comfortable

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Providing physical comfort and ease

   Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.

   • This is the most comfortable bed I’ve ever slept in.
   • We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.
2. 2

   In a state of comfort and content.

   • What a great guestroom! I'll be quite comfortable here.
3. 3

   Confident

   Confident; relaxed; not worried about someone or something.

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   1. 4

      Amply sufficient, satisfactory.

      • A comfortable income should suffice to consider oneself rich.
      • The home team is ahead by a comfortable margin.
      • When Hape sauntered over for a try after only three minutes it looked as if England were destined for a comfortable victory, but Georgia are made of sterner stuff, as they showed when running Scotland close in Invercargill last week.
   2. 5

      Comforting, providing comfort

      Comforting, providing comfort; consolatory.

      • a comfortable provision made for their subsistence
   3. 6

      Strong

      Strong; vigorous; valiant.

      • Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end.
   4. 7

      Serviceable

      Serviceable; helpful.

      • Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her.
   5. 8

      A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed

      A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter.

The neighborhood

• antonymcomfortless
• antonymuncomfortable
• neighborcomforter
• neighbordiscomfort