  • kicked around
  • kicked back
  • kidded
  • killed time
  • lag
  • lagged
  • lallygagged
  • lazed
  • lazied
  • lead on
  • led on
  • linger
  • lingered
  • loafed
  • loiter
  • loitered
  • lolled
  • lollygag
  • lollygagged
  • lounged
  • lumbered
  • malingered
  • manipulated
  • marked time
  • mashed
  • messed
  • messed around
  • monkeyed
  • moped
  • moseyed
  • mucked
  • piddled
  • play around
  • play games with
  • played
  • pleased
  • plodded
  • poked
  • procrastinate
  • procrastinated
  • put off
  • put on
  • putter
  • razzed
  • recreated
  • relaxed
  • rested
  • ribbed
  • rollick
  • rollicked
  • romp
  • romped
  • sauntered
  • screwed around
  • shilly-shallied
  • shuffled
  • skylarked
  • sported
  • staggered
  • stalled
  • strolled
  • strung along
  • swanned
  • tamper
  • tarried
  • tarry
  • teased
  • temporized
  • toyed
  • trail
  • trifle with
  • trifled
  • truanted
  • vamped
  • vegged out
  • wanton
  • waste time
  • while away
  • wooed

damped

  • abated
  • alleviated
  • bathed
  • bedewed
  • benumbed
  • blunted
  • burned out
  • burnt out
  • castrated
  • cauterized
  • choked
  • dampened
  • daunted
  • dead
  • deadened
  • debilitated
  • decreased
  • dehydrated
  • demoralized
  • desiccated
  • devitalized
  • did in
  • diminished
  • dipped
  • discouraged
  • disheartened
  • dispirited
  • doused
  • dowsed
  • drained
  • drenched
  • dulled
  • dunked
  • dwindled
  • eased
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • exhausted
  • extinguished
  • fatigued
  • flushed
  • gelded
  • humidified
  • immerged
  • immersed
  • impregnated
  • irrigated
  • laved
  • lessened
  • lightened
  • lobotomized
  • lowered
  • moderated
  • moistened
  • muffled
  • muted
  • numbed
  • petrified
  • quenched
  • receded
  • reduced
  • refreshed
  • rehydrated
  • remoistened
  • rinsed
  • sapped
  • saturated
  • sluiced
  • smothered
  • soaked
  • soused
  • steeped
  • subdued
  • subsided
  • suffocated
  • undermined
  • waned
  • washed
  • watered
  • weakened
  • wet
  • wetted
  • wore
  • wore out

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