plain sailing
clear sailing
easy going | easy unobstructed progress, after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing |
| integration | an operation used in the calculus whereby the integral of a function is determined |
integration
integrating
desegregation | the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community |
consolidation
integration | the act of combining into an integral whole, a consolidation of two corporations, after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously, the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them |
vertical integration
vertical combination | absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in all aspects of a product's manufacture from raw materials to distribution |
horizontal integration
horizontal combination | absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of production and sharing resources at that level |
easy chair
lounge chair
overstuffed chair | a comfortable upholstered armchair |
soap scoop max
liquid ecstasy
grievous bodily harm
goop
Georgia home boy
easy lay | street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate |
capability
capableness | the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally, he worked to the limits of his capability |
military capability
military strength
strength military posture
posture | capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war, we faced an army of great strength, politicians have neglected our military posture |
operating capability
performance capability | the capability of a technological system to perform as intended |
capability
capableness
potentiality | an aptitude that may be developed |
| systems analysis | analysis of all aspects of a project along with ways to collect information about the operation of its parts |
system program
systems program
systems software | a program (as an operating system or compiler or utility program) that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer |
Defense Information Systems Agency
DISA | a combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
sitting duck
easy mark | a defenseless victim |
| systems analyst | a person skilled at systems analysis |
easy money
gravy train | income obtained with a minimum of effort |
| easy money | the economic condition in which credit is easy to secure |
| easy street | financial security |
capability
capacity | the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment, the capability of a metal to be fused |
sit back
take it easy | settle into a comfortable sitting position |
| easy | obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally, easy money |
preexistent
pre-existent
preexisting
pre-existing | existing previously or before something, variations on pre-existent musical themes |
| easy | less in demand and therefore readily obtainable, commodities are easy this quarter |
easy
light
loose
promiscuous
sluttish
wanton | casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior, her easy virtue, he was told to avoid loose (or light) women, wanton behavior |
| easy | affording comfort, soft light that was easy on the eyes |
| easy | posing no difficulty, requiring little effort, an easy job, an easy problem, an easy victory, the house is easy to heat, satisfied with easy answers, took the easy way out of his dilemma |
| easy | free from worry or anxiety, knowing that I had done my best, my mind was easy, an easy good-natured manner, by the time the chsild faced the actual problem of reading she was familiar and at ease with all the elements words |
existent
existing | having existence or being or actuality, an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient, much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran |
free-and-easy
casual | natural and unstudied, using their Christian names in a casual way, lectured in a free-and-easy style |
easy
gentle | marked by moderate steepness, an easy climb, a gentle slope |
easy
gentle
soft | having little impact, an easy pat on the shoulder, gentle rain, a gentle breeze, a soft (or light) tapping at the window |
easy
easygoing
leisurely | not hurried or forced, an easy walk around the block, at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace |
| existing | presently existing, the existing system |
| easy | affording pleasure, easy good looks |
| existing | existing in something specified, depletion of the oxygen existing in the bloodstream |
comfortable
easy
prosperous
well-fixed
well-heeled
well-off
well-situated
well-to-do | in fortunate circumstances financially, moderately rich, they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards, easy living, a prosperous family, his family is well-situated financially, well-to-do members of the community |
| easy | readily exploited or tricked, an easy victim, an easy mark |
| easily easy ,un | with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily'), she was easily excited, was easily confused, he won easily, this china breaks very easily, success came too easy |
easy
soft | in a relaxed manner, or without hardship, just wanted to take it easy (`soft' is nonstandard) |
slowly slow
easy tardily | without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'), he spoke slowly, go easy here--the road is slippery, glaciers move tardily, please go slow so I can see the sights |