Qualities
Synonyms for easy
Synonyms for easy: gentle, soft and comfortable. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for easy
Interchangeable with easy, one per sense
Audited under easy's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one easy carries in that sense.
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name easy as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- comfortablecomfortable is an adjective in the sense "in fortunate circumstances financially"
Two directions, one standard: two audited under easy and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
marked by moderate steepness
An easy slope led down to the water.
easy in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The trail forked, and the easy path curved along the hillside above the barn.
- She chose the easy incline for her first ride, avoiding the ridge with the sharp drop.
How it behaves: In this sense easy typically modifies terrain nouns like slope, incline, grade, or path, and appears in plain descriptive prose about hiking, driving, or landscape.
The true synonym
gentle
Same sentence, swapped: An gentle slope led down to the water.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- comfortable
- loose
- clear
The opposite, in this sense
steep reverses easy as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of easy takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- steep
having little impact
An easy pat on the shoulder.
easy in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The coach gave the rookie an easy tap on the helmet before sending him onto the field.
- She closed the door with an easy push so it wouldn't wake the sleeping baby.
How it behaves: In this sense easy is used attributively before a noun naming a physical action, such as pat, tap, or push, to describe the mild force behind it.
The true synonym
soft
Same sentence, swapped: An soft pat on the shoulder.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- prosperous
- wanton
- happy
Opposites, in this sense
hard, rough and forceful reverse easy as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of easy takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- hard
- rough
- forceful
Where easy turns up in the game
easy is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where easy is the trap
- gladadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is beaming, in the sense "cheerful and bright", and easy is on the board beside it.
- lightadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is lite, in the sense "having relatively few calories", and easy is one of the three tiles that lose.
- softadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is subdued, in the sense "not brilliant or glaring", and easy is one of the three tiles that lose.
- happyadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is felicitous, in the sense "marked by good fortune", and easy is on the board beside it.
Play easy
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so easy reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from qualities at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. easy carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.