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comfortable

//ˈkʌm(p)f.tə.bəl//

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for comfortable

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Forms

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative
comfortabler
Superlative
comfortablest

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
comfortables

Definitions

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 1.Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.

    • This is the most comfortable bed I’ve ever slept in.
    • We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.
  2. 2.In a state of comfort and content.

    • What a great guestroom! I'll be quite comfortable here.
  3. 3.Confident; relaxed; not worried about someone or something.

    • This is a comfortable chair.
  4. 4.Amply sufficient, satisfactory.

    • The home team is ahead by a comfortable margin.
    • A comfortable income should suffice to consider oneself rich.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter.

Frequency

Overall

Common· #1833

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Uncommon
General reading & writing
Common
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Related words

Etymology

From Middle English comfortable, from Old French confortable, from conforter.

By surface analysis, comfort + -able.

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