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1. Providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief
   "comfortable clothes"; "made himself comfortable in an armchair"; "the antihistamine made her feel more comfortable"; "are you comfortable?";
   - comfy
    
2. 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 fiancé's parents"
    
3. Having a wide margin
   "the home team had a comfortable lead"
    
4. Sufficient to provide comfort
   "a comfortable salary"
    
5. In fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
   "they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards";
   - easy, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do

See also: comfort, comfortableness, comforted, cosy [Brit, Cdn], cozy [N. Amer], easy, gemütlich, homelike, homely, homey, homy, mumsy [Brit, informal], rich, snug, soothing, sufficient, wide

Antonym: uncomfortable

Encyclopedia: Comfortable