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| 1. | [ adjective ] providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief | |
| Synonyms: | comfy | |
| Examples: | "comfortable clothes" "comfortable suburban houses" "made himself comfortable in an armchair" "the antihistamine made her feel more comfortable" (`comfy' is informal as in "feeling comfy now?") |
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| Related terms: | uncomfortable colloquialism homelike cozy soothing easy comfort | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind | |
| Examples: | "settled in a comfortable job" "the comfortable thought that nothing could go wrong" "was comfortable in his religious beliefs" "she's a comfortable person to be with" |
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| Related terms: | uncomfortable comforted at_ease easy | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] sufficient to provide comfort | |
| Examples: | "a comfortable salary" |
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| Related terms: | sufficient | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] more than adequate | |
| Examples: | "the home team had a comfortable lead" |
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| Related terms: | wide | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich | |
| Synonyms: | prosperous well-heeled well-fixed well-off well-situated well-to-do easy | |
| Examples: | "they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards" "easy living" "a prosperous family" "his family is well-situated financially" "well-to-do members of the community" |
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| Related terms: | rich | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich | |
| Synonyms: | prosperous well-heeled well-fixed well-off well-situated well-to-do easy | |
| Examples: | "they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards" "easy living" "a prosperous family" "his family is well-situated financially" "well-to-do members of the community" |
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| Related terms: | rich | |
| Similar spelling: |
comfortably conformable confirmable comfortless comforter comforted comforts conferral comfort_zone comfort_woman comforting conformance conformably confront Conforti conferva comfortingly comfort_food confirmative come_forward |
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