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easier
adjective as in not difficult
Strongest matches
accessible, clear, effortless, obvious, painless, simple, smooth, straightforward, uncomplicated
Weak matches
apparent, basic, child's play, cinch, easily done, elementary, evident, facile, inconsiderable, light, little, manageable, manifest, mere, no bother, no problem, no sweat, no trouble, not burdensome, nothing to it, paltry, picnic, piece of cake, plain, plain sailing, pushover, royal, simple as ABC, slight, snap, undemanding, uninvolved, untroublesome, wieldy, yielding
adjective as in leisurely, relaxed
Strongest matches
comfortable, effortless, peaceful, pleasant, quiet, secure, slow, smooth, soft, successful
Weak matches
at ease, calm, carefree, comfy, commodious, composed, content, contented, cozy, cursive, cushy, easeful, flowing, fluent, forthright, gentle, in clover, languid, light, mild, moderate, prosperous, running, satisfied, serene, snug, spontaneous, substantial, temperate, thriving, tranquil, undemanding, undisturbed, unexacting, unhurried, untroubled, unworried, well-to-do
adjective as in tolerant, permissive
Weak matches
accommodating, amenable, benign, biddable, charitable, clement, compassionate, compliant, condoning, deceivable, deludable, dupable, easygoing, excusing, exploitable, fleeceable, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, gullible, humoring, indulgent, kindly, lax, lenient, liberal, light, merciful, mild, moderate, mollycoddling, naive, pampering, pardoning, spoiling, submissive, susceptible, sympathetic, temperate, tractable, trusting, unburdensome, unoppressive, unsuspicious
adjective as in good-humored
Weak matches
affable, amiable, at ease, carefree, casual, complaisant, diplomatic, familiar, friendly, gentle, good-natured, good-tempered, graceful, gracious, gregarious, informal, mild, obliging, open, polite, relaxed, sociable, suave, tolerant, unaffected, unanxious, undemanding, unforced, unpretentious, urbane
Example Sentences
“Of course, those who are healthy find it easier to work, raising their income. So it is not obvious which way the causality runs.”
“It would have been much easier for me to lose my life there and then, than go through all this sorrow now,” she said.
It’s much easier to grade a test than to evaluate a project, and I don’t know how widely the program could be replicated.
Herbert wove a complicated universe with oddball technologies, bizarre competing factions and religions that are easier to digest over the methodical consumption of hundreds of pages.
Making it easier to confine homeless and marginalized people is, to say the least, not a new or original idea.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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