<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>effortlessness</li><li>contentment</li><li>repose</li></ul><p><strong>Antonyms:</strong></p><ul><li><p>effort</p></li><li><p>discomfort</p></li><li><p>freedom from concern, anxiety, or solicitude; a quiet state of mind: to be at ease about one's health.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>calmness</li><li>peace</li><li>serenity</li><li>tranquility</li></ul><p><strong>Antonyms:</strong></p><ul><li><p>disturbance</p></li><li><p>freedom from difficulty or great effort; facility: It can be done with ease.</p></li><li><p>freedom from financial need; plenty: a life of ease on a moderate income.</p></li><li><p>freedom from stiffness, constraint, or formality; unaffectedness: ease of manner; the ease and elegance of her poetry.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>naturalness</li><li>informality</li></ul><p><strong>Antonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>tenseness</li><li>stiffness</li><li>formality</li></ul><hr><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>to free from anxiety or care: to ease one's mind.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li><p>soothe</p></li><li><p>tranquilize</p></li><li><p>disburden</p></li><li><p>relieve</p></li><li><p>comfort</p></li><li><p>to mitigate, lighten, or lessen: to ease pain.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li><p>reduce</p></li><li><p>abate</p></li><li><p>allay</p></li><li><p>assuage</p></li><li><p>alleviate</p></li><li><p>to release from pressure, tension, or the like.</p></li><li><p>to move or shift with great care: to ease a car into a narrow parking space.</p></li><li><p>to render less difficult; facilitate: I'll help if it will ease your job.</p></li><li><p>to provide (an architectural member) with an easement.</p></li><li><p>Shipbuilding: to trim (a timber of a wooden hull) so as to fair its surface into the desired form of the hull.</p></li><li><p>Nautical: to bring (the helm or rudder of a vessel) slowly amidships.</p></li><li><p>to bring the head of (a vessel) into the wind.</p></li><li><p>to slacken or lessen the hold upon (a rope).</p></li><li><p>to lessen the hold of (the brake of a windlass).</p></li></ul><hr><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>to abate in severity, pressure, tension, etc. (often followed by off or up).</li><li>to become less painful, burdensome, etc.</li><li>to move, shift, or be moved or be shifted with great care.</li></ul><hr><p><strong>Verb phrase:</strong></p><ul><li>to remove from a position of authority, a job, or the like, especially by methods intended to be tactful: He was eased out as division head to make way for the boss's nephew.</li></ul>