comfortable

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌm(p)f.tə.bəl/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal)
  2. adjective free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind
  3. adjective more than adequate

Etymology

From Middle English comfortable, from Old French confortable, from conforter. By surface analysis, comfort + -able.

In classic literature

Synonyms

comfy

Semantic network

Similar
easy, cozy, homelike, soothing
Opposite (antonyms)
uncomfortable

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