comfortable

Examples

• All

• In later years, they had been reasonably comfortable, but much of the trust had gone.

  Fiction book (1993)

• My mother, although financially comfortable, had been frugal in choosing an apartment.

  Fiction book (1993)

• That sets her family up to be comfortable from now on.

  Chris Williamson

• I could leave right now and live a very comfortable life.

  Fortress: Sniper's Eye (2022)

• His father has a very comfortable paper box business.

  I Love Melvin (1953)

• Craig would lose his extremely comfortable life as the husband of a very rich woman.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Throughout her childhood and youth, she lived in a comfortable upper-class, cosmopolitan family with artistic and literary interests.

  Academic text (1999)

• Mr. Van Dorn and his wife lived in a comfortable six-bedroom brownstone across from Montrose Park.

  Blacklight (2022)

• After saving for years, she was finally able to buy a house and live a comfortable life.

• Thanks to their careful budgeting, the family can afford a comfortable standard of living.

Synonyms

P

prosperous

vscomfortable

83 4.1

Doing well and having a lot of money

describes steady sufficiency and security without implying active financial growth

W

well-off

vscomfortable

33 3.4

Having enough money to live comfortably

emphasizes living with ease and security rather than wealth amount

W

well-to-do

vscomfortable

22 4.2

People who have plenty of money and live comfortably

means having enough for ease and security rather than notable wealth

W

well-heeled

vscomfortable

11 7.2

Having a lot of money

means having just enough for ease and security, not high affluence

W

well-situated

vscomfortable

1 4.8

A person or family that has enough money and lives comfortably

refers to having sufficient resources for living rather than social position

W

well-fixed

vscomfortable

6.6

Having enough money to live comfortably

focuses on ease and security without implying greater wealth

Antonyms

P

poverty

550 2.0

A situation of having very little money and few things

I

insecurity

31 3.6

A lack of safety that makes people or places open to danger

Idioms

C

comfortable in one's own skin

5 5.6

Feeling calm and confident about who you are

Compounds

S

super comfortable

• Informal

1 2.4

Feels very good in your body and mind when you use or wear it

C

comfortable berth

4.0

A soft sleeping place on a train or ship where you can rest

How Comfortable

wealthy

520 2.5

well-off

33 3.4

comfortable

107 2.9

struggling

3.9

poor

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

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Etymology