Standard Lemma guide

easy

adj · adv · intj · noun · verb · 29 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈiːzi/ happy-tensing
  • [ˈɪi̯zɪi̯] happy-tensing
  • Received-Pronunciation: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˈi.ze/
  • Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˈiː.ze/
  • rhymes with -iːzi
  • CMU ARPABET: IY1 Z IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Comfortable; at ease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: now rare except in certain expressions

Examples

  • Now that I know it's taken care of, I can rest easy at night.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Requiring little skill or effort.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • It's often easy to wake up but hard to get up.
  • The teacher gave an easy test to her students.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Rich people live in easy circumstances, that is, the easy life.
  • an easy chair

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • easy manners; an easy style

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Consenting readily to sex.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, informal, usually

Examples

  • She has a reputation for being easy; they say she slept with half the senior class.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Not straitened as to money matters; opposed to tight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

Topics: business, finance

Examples

  • The market is easy.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adv

Meaning 8

In a relaxed or casual manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • After his illness, John decided to take it easy.
  • Everything comes easy to her.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adv

Meaning 9

In a manner without strictness or harshness; gently; softly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Jane went easier on him after he broke his arm.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

adv

Meaning 10

Handily; at the very least.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • This project will cost 15 million dollars, easy.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

intj

Meaning 11

Requesting deintensification or a halt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Something that is easy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter E.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: World War II era; joint US/RAF; World War II era; joint US/RAF

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Echo

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

Synonym of easy-oar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, rowing, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: easy-oar

Antonyms: none provided

15

adjective

Meaning 15

posing no difficulty; requiring little effort

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an easy job
  • an easy problem
  • an easy victory
  • the house is easy to heat
  • satisfied with easy answers
  • took the easy way out of his dilemma

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: difficult

16

adjective

Meaning 16

free from worry or anxiety

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • knowing that I had done my best, my mind was easy
  • an easy good-natured manner
  • by the time the chsild faced the actual problem of reading she was familiar and at ease with all the elements words

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: uneasy

17

adjective satellite

Meaning 17

obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • easy money

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

adjective satellite

Meaning 18

less in demand and therefore readily obtainable

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • commodities are easy this quarter

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

adjective satellite

Meaning 19

casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • her easy virtue
  • he was told to avoid loose (or light) women
  • wanton behavior

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton

Antonyms: none provided

20

adjective satellite

Meaning 20

affording comfort

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • soft light that was easy on the eyes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

adjective satellite

Meaning 21

marked by moderate steepness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an easy climb
  • a gentle slope

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gentle

Antonyms: none provided

22

adjective satellite

Meaning 22

having little impact

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an easy pat on the shoulder
  • gentle rain
  • a gentle breeze
  • a soft (or light) tapping at the window

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gentle, soft

Antonyms: none provided

23

adjective satellite

Meaning 23

not hurried or forced

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an easy walk around the block
  • at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: easygoing, leisurely

Antonyms: none provided

24

adjective satellite

Meaning 24

affording pleasure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • easy good looks

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

adjective satellite

Meaning 25

in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards
  • easy living
  • a prosperous family
  • his family is well-situated financially
  • well-to-do members of the community

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: comfortable, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do

Antonyms: none provided

26

adjective satellite

Meaning 26

readily exploited or tricked

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an easy victim
  • an easy mark

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

adverb

Meaning 27

with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily')

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she was easily excited
  • was easily confused
  • he won easily
  • this china breaks very easily
  • success came too easy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: easily

Antonyms: none provided

28

adverb

Meaning 28

in a relaxed manner; or without hardship (`soft' is nonstandard)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • just wanted to take it easy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: soft

Antonyms: none provided

29

adverb

Meaning 29

without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he spoke slowly
  • go easy here--the road is slippery
  • glaciers move tardily
  • please go slow so I can see the sights

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: slowly, slow, tardily

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English esy, eesy, partly from Middle English ese (“ease”) + -y, equivalent to ease + -y, and partly from Anglo-Norman eisé from Old French aisié (“eased, at ease, at leisure”), past participle of aisier (“to put at ease”), from aise (“empty space, elbow room, opportunity”), of uncertain origin. See ease. Merged with Middle English ethe, eathe (“easy”), from Old English īeþe, from Proto-Germanic *auþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h2éwtus, from Proto-Indo-European *h2ew- (“to enjoy, consume”). Compare also Old Saxon ōþi, Old High German ōdi, Old Norse auðr, auð-, Icelandic auð (adverb), auð-, all meaning "easy." More at ease, eath.

Across languages

Translations

222 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: maklik — requiring little skill or effort
  • Albanian: i lehtë — requiring little skill or effort
  • Southern Altai: јеҥил (ǰeŋil) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Southern Altai: оҥой (oŋoy) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Amharic: ቀላል (ḳälal) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Arabic: سَهْل (sahl) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Arabic: سهل (sahl) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Arabic: سهل (sahal) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Aragonese: fázil — requiring little skill or effort
  • Armenian: հեշտ (hešt) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Aromanian: lishor — requiring little skill or effort
  • Aromanian: licshor — requiring little skill or effort
  • Aromanian: ljiushor — requiring little skill or effort
  • Assamese: সহজ (xohoz) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Asturian: fácil — requiring little skill or effort
  • Azerbaijani: asan — requiring little skill or effort
  • Azerbaijani: rahat — requiring little skill or effort
  • Azerbaijani: qolay — requiring little skill or effort
  • Bashkir: еңел (yeñel) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Basque: erraz — requiring little skill or effort
  • Belarusian: лёгкі (ljóhki) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Bengali: সহজ (śohoj) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Bengali: সহল (śohol) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Central Bikol: madali — requiring little skill or effort
  • Central Bikol: pasil — requiring little skill or effort
  • Breton: aes — requiring little skill or effort
  • Bulgarian: ле́сен (lésen) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Burmese: လွယ် (lwai) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Catalan: fàcil — requiring little skill or effort
  • Cebuano: sayon — requiring little skill or effort
  • Chechen: аьтта (ätta) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Chinese Cantonese: 容易 (jung4 ji6) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Chinese Cantonese: 易 (ji6) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Chinese Mandarin: 容易 (róngyì) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Chinese Mandarin: 簡單 /简单 (jiǎndān) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Chukchi: мыркуԓьын (myrkuḷʹyn) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Chuvash: ҫӑмӑл (śămăl) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Cornish: es — requiring little skill or effort
  • Cornish: esy — requiring little skill or effort
  • Cornish: attes — requiring little skill or effort
  • Czech: snadný — requiring little skill or effort
  • Czech: jednoduchý — requiring little skill or effort
  • Czech: lehký — requiring little skill or effort
  • Danish: let — requiring little skill or effort
  • Danish: nem — requiring little skill or effort
  • Dutch: makkelijk — requiring little skill or effort
  • Dutch: gemakkelijk — requiring little skill or effort
  • Esperanto: facila — requiring little skill or effort
  • Estonian: kerge — requiring little skill or effort
  • Estonian: lihtne — requiring little skill or effort
  • Finnish: helppo — requiring little skill or effort
  • French: facile — requiring little skill or effort
  • French: simple — requiring little skill or effort
  • French: fastoche — requiring little skill or effort
  • French: aisé — requiring little skill or effort
  • West-Frisian: maklik — requiring little skill or effort
  • Galician: doado — requiring little skill or effort
  • Galician: fácil — requiring little skill or effort
  • Galician: azoso — requiring little skill or effort
  • Georgian: ადვილი (advili) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Georgian: მარტივი (marṭivi) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Georgian: იოლი (ioli) — requiring little skill or effort
  • German: leicht — requiring little skill or effort
  • German: einfach — requiring little skill or effort
  • East Central German: aafach — requiring little skill or effort
  • Greek: εύκολος (éfkolos) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Ancient Greek: ῥᾴδιος (rhāídios) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Gujarati: સરળ (saraḷ) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Haitian Creole: fasil — requiring little skill or effort
  • Hebrew: קַל (kal) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Hebrew: פָּשׁוּט (pashút) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Hindi: सरल (saral) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Hindi: आसान (āsān) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Hindi: सुलभ (sulabh) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Hungarian: könnyű — requiring little skill or effort
  • Icelandic: auðveldur — requiring little skill or effort
  • Ido: facila — requiring little skill or effort
  • Indonesian: mudah — requiring little skill or effort
  • Indonesian: gampang — requiring little skill or effort
  • Interlingua: facile — requiring little skill or effort
  • Irish: furasta — requiring little skill or effort
  • Irish: áiseach — requiring little skill or effort
  • Italian: facile — requiring little skill or effort
  • Japanese: 簡単な (kantan na) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Japanese: 易しい (yasashii) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Japanese: 容易な (yōi na) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Japanese: 容易い (tayasui) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Japanese: 易い (yasui) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Kazakh: оңай (oñai) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Kazakh: жеңіл (jeñıl) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Khmer: មានភាពងាយស្រួល (mien phiep ŋiey sruǝl) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Khmer: ងាយ (ngiəy) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Khmer: ស្រួល (sruəl) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Korean: 쉬운 (swiun) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Korean: 쉽다 (swipda) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Korean: 용이하다 (yong'ihada) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Korean: 간단하다 (gandanhada) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Northern Kurdish: hêsan — requiring little skill or effort
  • Kyrgyz: жеңил (jeŋil) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Kyrgyz: оңой (oŋoy) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Lao: ງ່າຍ (ngāi) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Latin: facilis — requiring little skill or effort
  • Latvian: viegls — requiring little skill or effort
  • Lithuanian: lengvas — requiring little skill or effort
  • Macedonian: лесен (lesen) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Malay: mudah — requiring little skill or effort
  • Brunei Malay: sanang — requiring little skill or effort
  • Maltese: faċli — requiring little skill or effort
  • Māori: māmā — requiring little skill or effort
  • Māori: ngāwari — requiring little skill or effort
  • Māori: waingōhia — requiring little skill or effort
  • Māori: mārū — requiring little skill or effort
  • Marathi: सुलभ (sulabh) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Mingrelian: ანდვილი (andvili) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Mongolian: хөнгөн (xöngön) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Mongolian: хялбар (xjalbar) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Norwegian: lett — requiring little skill or effort
  • Norwegian: enkel — requiring little skill or effort
  • Occitan: aisit — requiring little skill or effort
  • Occitan: facil — requiring little skill or effort
  • Old English: īeþe — requiring little skill or effort
  • Oromo: salpha — requiring little skill or effort
  • Persian: آسان (âsân) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Persian: راحت (râhat) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Polish: łatwy — requiring little skill or effort
  • Polish: lekki — requiring little skill or effort
  • Polish: prosty — requiring little skill or effort
  • Portuguese: fácil — requiring little skill or effort
  • Punjabi: ਅਸਾਨ (asān) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Quechua: jasa — requiring little skill or effort
  • Romanian: ușor — requiring little skill or effort
  • Russian: лёгкий (ljóxkij) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Russian: просто́й (prostój) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Sanskrit: सुलभ (sulabha) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Sanskrit: सरल (sarala) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Sanskrit: लघु (laghu) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Scottish Gaelic: soirbh — requiring little skill or effort
  • Scottish Gaelic: furasda — requiring little skill or effort
  • Serbo-Croatian: лак — requiring little skill or effort
  • Serbo-Croatian: lak — requiring little skill or effort
  • Sinhalese: ලේසි (lēsi) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Slovak: jednoduchý — requiring little skill or effort
  • Slovak: ľahký — requiring little skill or effort
  • Slovene: lahek — requiring little skill or effort
  • Lower Sorbian: lažki — requiring little skill or effort
  • Upper Sorbian: lochki — requiring little skill or effort
  • Spanish: fácil — requiring little skill or effort
  • Sranan Tongo: makriki — requiring little skill or effort
  • Sranan Tongo: kumakriki — requiring little skill or effort
  • Swahili: rahisi — requiring little skill or effort
  • Swedish: lätt — requiring little skill or effort
  • Sylheti: ꠀꠍꠣꠘ (asáno) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Tagalog: madaling — requiring little skill or effort
  • Tagalog: madali — requiring little skill or effort
  • Tai Dón: ꪉꪱꪥꫀ — requiring little skill or effort
  • Tajik: осон (oson) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Tamil: எளிதான (eḷitāṉa) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Tatar: җиңел (ciñel) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Tatar: ансат (ansat) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Telugu: సులభము (sulabhamu) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Telugu: సుళువు (suḷuvu) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Telugu: సులువు (suluvu) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Thai: ง่าย (ngâai) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Tokelauan: faigofie — requiring little skill or effort
  • Turkish: kolay — requiring little skill or effort
  • Turkish: rahat — requiring little skill or effort
  • Ottoman Turkish: قولای (kolay) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Ottoman Turkish: بسیط (basît) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Ottoman Turkish: یسیر (yesir) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Turkmen: aňsat — requiring little skill or effort
  • Udmurt: капчи (kapći) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Ukrainian: легки́й (lehkýj) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Urdu: آسان (āsān) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Urdu: سرل (saral) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Uyghur: ئاسان (asan) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Uyghur: ئوڭاي (o'ngay) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Uzbek: oson — requiring little skill or effort
  • Uzbek: qulay — requiring little skill or effort
  • Uzbek: yengil — requiring little skill or effort
  • Vietnamese: dễ dàng — requiring little skill or effort
  • Vietnamese: dễ — requiring little skill or effort
  • Walloon: åjhey — requiring little skill or effort
  • Walloon: åjheye — requiring little skill or effort
  • Welsh: rhwydd — requiring little skill or effort
  • Welsh: hawdd — requiring little skill or effort
  • Yiddish: גרינג (gring) — requiring little skill or effort
  • Zazaki: rehat — requiring little skill or effort
  • Bulgarian: лесен (lesen) — consenting readily to sex
  • Bulgarian: лесна (lesna) — consenting readily to sex
  • Catalan: fàcil — consenting readily to sex
  • Chinese Mandarin: 隨便 /随便 (suíbiàn) — consenting readily to sex
  • Czech: ochotný — consenting readily to sex
  • Danish: let på tråden — consenting readily to sex
  • Danish: nem — consenting readily to sex
  • Dutch: makkelijk — consenting readily to sex
  • Dutch: gemakkelijk — consenting readily to sex
  • Finnish: helppo — consenting readily to sex
  • French: facile — consenting readily to sex
  • Galician: fácil — consenting readily to sex
  • Greek: εύκολος (éfkolos) — consenting readily to sex
  • Indonesian: gampangan — consenting readily to sex
  • Korean: 헤프다 (hepeuda) — consenting readily to sex
  • Norwegian: lett på tråden — consenting readily to sex
  • Polish: łatwy — consenting readily to sex
  • Polish: łatwa — consenting readily to sex
  • Portuguese: fácil — consenting readily to sex
  • Russian: пода́тливый (podátlivyj) — consenting readily to sex
  • Serbo-Croatian: лак — consenting readily to sex
  • Serbo-Croatian: lak — consenting readily to sex
  • Spanish: fácil — consenting readily to sex
  • Spanish: entregado — consenting readily to sex
  • Spanish: ofrecido — consenting readily to sex
  • Spanish: quedón — consenting readily to sex
  • Swahili: rahisi — consenting readily to sex
  • Swedish: lättfotad — consenting readily to sex
  • Spanish: suave — unharshly, gently
  • Tamil: பொறு (poṟu) — unharshly, gently
  • Spanish: suave — interjection
  • Spanish: aflojar — interjection
  • Spanish: chepi — interjection
  • Spanish: chepa — interjection
  • Spanish: chepibola — interjection