comfortable

English

Etymology

comfort +‎ -able

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈkʌm.ftɚ.bəl/
• (US) IPA: /ˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bəl/

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Adjective

comfortable (comparative more comfortable, superlative most comfortable)

1. (obsolete) Comforting, providing comfort; consolatory. [14th-19th c.]
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.2.6.ii:

     he was going to make away himself; but meeting by chance his master Plotinus, who, perceiving by his distracted looks all was not well, urged him to confess his grief; which when he had heard, he used such comfortable speeches, that he redeemed him e faucibus Erebi [...].

2. Amply sufficient, satisfactory. [from 17th c.]

   A comfortable income should suffice to consider oneself rich.

   The home team is ahead by a comfortable margin.

   • 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, BBC Sport:

     When Hape sauntered over for a try after only three minutes it looked as if England were destined for a comfortable victory, but Georgia are made of sterner stuff, as they showed when running Scotland close in Invercargill last week.

3. Providing comfort and ease; agreeable. [from 18th c.]

   This is the most comfortable bed I've ever slept in.

4. In a state of comfort and content. [from 18th c.]

   I'll be quite comfortable here, what a great guestroom!

Synonyms

• (providing/enjoying comfort): comforting, cozy, snug
• (safely reliable): safe

Antonyms

• comfortless, uncomfortable

Derived terms

Terms derived from comfort

comfortability comfortable in one's own skin

comfortableness comfortably

comfy

Related terms

• comforter
• discomfort

Translations

providing comfort and ease; agreeable

Arabic: مريح (ar) (murīH), وثير (ar) (wathiir) Bulgarian: удобен (bg), комфортен (bg) Catalan: còmode (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 舒適 (cmn), 舒适 (cmn) (shūshì) Croatian: ȕdoban (hr) Czech: pohodlný (cs) m. Dutch: comfortabel (nl), gemakkelijk (nl) Esperanto: komforta (eo) Finnish: mukava (fi) French: confortable (fr) German: komfortabel (de), bequem (de), behaglich (de), kommod (de) Hindi: आरामदेह (hi) (ārāmdeh)

Interlingua: commode (ia) Italian: confortevole (it), comodo (it) m. Japanese: 快適 (ja) (かいてき, kaiteki) Persian: راحت (fa) (râhat) Portuguese: confortável (pt) Russian: удобный (ru) (udóbnyj) m., комфортабельный (ru) (komfortábel’nyj) m., уютный (ru) (ujútnyj) m. Scots: couthie Scottish Gaelic: cofhurtail (gd), socrach (gd), socair (gd), sòlasach (gd) Spanish: confortable (es) Swedish: bekväm (sv), skön (sv), komfortabel (sv), behaglig (sv) Urdu: آرام دہ (ur) (ārāmdeh)

Enjoying comfort

Arabic: مرتاح (ar) (murtaaH) Bulgarian: уютен (bg), удобен (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 舒服 (cmn) (shūfu) Dutch: comfortabel (nl), gemakkelijk (nl) German: gemütlich (de)

Italian: comodo (it) m. Japanese: 気楽 (ja) (きらく, kiraku), 安楽 (ja) (あんらく, anraku) Latvian: ērts (lv) Russian: удобный (ru) (udóbnyj) m., комфортабельный (ru) (komfortábel’nyj) m., уютный (ru) (ujútnyj) m. Swedish: bekväm (sv)

leaving little risk, safely reliable

Bulgarian: надежден (bg), достатъчен (bg), задоволителен (bg) Czech: pohodlný (cs) m. Dutch: comfortabel (nl), veilig (nl)

Finnish: turvallinen (fi) Italian: comodo (it) Scottish Gaelic: socrach (gd), socair (gd)

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Danish: bekvem (1), komfortabel (1,2), solid (2) Greek: άνετος (el) Hebrew: נוח (noakh) m., נוחה (nokha) f. (1,2) Spanish: confortable (es), cómodo (es) Telugu: సౌకర్యవంతమైన (saukaryavamtamaina) Turkish: rahat (tr)