Synonyms of easing

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adjective

as in relieving

Related Words

• relieving
• aiding
• helping
• computerized
• time-saving
• semiautomatic
• mechanical
• automated
• nonmanual
• motorized
• automatic
• robotic
• laborsaving
• self-operating
• self-regulating
• self-acting

Dissimilar Words

• nonautomatic
• nonautomated

easing

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verb

present participle of ease

1

as in facilitating

to free from obstruction or difficulty

measures intended to ease the flow of traffic during rush hour

Synonyms & Similar Words

• facilitating
• accelerating
• improving
• simplifying
• smoothing
• promoting
• loosening (up)
• greasing
• assisting
• paving the way (for)
• speeding
• aiding
• expediting
• helping
• hastening
• furthering
• quickening
• hurrying
• unclogging
• forwarding
• rushing
• advancing
• streamlining
• abetting
• straightening (out)
• disentangling
• untangling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• complicating
• hindering
• impeding
• worsening
• retarding
• aggravating
• sophisticating
• perplexing

2

as in loosening

to make less taut

the rock climber eased the rope a little so that his fellow climber had room to maneuver

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loosening
• slackening
• relaxing
• slacking
• untying
• detaching
• freeing
• undoing
• unfastening
• unbinding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stretching
• tightening
• straining
• binding
• attaching
• tying
• tensing
• fastening
• restraining
• tensioning
• constraining

3

as in alleviating

to make more bearable or less severe

grandmother's firm belief that there are few ailments that chicken soup won't ease

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alleviating
• relieving
• helping
• soothing
• mitigating
• softening
• allaying
• improving
• healing
• curing
• mollifying
• assuaging
• enhancing
• tempering
• palliating
• moderating
• remedying
• lightening
• correcting
• fixing
• abating
• repairing
• amending
• ameliorating
• rectifying
• reforming
• refining
• bettering
• perfecting
• enriching
• mending
• emending
• meliorating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• aggravating
• hurting
• impairing
• injuring
• exacerbating
• harming
• intensifying
• sharpening
• heightening

4

as in reducing

to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent

the chairman of the Federal Reserve has promised to ease interest rates

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reducing
• decreasing
• lowering
• lessening
• diminishing
• depleting
• minimizing
• downsizing
• dwindling
• denting
• slashing
• abating
• cutting
• compressing
• dropping
• downscaling
• knocking down
• de-escalating
• curtailing
• shortening
• shrinking
• paring
• constricting
• trimming
• contracting
• condensing
• cutting down
• whittling
• abridging
• clipping
• retrenching
• cropping
• modifying
• abbreviating
• nicking
• pruning
• cutting back
• truncating
• docking
• moderating
• modulating
• deflating
• qualifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increasing
• expanding
• augmenting
• raising
• escalating
• enlarging
• boosting
• swelling
• amplifying
• extending
• prolonging
• inflating
• lengthening
• dilating
• blowing up
• adding (to)
• supplementing
• intensifying
• enhancing
• complementing
• aggrandizing
• heightening
• distending
• elongating
• protracting
• redoubling

5

as in decreasing

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually

new investments in the region have eased since the rise in interest rates

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decreasing
• subsiding
• diminishing
• declining
• falling
• shrinking
• tapering
• vanishing
• lessening
• ebbing
• moderating
• lowering
• waning
• receding
• relenting
• weakening
• dying (away or down or out)
• dwindling
• dropping (off)
• draining (away)
• falling away
• tapering off
• ratcheting (down)
• abating
• remitting
• palling
• evaporating
• phasing down
• racheting (down)
• alleviating
• letting up
• de-escalating
• compressing
• constricting
• contracting
• collapsing
• slackening
• condensing
• melting (away)
• relaxing
• slowing (down)
• fading (away)
• tailing (off)
• frittering (away)
• flagging
• petering (out)
• giving out
• sinking
• deflating
• caving (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increasing
• growing
• rising
• expanding
• intensifying
• swelling
• mounting
• building
• escalating
• enlarging
• soaring
• burgeoning
• accumulating
• emerging
• picking up
• appearing
• mushrooming
• snowballing
• waxing
• ballooning
• lengthening
• showing up
• blowing up
• elongating
• distending

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of easing

Verb

From California to North Carolina, yellow electric school buses are sending power back to the grid, easing some strain when demand spikes during heat waves. — Lisa Baertlein, USA Today, 6 July 2026

But the central bank removed from its statement an easing bias. — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 6 July 2026

By reducing the time parts spend in curing equipment, factories could potentially process more components using the same infrastructure, easing one of the production bottlenecks facing the aerospace industry. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026

Traders are now keenly awaiting July's CPI data, with falling oil prices potentially easing inflation and encouraging a Fed pause. — Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

The price drop also appears to be easing some inflation concerns. — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 4 July 2026

Reigning 100 and 200 world champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden is easing into this season. — ABC News, 4 July 2026

After easing through the first three innings, Bryan Reynolds hit a double off the top of the left field fence and Valdez bombed one to left to cut the Phillies' lead to 5-2. — CBS News, 30 June 2026

These include streamlining federal environmental reviews, easing design restrictions on modular homes, and increasing federal financial support for localities and housing associations that build affordable units. — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 29 June 2026