easy (easier comparative) (easiest superlative )
1 adj If a job or action is easy, you can do it without difficulty or effort, because it is not complicated and causes no problems.
oft it v-link ADJ to-inf, ADJ to-inf
(=simple) (Antonym: difficult)
The shower is easy to install..., This is not an easy task...
easily adv usu ADV with v
(=simply)
Dress your child in layers of clothes you can remove easily.
2 adj If you describe an action or activity as easy, you mean that it is done in a confident, relaxed way. If someone is easyabout something, they feel relaxed and confident about it.
oft ADJ about n
He was an easy person to talk to., ...when you are both feeling a little easier about the break up of your relationship.
easily adv ADV with v
They talked amiably and easily about a range of topics.
3 adj If you say that someone has an easy life, you mean that they live comfortably without any problems or worries.
usu ADJ n (Antonym: hard)
She has not had an easy life.
4 adj If you say that something is easy or too easy, you are criticizing someone because they have done the most obvious or least difficult thing, and have not considered the situation carefully enough.
v-link ADJ, oft it v-link ADJ to-inf, ADJ to-inf (disapproval)
That's easy for you to say..., It was all too easy to believe it.
5 adj If you describe someone or something as easy prey or as an easy target, you mean that they can easily be attacked or criticized.
ADJ n
Tourists have become easy prey..., The World Bank, with its poor environmental record, is an easy target for blame.
6 If you tell someone to go easy on something, you are telling them to use only a small amount of it.
INFORMAL
go easy on sthg phrase V inflects, PHR n
Go easy on the alcohol.
7 If you tell someone to go easy on, or be easy on, a particular person, you are telling them not to punish or treat that person very severely.
INFORMAL
go/be easy on sb phrase V and ADJ inflect, PHR n
`Go easy on him,' Sam repeated, opening the door...
8 If someone tells you to take it easy or take things easy, they mean that you should relax and not do very much at all.
INFORMAL
take it easy phrase V and ADJ inflect
It is best to take things easy for a week or two.
easy chair (easy chairs plural )An easy chair is a large, comfortable padded chair. n-count
easy-going
If you describe someone as easy-going, you mean that they are not easily annoyed, worried, or upset, and you think this is a good quality. adj
(approval)
He was easy-going and good-natured...
easy listening
Easy listening is gentle, relaxing music. Some people do not like this kind of music because they do not think that it is very interesting or exciting. n-uncount
...an easy listening version of the Oasis hit Wonderwall.
free and easy , free-and-easy
Someone or something that is free and easy is casual and informal. adj
(=easy-going, laid-back)
...the free and easy atmosphere of these cafés.
