Reverse Dictionary: EAS – EASZ

EASE – adjectives
– BIGHTSOME having an air of ease combined with activity …Bk1911 Sc. 
– EASEFUL that gives ease, comfort, or relief; comfortable, soothing; quiet, peaceful, restful …1375
– EATH † comfortable, at ease, free from pain …c1205
– EITH † comfortable, at ease, free from pain …c1205
– OTIANT † inactive, indolent, doing nothing, at leisure, at ease …1845
​- OTIOSE being at ease or rest; idle; unemployed …1850
ease – nouns
– AYSE † ease …Bk1852
– EASEMENT ease, relief of all kinds; relief of or alleviation from pain; a remedy which relieves pain …1679
– EASY HALL a notional place of great comfort and ease …1980 Barbados sl.
– EASY STREET a condition of ease and comfort, esp. financial success …1897 colloq.
– MAKANDE † comfort, ease …a1400
– OTIOSITY – ease; relief from labour; idleness …1483
– SAUGHT † peace, quiet, ease …1641 Sc.
ease – person
– CARPET-MONGER † a lover of ease and pleasure …1599
– EASERESS a female who gives ease or relief …1631
ease – verbs 
– ALLEVATE †* to ease, comfort, alleviate, assuage …1613
– AYSE † to make at ease …Bk1852
– BAKE to sit or lie at ease …Bk1898 Eng. dial. sl.
– CAKEWALK to succeed without problems; to accomplish with supreme ease …1930s US sl.
– DO ON ONE’S DICK to do with ease, esp. to endure any challenging situation, as a prison sentence, with no difficulty …1960s sl.
– DO ON ONE’S EAR to accomplish something easily …1920s Aust. sl.
– DO ON ONE’S NAPPER to achieve something easily …L19 sl.
– DO ON ONE’S NOB to achieve something easily …L19 sl.
– DO ON ONE’S PRICK to do with ease, esp. to endure any challenging situation, as a prison sentence, with no difficulty …1960s sl.
– DO SOMETHING STANDING ON ONE’S HEAD to do something with ease …a1890- 93
– FART THROUGH SILK to live a life of luxury and ease; to live prosperously; to feel happy; to be important …1927 US sl.
– LEGGE † to ease, to alleviate …a1425
– PALE †* to alleviate the symptoms of a disease without curing it; to relieve superficially or temporarily; to mitigate the sufferings of; to ease …c1400
– PALLIFY † to alleviate the symptoms of a disease without curing it; to relieve superficially or temporarily; to mitigate the sufferings of; to ease, to alleviate …1544
– SLOCK † to ease, slacken …a1400
– WELTER †* to live at ease; to revel …a1400
ease – phrases
– CASTLE OF INDOLENCE figurative expression for a place to take one’s ease …Bk1902
 
EASEL – nouns
– PAINTING-CRATCH a painter’s easel …1856 Eng. dial.
 
EASILY – adverbs
– ALL EASE without difficulty, easily …1969 Amer. dial.
– ALL RICKY satisfactorily, easily …1940s US sl.
– BIENLY comfortably, easily, happily …1788 Sc.
– EASILINGS easily …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– EATH easily, readily, without difficulty …a1000 obs. exc. Sc.
– EATHLINS easily, readily …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– EATHLY easily, readily, without difficulty …c1000 obs. exc. Sc.
– EATHS † easily …1594
– EITH † easily, without difficulty …a1000
– ERIST most easily, most probably …Bk1900 Sc.
– FAIR † plainly, easily, clearly, distinctly; frankly, downright …1393 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GAINLY handily, readily, dexterously, cleverly, successfully; easily …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– HAND OVER HAND easily …1824
– HAND OVER HEAD easily, leisurely …1549
– HANDY easily, readily …1931-33 Amer. dial.
– IN A HANDBASKET quickly, surely, easily …1923 Amer. dial.
– IN A WHIFF easily; quickly …1823 Amer. dial.
– LIKE A BIRD with swift and easy motion onwards; easily; without resistance, difficulty, or hesitation …1873
– LIKE STEAM very quickly, very easily, energetically …M19 sl.
– MACKLY † evenly, aptly, easily …c1440
– MAKINTLY with ease, confidence, and assurance …1903 Sc.
– MEEVERLY moderately, tolerably, middling; fairly well in health; easily, gently …1790 Eng. dial.
– MEVERLY moderately, tolerably, middling; fairly well in health; easily, gently …1860 Eng. dial.
– NATURALLY †* simply, easily …1655
– ON YOUR EAR easily …1956 UK sl.
– PREEDY with ease …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– SKEET †* readily, easily …c1200
– UP A GUM TREE easily …1950s NZ sl.
– WITH A WET FINGER † easily, with little effort, without difficulty …1542
 
EAST – adjectives
– EASTER † 1. nearest the east …1387
2. eastern, lying towards the east …1745 Sc.
– LEVANTINE † pert. to the east, eastern …1649
– YEST east …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
east – adverbs
– EASTLINGS in an easterly direction …1768 Sc.
east – nouns 
– DAWNING, THE the east, the orient …1879
– EASTING movement to the east; orientation toward the east …1827 Amer. dial.
– EASTLE the east …1818 Sc.
– ESTEN the east …Bk1900 Sc.
– SUNRIST † the sunrise; the east …1340-70
– SUN-SPRING † east …a1300 obs. or arch.
east – person
– ORIENTALIST † a native or inhabitant of the east …1738
east – verbs 
– EASTER to shift towards the east, as the wind …1908 Sc.
– ORIENTIZE * to cause to face east …1881
 
EASTER – adjectives
– PACE-NEW of clothes: new for Easter …1937 Sc.
Easter – nouns
– PACE Easter, Easter-tide …c1425 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– PACE-CLOTHES new clothes worn at Easter …1805 Eng. dial.
– PACE-DAY Easter day …1792 Sc.
– PACE-EGG an Easter egg, esp. one stained and hard-boiled …1579 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PACE-EGG-DAY Easter day …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PACE-EGGING the custom of collecting Easter eggs …1867 Eng. dial.
– PACE-EGGING-TIME Easter …1870 Eng. dial.
– PACE SUNDAY Easter day …1721 Sc.
– PAISE Easter …1775 Sc.
– PASCH Easter …1775 Sc.
– PASCH SUNDAY Easter day …1721 Sc.
– RESURRECTION-DAY Easter Sunday …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SECOND EASTER the day after Easter …1979 Amer. dial.
Easter – person
– PACE-EGGER one who goes about singing or begging for Easter eggs and other trifles at Christmas as well as at Easter …1876 Eng. dial.
– PACE-GENTLEMAN a boy wearing new clothes at Easter …1923 Sc.
– PASCHALISTS disputers about the proper time of Easter …Bk1881 
– PASEYAD a term of contempt for a woman who has nothing new to wear at Easter …1834 Sc.
 
EASTERLY – adjectives
– EASTEN † belonging to Eastern countries; coming from the east; easterly …c1205
– EASTERMOST † most easterly; situated farthest to the east …1555
– EASTLE easterly …1818 Sc.
– EASTLIN eastern, easterly …1728 Sc.
– EISSEL easterly …1818 Sc.
easterly – adverbs
– EASSEL eastward, easterly …1810 Sc.
– EASSEL-WARD towards the east, in an easterly direction …1816 Sc.
– EAST-BY eastward, in an easterly direction …1889 Sc.
– EASTLING(S) – easterly …1768
 
EASTERN – adjectives
– EASTLAND eastern, belonging to the east …1775 Sc.
– EASTLIN eastern, easterly …1728 Sc.
– ORIENT situated in or belonging to the east, eastern, oriental …a1450 now poetic
– ORIENTAL † belonging to or situated in the east of a country or place, or of the earth; eastern …c1528
eastern – nouns
– AESTER-SIDE the eastern side …1898 Sc.
– EAST-DEAL † eastern part …c1000
eastern – person
– EASTERLING an inhabitant of an eastern country or district …1561 arch.
 
EAST INDIA – person
– BABOO an old East Indian man, usually bearded and poor …20C W. Indies sl.
– BABU 1. an East Indian …1921 Jamaica
2. an old East Indian man, usually bearded and poor …1921 W. Indies sl.
– BABU-MAN an old East Indian man, usually bearded and poor …20C W. Indies sl.
– BHOWJI an elderly East Indian woman …1996 W. Indies
– COOLIE-MAN an East Indian …20C W. Indies sl.
 
EASTWARD – adjectives
– EASTERING * shifting eastward …1876
eastward – adverbs 
– BE-EAST eastwards …Bk1911 Sc.
– EASLINS eastward …1768 Sc.
– EASSEL eastward, easterly …1810 Sc.
– EASTLE towards the east, eastwards …1808 Sc.
– EASTLINS eastward, in an easterly direction …1768 Sc.
– EISSEL eastwards, towards the east …1815 Sc.
 
EASY – adjectives
– BISCUIT easy …20C teen & high school sl.
– CAKE easy, simple …1968 US campus sl.
– CANDY of a job, crime, or other activity: easy, undemanding, ‘soft’ …1930s US sl.
– CUSHY of a job, situation, etc.: undemanding, easy; requiring little or no effort; later, involving little effort, but ample oe disproportionate rewards …1895 sl., orig. military usage
– DOLTY easy …c1890 cricketers’ usage
– EASY AS ABC, AS easy, as simple as learning the alphabet …Bk1909 sl.
– EASY AS A GUM SHOE very easy indeed …17C+
– EASY AS A PIG WOULD EAT A DAISY very easy indeed …17C+
– EASY AS APPLE PIE very easy indeed …17C+
– EASY AS APPLE TART very easy indeed …17C+
– EASY AS CAKE very easy …1930s sl.
– EASY AS CAKE AND ICE-CREAM very easy …1930s sl.
– EASY AS DAMN IT very easy …1937 UK sl.
– EASY AS DRINKING BEER very easy indeed …17C+
– EASY AS EATING A MANGO very easy indeed …17C+
– EASY AS FALLING OFF A HORSE very easy indeed …L19 sl.
– EASY AS FALLING OFF A LOG very easy …1880 US sl.
– EASY AS GO AND BE BLOWED very easy indeed …17C+
– EASY AS KISS MY ARM very easy indeed …17C+
– EASY AS KISS MY ARSE very easy …1937 UK sl.
– EASY AS KISS MY EYE very easy …1984 UK sl.
– EASY AS KISS YOUR HAND very easy indeed …17C
– EASY AS NINEPENCE very easy indeed …17C
– EASY AS PEAS very easy indeed …17C
– EASY AS PIE very easy …1964 US sl.
– EASY AS PISS extremely easy …1990s sl.
– EASY AS PISSING BACKWARDS very easy indeed …17C
– EASY AS PISSING THE BED very easy …1937 UK sl.
– EASY AS PULLING A CORK very easy indeed …17C
– EASY AS ROLLING OFF A LOG very easy …1880 US sl.
– EASY AS SHAKING DROPS OFF YOUR JOHN very easy …1984 UK masculine usage
– EASY AS SHELLING PEAS very easy …1937 UK sl.
– EASY AS SHIT very easy indeed …17C
– EASY AS SHITTING IN BED very easy indeed …17C
– EASY AS SHOOTING FISH IN A BARREL extremely easy …1903
– EASY AS STIRRING A FOOT very easy indeed …17C
– EASY AS TAKING CANDY FROM A BABY very easy indeed …17C
– EASY AS TAKING MONEY FROM A CHILD very easy indeed …17C
– EASY AS TILLY very easy indeed …17C
– EASY AS WINK very easy indeed …17C
– EASY AS WINKING very easy …1937 UK sl.
– EASYFIED easy …1937 Amer. dial.
– EASY LIKE KISSING HAND very easy …2003 Trinidad and Tobago
– EASY-PEASY very easy, very simple …1976 UK sl.
– EASY-PEASY, LEMON-SQUEEZEY very easy, very simple …1976 UK sl.
– EATH 1. † of an action: easy, not difficult …c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
2. † making slight resistance; presenting few difficulties; easy …a1225
– EATHLY † easy, not difficult …c1000
– EEFE † easy …1578
– EITH 1. † of an action: easy, not difficult …c1200
2. † ​making slight resistance; presenting few difficulties; easy …a1225
– EATHY easy …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– E-Z easy …1996 US sl.
– GOOD AS CAZ – easy to accomplish …Bk1892 sl.
– GUT easy; easily passed with little application or study …1916 Amer. sl.
– LEMON SQUEEZY easy …1998 UK rhyming sl.
– LIGHTSOME † easy …c1440
– LIKE ABC easy, as simple as learning the alphabet …Bk1909 sl.
– LIKE SHOOTING DUCKS ON A POND very easy …1940s sl.
– LIKE SHOOTING FISH IN A BARREL extremely easy …1902
– MICK easy …1980s US campus sl.
– PANTS applied to something that is very easily done …1996 Sc. sl.
– POLTY easy …c1890 cricketers’ usage
– PREFACILE †* very easy to be done …1623
– SIMP easy …1970s US campus sl.
– SIMPLE AS very easy …2001 UK
– SKATE easy, simple, esp. of work or a course …1970s US campus sl.
– TITS easy, simple …1990s US college sl.
– UNEITH † not easy …1725 Sc.
– YEZZY easy …1896 Eng. dial.
easy – nouns
– ALPHABET JOB an easy assignment or task; a government civilian job …World War II Amer. sl.
– ANGEL TEAT any pleasant or easy task …Amer. sl.
– ARMCHAIR RIDE a smooth and easy victory or accomplishment …1898 colloq.
– BED OF ROSES an easy life; a luxurious situation …Bk2006 US sl.
– BEER AND SKITTLES something very easy to do; an easy time of it …Bk2006 US sl.
– BLUDGE an easy job or assignment; a period of loafing …1945 Aust. sl.
– BREEZE an easy task …1928 sl., orig. US
– CAKE anything easy or simple an easy course, test …1911 US sl.
– CAKE AND GINGERBREAD something easy and pleasant …1841
– CAKE JOB an easy job …1990s Amer. sl.
– CAKEWALK an easy or overwhelming success; anything considered very easy, simple, or certain …1897 US sl.
– CAN OF CORN something that is really easy to do …Bk2006 US sl.
– CAT’S MEAT something easy to achieve or endure …1960s NZ sl.
– CHILD’S PLAY something very easy to do …c1839
– CHINCH something that is easily done; a snap …1967 Amer. dial.
– CINCH something sure or easy …colloq.
– DEAD CINCH an absolute certainty; an easy thing to do …Bk2006 US sl.
– DEAD PUDDING something easy …L19 US college sl.
– DODDLE something easily accomplished …20C Brit. colloq.
– DUCK SOUP anything simple or easy; an easy task; a cinch  …L19 US sl.
– EASY MEAT something that is easy to achieve …1961 UK sl.
– EASY MONEY someone or something easily dealt with …1902 Amer. sl.
– GOLDBRICK DREAM an easy task or assignment …Amer. World War I sl.
– GOLDBRICKER’S HOLIDAY an easy task or assignment …Amer. World War I sl.
– GRAVY STREET an easy, profitable or successful situation …1970s US sl.
– GUT an easy task …1970s US sl.
– MICK anything easy, esp. an academic class or test …1960s US campus sl.
– PIECE OF CAKE, A something very easy to do …colloq.
– SITTER something easily accomplished, as a catch in cricket, a mark to be shot at, etc. …Aust. sl.
– SITTING DUCK something easily accomplished …Aust. sl.
– SKATE an easy course; an easy task …1976 US sl.
– SKEEZE something easily achieved …1900s US sl.
– SKOOSH something that is easily achieved or accomplished …1985 Sc. sl.
– SLOPE-OUT an easy task …1957 US sl.
– SNACK something easily accomplished …1941 Aust. sl.
– SNAP something easily done …1845 Amer. sl.
– SNIP something that is easily achieved or done; a certainty; a simple task …1890 UK sl.
– SODA something easy to do …1917 Aust. sl.
– TURKEY SHOOT anything exceptionally easy …1940s US sl.
easy – verbs
– EASE * to render easy, to facilitate …1632
– EASY † to make easy, to facilitate; to relieve, to assist …1567
– FACILITE †* to facilitate …1604
– FACILIZE †* to render easy or plain …1610
– GO TO HEAVEN IN A HAND-BASKET to do something easily …1923 Amer. dial.
– HAVE IT MADE IN THE SHADE to have an easy time of something …Bk1995 US sl.
– HAVE JAM ON IT to have something exceedingly pleasant or easy …1919 colloq.
– TAKE IN ONE’S STRIDE to do easily, and without an effort, as a hunter or a steeple-fencer takes a fence …Bk1904 sl.
easy – phrases
– I COULD DO THAT WITH MY PRICK OUT used to emphasize the ease of a task …1930s sl.
 
EASYGOING – adjectives
– CUSHY of a person: relaxed and pleasant; easygoing …1887 colloq.
– DOWNBEAT cool; easygoing …Bk2006 US sl.
– EASIE-OSIE easygoing, inclined to be lazy; involving the minimum of effort …1846 Sc.
– EASY slow, easy-going; indolent …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– EASYFUL placid, indolent, easygoing, complacent …1864 Eng. dial.
– EASY-GO-LUCKY easygoing, happy-go-lucky, not worrying …1967 Amer. dial.
– EASY-OSIE easygoing …1844 Sc.
– EASY-OSY easygoing, inclined to be lazy; involving the minimum of effort …1846 Sc.
– EASY-OZIE easygoing …1844 Sc.
– EEDLE-DEEDLE easygoing, lacking initiative, negligent, muddle-headed …a1880
– EEDLE-DODDLE easygoing, lacking initiative, negligent, muddle-headed …a1880
– GO-EASY easygoing, relaxed …1877 Amer. dial.
– HALUM-SCALUM easygoing, happy-go-lucky …1966 Amer. dial.
– HAPPY-GO-LUCKY taking things as they happen to come; easygoing …1856
– JAKE-EASY offhand, easygoing …1917 Sc.
– JECK-EASY offhand, easygoing …1917 Sc.
– LAID-BACK relaxed or easygoing; unconcerned; unhurried; casual …1969 US colloq.
– NEEDLE-NODDLE easygoing, dilatory in getting through a piece of work …1907 Sc. 
– POKE-EASY slow, lazy, easygoing …1851 Amer. dial.
– SMOOTH AND GLASSY easygoing …1984 US sl.
– TAKE-IT-EASY easygoing; adapted for making oneself at ease, comfortable …1872
easygoing – person
– BLADE a gallant, an easygoing fellow, a good fellow; also, a spruce or dashing fellow; sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless fellow; a beau …1597
– EASY-OSY, EASY-OZIE an easygoing person, one inclined to be lazy …1850 Sc.
– HAPPY-GO-LONG an easygoing person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HAPPY-GO-LUCKY an easygoing person; one of a reckless random disposition …1851
– LUMP OF BUTTER an easygoing, helpless person …1844 Sc.
– MOKE an easygoing fellow; one in the habit of asking favours …B1900 Amer. dial.
– PAKE a quiet, easygoing fellow …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– POKE-EASY an easygoing person; a lazy, slow person …1909 Amer dial.
easygoing – phrases
– SHE’LL BE APPLES said to typify the easygoing Australian attitude …1947 Aust. sl.
– SHE’LL BE RIGHT said to typify the easygoing Australian attitude …1947 Aust. sl.