easer
- noun
- /ˈiːzər/
:
facilitador
- The teacher used an interactive game as an easer to make the lesson more enjoyable for the students.
Examples
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In a fiat money economy, central banks are designed to be 'quantitative easers'.
Blog text (22) -
Commercial milk products (Lactaid, Dairy Easer 100) that have been treated to break down the lactose so it is tolerated without causing gastrointestinal distress are also available.
Academic text (2002) -
Put your money with the easers, led most likely by Chairman Bernanke.
Blog text (2) -
In both easers, the trend was for the bowlers to improve performance over the course of the six training sessions.
Academic text (1994) -
I see a debate among the easers between those who want to stick to the variables in a standard DSGE model, including the interest rate (no risk premiums) and inflation expected and achieved.
Blog text (10) -
"She could not whistle in the helmet, so she called out, and Bach, complaining the whole time in a low undersong about the rough surfaces of the tiny shaft which threatened to scratch his exterior polish, floated up to them and allowed her to holster him to the easer drill.
Fiction book (1990) -
The new software update serves as an easer by simplifying the user interface and reducing errors.
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Her friendly attitude acted as an easer during the tense meeting, making everyone feel more comfortable.
Synonyms
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3.7
Something that makes pain or worry less
5
4.2
Something that helps someone feel calm, like tea or soft music
1
4.5
A liquid that makes a stuck screw or bolt move more easily
A thing that soothes and reduces irritation
Antonyms
How Helpful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Easer comes from the word ease ('comfort' or 'to make less painful') plus the ending -er meaning 'one who', and it is the same root as easy. So an easer is a person or thing that helps by making a situation easier, less painful, or less unpleasant.