ease, n. facility, [easiness]; [repose], quiescence, [comfort], tranquillity, contentment, [peace], [serenity]; [unrestraint], [informality], [abandon]. Antonyms: [constraint], [difficulty], discomfort, [uneasiness], awkwardness.

ease, v. facilitate, [mitigate], [appease], assuage, [allay], [soothe], [alleviate], [palliate], [release], [relax], [mollify].

easiness, n. [ease], facility.

east, a. Associated words: orientate, orientation, Orient, Orientalism, Orientalist, orientalize, orientality.

eastern, a. oriental, orient, ortive.

easy, a. facile, [slight]; comfortable, untroubled, [quiet], tranquil; [gullible], facile, [credulous], [submissive], [compliant], tractable; affluent, [independent]; [smooth], [fluent], [unconstrained].

easy-going, a. mild-tempered, ease-loving, unenterprising, [inactive], [happy-go-lucky].

eat, v. [feed], [devour]; [bolt], gulp, [gorge]. Antonyms: [abstain], [fast], diet, [starve], famish.

eat, v. consume, [corrode], erode, [fret].

eatable, a. [edible], comestible, esculent. Antonym: inedible.