The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ABATE , but the solution may also be ALLAY which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York 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 | 9 % | 5 |
| LOOSEN | 6 % | 6 |
| ASSUAGE | 6 % | 7 |
| ALLEVIATE | 5 % | 9 |
| SOFTEN | 5 % | 6 |
| LESSEN | 5 % | 6 |
| LEISURE | 5 % | 7 |
| PALLIATE | 5 % | 8 |
| RELIEVE | 4 % | 7 |
| MITIGATE | 2 % | 8 |
| COMFORT | 2 % | 7 |
| LIGHTEN | 2 % | 7 |
| EFFORTLESSNESS | 1 % | 14 |
| BATE | 1 % | 4 |
| CALMSTATEOFMIND | 1 % | 15 |
| AMELIORATE | 1 % | 10 |
| UNBURDEN | 1 % | 8 |
| BEDOFROSES | 1 % | 10 |
| REST | 1 % | 4 |
| RELAXATION | 1 % | 10 |
| EEEEE | 1 % | 5 |
| REPOSE | 1 % | 6 |
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 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 ASSUAGE
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 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 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 MITIGATE
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 EFFORTLESSNESS
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