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easygoing
CIDE DICTIONARY
easygoing, a.
- Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; relaxed and casual; ease-loving; inactive. Contrasted with
tense . [1913 Webster] - having a lax moral or disciplinary standard. [WordNet 1.5]
- unhurried; as, an easygoing pace. Opposite of
hurried . [WordNet 1.5] - unaggressive; as, his easygoing approach to business. Opposite of
aggressive . [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
easygoing, adj.
1 placid and tolerant; relaxed in manner; accepting things as they are.
2 (of a horse) having an easy gait.
1 placid and tolerant; relaxed in manner; accepting things as they are.
2 (of a horse) having an easy gait.
THESAURUS
easygoing
Bohemian, Micawberish, accepting, affable, afoot and lighthearted, airy, apathetic, at ease, at large, at liberty, ataractic, backward, blase, breezy, carefree, careless, casual, clear, clement, collected, comfortable, common, compassionate, composed, content, contented, cordial, cursory, dallying, degage, delaying, detached, devil-may-care, dilatory, dillydallying, disengaged, disinterested, dispassionate, disregardant, disregardful, drony, easy, emancipated, eupeptic, euphoric, even-tempered, faineant, familiar, flexible, flippant, folksy, foot-dragging, footloose, footloose and fancy-free, forbearant, forbearing, forgetful, forgiving, free, free and easy, free as air, freeborn, freed, gentle, go-as-you-please, gracious, happy, haymish, heedless, homely, homey, humane, impotent, imprecise, in the clear, inattentive, inconsiderate, incurious, indifferent, indolent, inexcitable, informal, insouciant, irregular, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, lax, lazy, lenient, liberated, lingering, listless, loitering, loose, low-pressure, mellow, merciful, mild, mindless, moderate, natural, negligent, nonchalant, oblivious, of good comfort, offhand, offhanded, on the loose, overindulgent, overpermissive, patient, perfunctory, permissive, placid, plain, pleased, pococurante, poised, procrastinating, procrastinative, procrastinatory, reckless, reconciled, regardless, relaxed, released, remiss, resigned, respectless, sans souci, satisfied, scot-free, self-possessed, serene, shuffling, simple, slack, slipshod, sloppy, slothful, slow, sluggish, sociable, soft, tactless, tender, thoughtless, tolerant, tranquil, turned-off, unaffected, unambitious, unanxious, unassuming, unattached, unceremonious, uncommitted, uncomplaining, unconcerned, unconstrained, unconventional, undemanding, undiplomatic, undiscriminating, unengaged, unfussy, unheedful, unheeding, uninhibited, uninterested, uninvolved, unmindful, unofficial, unprepared, unready, unrepining, unreserved, unrestrained, unsolicitous, unstudied, untactful, unthinking, weak, wishy-washy, without care, work-shyROGET THESAURUS
easygoing
Content
N content, contentment, contentedness, complacency, satisfaction, entire satisfaction, ease, heart's ease, peace of mind, serenity, cheerfulness, ray of comfort, comfort reconciliation, resignation, waiter on Providence, content, contented, satisfied, at ease, at one's ease, at home, with the mind at ease, sans souci, sine cura, easygoing, not particular, conciliatory, unrepining, of good comfort, resigned, cheerful, unafflicted, unvexed, unmolested, unplagued, serene, at rest, snug, comfortable, in one's element, satisfactory, tolerable, good enough, OK, all right, acceptable, contently, contentedly, to one's heart's content, a la bonne heure, all for the best, Int, amen, very well, all the better, so much the better, well and good, it will do, that will do, it cannot be helped, nothing comes amiss, a heart with room for every joy, ich habe genossen das irdische Gluck ich habe gele, nor cast one longing lingering look behind, shut up in measureless content, sweet are the thoughts that savor of content, their wants but few their wishes all confined, might as well relax and enjoy it.Indifference
N indifference, neutrality, coldness, anaphrodisia, unconcern, insouciance, nonchalance, want of interest, want of earnestness, anorexy, anorexia, inappetency, apathy, supineness, disdain, recklessness, inattention, anaphrodisiac, antaphrodisiac, lust-quencher, passion-queller, indifferent, cold, frigid, lukewarm, cool, cool as a cucumber, unconcerned, insouciant, phlegmatic, pococurante, easygoing, devil-may- care, careless, listless, lackadaisical, half-hearted, unambitious, unaspiring, undesirous, unsolicitous, unattracted, aloof, unapproachable, remote, uncaring, unattractive, unalluring, undesired, undesirable, uncared for, unwished, unvalued, all one to, insipid, vain, for aught one cares, Int, never mind, Who cares? whatever you like, whatever, I couldn't care less, I could care less, anything will do, es macht nichts.For further exploring for "easygoing" in Webster Dictionary Online