easy

Meaning

Adj

1. Comfortable; at ease.
2. Requiring little skill or effort.
3. Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.
4. Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth.
5. (derogatory, informal) Consenting readily to sex.
6. Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant.
7. (dated) Not straitened as to money matters; opposed to tight.

Adv

1. In a relaxed or casual manner.
2. In a manner without strictness or harshness; gently; softly.
3. Handily; at the very least.

Noun

Something that is easy.

Verb

Synonym of easy-oar.

Synonyms

simple

light

comfortable

facile

convenient

soft

gentle

easily

smooth

effortless

uncomplicated

plain

pleasant

good

👍

loose

relaxed

☺️

cheap

not difficult

calm

leisurely

prosperous

handy

well-to-do

fine

slow

easygoing

carefree

slight

quiet

promiscuous

comfortably

mild

offhand

tardily

informal

tranquil

unconstrained

straightforward

⬆️

slowly

casual

cushy

snug

facilitate

quick

readily

relieved

😌

possible

peaceful

restful

jaunty

Translations

facile

fácil

leicht

facile

einfach

gemakkelijk

fácil

aisé

fàcil

makkelijk

simple

léger

facilis

εύκολος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈiːzi/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Saxon: ōþi

Cognate with Old High German: ōdi

Cognate with Old Norse: auðr

In summary

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 (“empty, lonely”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-. Compare also Old Saxon ōþi, Old High German ōdi, Old Norse auðr, all meaning "easy, vacant, empty." More at ease, eath.