Definitions for comfortable
ˈkʌmf tə bəl, ˈkʌm fər tə bəlcom·fort·able

Princeton's WordNet(2.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. comfortable, comfyadjective

   providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal)

   "comfortable clothes"; "comfortable suburban houses"; "made himself comfortable in an armchair"; "the antihistamine made her feel more comfortable"; "are you comfortable?"; "feeling comfy now?"

2. comfortableadjective

   free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind

   "was settled in a comfortable job, one for which he was well prepared"; "the comfortable thought that nothing could go wrong"; "was comfortable in his religious beliefs"; "she's a comfortable person to be with"; "she felt comfortable with her fiance's parents"

3. comfortableadjective

   more than adequate

   "the home team had a comfortable lead"

4. comfortableadjective

   sufficient to provide comfort

   "a comfortable salary"

5. comfortable, easy, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-doadjective

   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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. comfortableadjective

   Comforting, providing comfort; consolatory.

2. comfortableadjective

   Amply sufficient, satisfactory.

3. comfortableadjective

   Providing comfort and ease; agreeable.

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

4. comfortableadjective

   In a state of comfort and content.

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Comfortableadjective

   Etymology: from comfort.

   1. Receiving comfort; susceptible of comfort.

   For my sake be comfortable; hold death
   A while at the arm’s end. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

   My lord leans wond’rously to discontent;
   His comfortable temper has forsook him:
   He is much out of health. William Shakespeare, Timon.

   What can promise him a comfortable appearance before his dreadful judge? South.

   2. Dispensing comfort; having the power of giving comfort.

   He had no brother, which though it be comfortable for kings to have, yet draweth the subjects eyes aside. Francis Bacon, Hen. VII.

   The lives of many miserable men were saved, and a comfortable provision made for their subsistence. John Dryden, Fab. Dedic.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Comfortableadjective

   strong; vigorous; valiant

2. Comfortableadjective

   serviceable; helpful

3. Comfortableadjective

   affording or imparting comfort or consolation; able to comfort; cheering; as, a comfortable hope

4. Comfortableadjective

   in a condition of comfort; having comforts; not suffering or anxious; hence, contented; cheerful; as, to lead a comfortable life

5. Comfortableadjective

   free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; -- used of a sick person

6. Comfortablenoun

   a stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a comfort

7. Etymology: [OF. confortable.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'comfortable' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2637

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'comfortable' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2404

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'comfortable' in Adjectives Frequency: #340

How to pronounce comfortable?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of comfortable in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of comfortable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of comfortable in a Sentence

1. Rich Polk/Getty Images:

   Maybe he is, like a whole snake. But I didn’t see him that way, i made an assumption that he was gonna be chill about it, and he went and shared information that I didn’t feel comfortable with him sharing.

2. Nataliya Bugayova:

   The repression security services are used to comfortable living and need to be economically supported, i think this is the first time where that might be called into question, because of the effects of sanctions, [they] might make it challenging for Putin to feed his whole repression regime.

3. Erin Bromage:

   Not a lot of my friends know what we should be doing now in this brave new world, i was trying to give them the tools they need to know if you end up indoors — which we're going to — in an environment where there seems like there's a lot of people, and it just doesn't feel right, then that's a situation that you should avoid. Use your feet, find somewhere else that feels more comfortable for you.

4. Annmarie Chiarini:

   I was never comfortable with it for a lot of reasons, but ... finally I relented.

5. Roger Federer:

   I do like the conditions here. I mean, obviously hard courts is the surface I feel very comfortable on, normally, if you put in good work in the off-season and work hard, you're going to get good rewards at the beginning of the year. I feel like the effort and work that I put in December has helped me here.

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