comfortable

Making your body feel relaxed and free from pain when you sit, lie, or move.

• This chair is comfortable.
• I need comfortable shoes for walking.
• The hotel had large, comfortable beds.

Similar words: comfy

Opposites: uncomfortable

Common phrases: comfortable chair, comfortable shoes, comfortable bed, comfortable seat

Feeling relaxed, without pain, worry, or too much heat or cold.

• Are you comfortable?
• The nurse helped me find a comfortable position.
• He felt comfortable talking to his new neighbours.

How to use it: comfortable with someone/something (I feel comfortable with my new classmates.); comfortable doing something (She feels comfortable speaking in public.)

Similar words: relaxed, at ease

Opposites: uncomfortable

Common phrases: feel comfortable, make someone comfortable, comfortable with someone, comfortable here