The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ABATE , but the solution may also be SOOTHE which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Ease crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABATE | 18 % | 5 |
| ALLAY | 13 % | 5 |
| LETUP | 8 % | 5 |
| ASSUAGE | 6 % | 7 |
| LOOSEN | 6 % | 6 |
| LESSEN | 5 % | 6 |
| LEISURE | 5 % | 7 |
| PALLIATE | 5 % | 8 |
| ALLEVIATE | 5 % | 9 |
| SOFTEN | 5 % | 6 |
| RELIEVE | 4 % | 7 |
| COMFORT | 2 % | 7 |
| LIGHTEN | 2 % | 7 |
| MITIGATE | 2 % | 8 |
| EEEEE | 1 % | 5 |
| REPOSE | 1 % | 6 |
| EFFORTLESSNESS | 1 % | 14 |
| SOOTHE | 1 % | 6 |
| BATE | 1 % | 4 |
| CALMSTATEOFMIND | 1 % | 15 |
| AMELIORATE | 1 % | 10 |
| UNBURDEN | 1 % | 8 |
| BEDOFROSES | 1 % | 10 |
| REST | 1 % | 4 |
| RELAXATION | 1 % | 10 |
Why may ALLAY be the right solution?
The word "allay" means to diminish or reduce someone's fears, doubts, or suspicions. "Ease" can be a synonym for "allay," making it the correct solution.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ease
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- alleviate
- relieve
- facilitate
- comfort
- easiness
- allay
- simplicity
- rest
- relaxation
- relief
- informality
- repose
Crossword Answer definitions
ABATE noun- Abatement.
- (obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease.
- To become null and void.
- To nullify; make void.
- To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.
- To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.
- To curtail; to deprive.
- To reduce in amount, size, or value.
- To decrease in size, value, or amount.
- To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.
- To decrease in intensity or force; to subside.
- To deduct or omit.
- To bar or except.
- To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
- To dull the edge or point of; to blunt.
- To destroy, or level to the ground.
- To enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession.
- An Italian abbot, or other member of the clergy.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ABATE
More clues leading to the result ALLAY
- Ease, as one's fears
- Set to rest
- Put to rest
- Relieve
- Soothe
- Calm, as fears
- Ease, as anxieties
- Soften
- Mollify
- Make quiet
More clues leading to the result LETUP
More clues leading to the result ASSUAGE
More clues leading to the result LOOSEN
- Ease
- Let out a bit
- Untie
- Give some slack
- Relax
- Untie or bend
- Aerate, as soil
- Relax, with "up"
- Relax, as regulations
- Ease up
More clues leading to the result LESSEN
- Diminish
- Abate
- Ebb
- Cut down on auditor's classroom assignment (6)
- Ease up, as pressure
- Pull back
- Subside
- Cut back
- Mitigate
- Let up
More clues leading to the result LEISURE
- Free time
- Once-popular suit
- Not work
- Time to relax
- Arts partner
- Spare time
- Veblen's "The Theory of the ___ Class"
- Duty-free time
- Kind of suit or time
- "The Theory of the ___ Class" (Veblen)
More clues leading to the result PALLIATE
- Assuage
- Lessen without curing
- Ease, as symptoms
- Make less serious
- Mitigate.
- Gloss over.
- Alleviate.
- Ease.
- Extenuate
- Ease
More clues leading to the result ALLEVIATE
More clues leading to the result SOFTEN
- Grow less adamant
- Relent
- Melt
- Tone down
- Cushion
- Use saddle soap on, say
- Mellow
- Cushion, as a blow
- Alleviate
- Reduce the mineral content of, as water
More clues leading to the result RELIEVE
- Take over for
- Come in for
- Free from anxiety
- Assuage
- Alleviate
- Substitute for, as a pitcher
- Come in from the bullpen
- Change pitchers
- Take the place of
- Come out of the bullpen
More clues leading to the result COMFORT
- Provide some solace to
- Solace
- Console
- Bed buyer's concern
- Reassure
- Feeling of relief
- State of ease.
- Old Point ___, in Virginia.
- Cheer.
- Ease
More clues leading to the result LIGHTEN
- Bleach, perhaps
- Ease
- Ease the burden.
- Alleviate.
- Mitigate
- Take a load off
- Uplift
- Decrease, as a load
- Ease, as a load
- Frost, at the salon
More clues leading to the result MITIGATE
More clues leading to the result EEEEE
More clues leading to the result REPOSE
More clues leading to the result EFFORTLESSNESS
More clues leading to the result SOOTHE
- Say "there, there" to
- Comfort
- Alleviate
- Bring relief to
- Bring comfort to
- Take the edge off
- Mollify
- Join the balm squad?
- Placate
- Console
More clues leading to the result BATE
- Ease
- Restrain
- Subside
- Diminish
- Decrease
- Lessen
- Moderate
- Make less intense
- Hold back, as breath
- Lessen in intensity
More clues leading to the result CALMSTATEOFMIND
More clues leading to the result AMELIORATE
- Get better
- Make improvements to
- Better
- Improve
- Make better.
- Improve.
- Ease
- Take the edge off
- Make more bearable
More clues leading to the result UNBURDEN
More clues leading to the result BEDOFROSES
- Comfortable situation
- See 65-Across
- Agreeable position
- Pleasant position, from a Marlowe poem
- Agreeable ease
- Easy Street kin
- Luxurious ease
- The easy life
- Comfortable position
- The easy life, so to speak
More clues leading to the result REST
- Caesura
- Take five
- Break
- Kick back
- Moment of silence
- Observe the Sabbath?
- Pause
- Peace of mind
- Take a break
- Take a breather