comfort zone

noun

1

: the temperature range within which one is comfortable

2

: the level at which one functions with ease and familiarity

Examples of comfort zone in a Sentence

He pushes the players to perform beyond their comfort zone.

I need to expand my comfort zone and try new things.

Recent Examples on the Web

Those novels involved investigations into history, and the past is clearly Ghosh’s comfort zone. — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

The Bergmanns ventured outside their screen comfort zone for Noga. — Marisa Fox, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026

Firstly, the planetary backspin is in Cancer, a zodiac sign that is begrudgingly stepping out of its comfort zone, forcing us all out of our safety nets. — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 15 July 2026

The dialogue, terse and contemporary, puts his distinguished cast of actors in their comfort zone and turns ancient, iridescently complex figures crystalline and hard-edged. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for comfort zone

• acetone
• anglophone
• baritone
• bourguignon
• buspirone
• chaperon
• chaperone
• cobblestone
• collarbone
• cornerstone
• cortisone
• dictaphone