eases
Makes less painful
Eases is the verb form of ease, meaning to make something less difficult, painful, or intense.
Pain eases when it diminishes; tension eases when it relaxes.
To ease into something is to begin gradually: She eased into the cold water.
To ease someone's mind is to reassure them.
The medication eases the symptoms but doesn't cure the condition.
Lessens or substitutes for
- soothesGently relieves distress
- lessensMakes smaller in degree
- mitigatesMakes something less harsh
- alleviatesReduces severity of
palliates · assuages · ameliorates · remedies · heals · comforts · salves · tempers
Releases tension gradually
- loosensDecreases tightness or tension
- slackensReduces tension or pace
- releasesLets go or publishes
- decompressesReduces internal pressure
mellows · calms · settles · rests · reclines · breathes · chills · lounges
Moves smoothly across surface
- glidesMoves smoothly, frictionlessly
- slipsMinor mistakes made
- maneuversPlanned strategic movements
- guidesThose who show directions
steers · nudges · coaxes · inches · edges · works · navigates · shifts
Eliminates roughness or wrinkles
- facilitatesMakes more possible
- streamlinesMakes more efficient
- simplifiesMakes less complex
- clearsRemoves or vindicates
expedites · enables · assists · helps · aids · advances · furthers · promotes
relieves
Lessens or substitutes for
alleviates · palliates · assuages · ameliorates · remedies · heals · comforts · salves · tempers · mollifies
unwinds
Releases tension gradually
decompresses · mellows · calms · settles · rests · reclines · breathes · chills · lounges · lets go
slides
Moves smoothly across surface
guides · steers · nudges · coaxes · inches · edges · works · navigates · shifts · moves
smooths
Eliminates roughness or wrinkles
- facilitatesMakes more possible
- streamlinesMakes more efficient
- simplifiesMakes less complex
clears · expedites · enables · assists · helps · aids · advances · furthers · promotes · supports
- improvementsimprovement, fixes, betterment, enhancement, upgrade
- settling downmarriage, marries, homeownership, buying a house, starting a family
- slowing downbraking, brakes, crawl, coasts, creep
easesintensifies
Increases in strength
worsens · aggravates · exacerbates · heightens · amplifies
easescomplicates
Makes more difficult
hinders · obstructs · impedes · hampers · challenges
easesdistresses
Causes suffering or anxiety
pains · discomforts · troubles · afflicts · torments
- take it easyAdvice to relax
- at easeRelaxed, not tense
- easy as pieExtremely simple to accomplish
- go easyBe gentle or lenient
- ease upBecome less intense
- easy moneyProfit gained effortlessly
easy, ease, uneasy, unease, easing, eased, easement, easeful, uneasier