Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Providing physical ease and relaxation: Describes something that makes you feel physically relaxed, free from pain, or at ease.
   • Feeling at ease and free from worry: Describes a state of being mentally relaxed, secure, or content.
   • Sufficient to provide a pleasant or adequate standard: Describes a situation, especially financial, that is adequate or more than adequate, without being luxurious.
   • Causing no stress or difficulty: Describes a situation that is easy to manage or a lead that is safe and unlikely to be lost.

Examples of Usage

• Providing physical ease:
  • She wore a pair of comfortable shoes for the long walk.
  • The hotel room was simple but comfortable.
• Feeling at ease:
  • He felt comfortable sharing his ideas with the team.
  • Please, make yourself comfortable.
• Sufficient or adequate:
  • They have a comfortable income that covers all their needs.
  • The team had a comfortable lead in the second half.
• Causing no stress:
  • It was a comfortable victory for the reigning champions.

Advanced Usage

• "Comfortable with": Feeling at ease about a person, idea, or situation; accepting.
  • Are you comfortable with the new schedule?
• "Comfortable enough to": Feeling sufficiently at ease to do something.
  • After a few meetings, she was comfortable enough to voice her concerns.

Variants and Related Words

• Comfortably (adverb): In a comfortable manner.
  • They live comfortably on his pension.
• Comfort (noun/verb): The state of ease or the act of providing ease.
  • The soft chair was a great comfort. (noun)
  • He tried to comfort his friend. (verb)
• Uncomfortable (adjective): The opposite of comfortable; causing or feeling unease.
  • The chair was very uncomfortable.

Synonyms

• Cozy: Giving a feeling of comfort, warmth, and relaxation. (Often for places)
• Adequate: Satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity.
• Secure: Feeling safe, stable, and free from fear or anxiety.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

(Note: "Comfortable" is primarily an adjective and does not commonly form phrasal verbs. Related phrases are idiomatic.)

Related Idioms

• "Comfort zone": A situation where one feels safe or at ease, often avoiding risk.
  • He decided to step out of his comfort zone and try public speaking.
• "Make yourself comfortable": An invitation for someone to relax and settle in.
  • Please come in and make yourself comfortable.

Adjective

1. in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
   • they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards
   • easy living
   • a prosperous family
   • his family is well-situated financially
   • well-to-do members of the community
2. sufficient to provide comfort
   • a comfortable salary
3. more than adequate
   • the home team had a comfortable lead
4. free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind
   • was settled in a comfortable job, one for which he was well prepared
   • the comfortable thought that nothing could go wrong
   • was comfortable in his religious beliefs
   • she's a comfortable person to be with
   • she felt comfortable with her fiance's parents
5. providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal)
   • comfortable clothes
   • comfortable suburban houses
   • made himself comfortable in an armchair
   • the antihistamine made her feel more comfortable
   • are you comfortable?
   • feeling comfy now?