eases

Noun

ease (usually uncountable, plural eases)

1. (usually) Lack of difficulty; the ability to do something easily.
   • He played the ukelele with ease.

   Synonyms:

   easiness, facility, lightness

   Antonyms:

   difficulty

2. (usually) Freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance, sometimes (derogatory, archaic) idleness, sloth.
   • She enjoyed the ease of living in a house where the servants did all the work.

   Synonyms:

   comfort, peace, indolency, inexertion

3. (usually) Freedom from worry and concern; peace; sometimes (derogatory, archaic) indifference.
   • The pension set her mind at ease.

   Synonyms:

   comfort, peace, peace of mind

4. (usually) Freedom from effort; leisure, rest.
   • We took our ease on the patio.

   Synonyms:

   comfort, peace, free time, leisure, relaxation, rest

5. (usually) Freedom from financial effort or worry; affluence.
   • His inheritance catapulted him into a life of ease.

   Synonyms:

   comfort, peace, fortune, plenty, abundance, affluence, cheese, substance, Mammon, opulence

6. (usually) Freedom from embarrassment or awkwardness; grace.
   • She dealt with the faculty with combined authority and ease.

   Synonyms:

   comfort, peace, aplomb, composure, poise, sangfroid

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