" breeze "

1: a slight or gentle movement of air;

  * e.g., " ... a warm spring breeze ruffled our hair "

•  Synonyms : 

•  air,

•  breath,

•  puff,

•  waft,

•  zephyr

•  Antonyms : 

•  bear,

•  beast,

•  chore,

•  headache,

•  horror show,

•  killer,

•  labor,

•  murder,

•  pain,

•  sticky wicket,

•  stinker

2: something that is easy to do;

  * e.g., " ... that assignment will be a breeze "

•  Synonyms : 

•  cake,

•  cakewalk,

•  child's play,

•  cinch,

•  cream puff,

•  duck soup,

•  kid stuff,

•  picnic,

•  pushover,

•  roses,

•  snap

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: a light air movement that blows from the sea toward land;

  * e.g., " ... The sea breeze moderates the town's temperature, making it several degrees cooler on hot days than locations inland. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  current,

•  draft,

•  whiff,

•  air,

•  breath,

•  breeze,

•  puff,

•  waft,

•  zephyr,

•  blast,

•  blow,

•  flurry,

•  gale,

•  headwind,

•  northeaster,

•  norther,

•  northwester,

•  southeaster,

•  southwester,

•  tailwind,

•  westerly,

•  wind,

•  squall,

•  tempest,

•  tornado,

•  windstorm,

•  airflow

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to move or proceed smoothly and readily;

  * e.g., " ... we breezed through the line for customs at the airport "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bowl,

•  brush,

•  coast,

•  cruise,

•  drift,

•  flow,

•  glide,

•  roll,

•  sail,

•  skim,

•  slide,

•  slip,

•  stream,

•  sweep,

•  whisk

•  Antonyms : 

•  flounder,

•  struggle

2: to proceed or move quickly;

  * e.g., " ... the doctor breezed past the people in the waiting room, apparently on his way to an emergency "

•  Synonyms : 

•  barrel,

•  belt,

•  blast,

•  blaze,

•  blow,

•  bolt,

•  bomb,

•  bowl,

•  bundle,

•  bustle,

•  buzz,

•  cannonball,

•  careen,

•  career,

•  chase,

•  course,

•  crack (on),

•  dash,

•  drive,

•  fly,

•  hare,

•  hasten,

•  hie,

•  highball,

•  hotfoot (it),

•  hump,

•  hurl,

•  hurry,

•  hurtle,

•  hustle,

•  jet,

•  jump,

•  motor,

•  nip,

•  pelt,

•  race,

•  ram,

•  rip,

•  rocket,

•  run,

•  rush,

•  rustle,

•  scoot,

•  scurry,

•  scuttle,

•  shoot,

•  speed,

•  step,

•  tear,

•  travel,

•  trot,

•  whirl,

•  whisk,

•  zip,

•  zoom

•  Antonyms : 

•  crawl,

•  creep,

•  poke

1: as in barge (in), waltz (in);

•  Synonyms : 

•  barge (in),

•  burst (in or into),

•  waltz (in),

•  access,

•  enter,

•  penetrate,

•  pierce,

•  drop in,

•  pop (in),

•  stray (into),

•  wander (into),

•  crash,

•  encroach,

•  gate-crash,

•  infiltrate,

•  infringe,

•  intrude,

•  invade,

•  trespass

•  Antonyms : 

•  depart,

•  exit,

•  leave

1: without difficulty;

  * e.g., " ... I could pass that test in a breeze. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  easily,

•  easy,

•  effortlessly,

•  facilely,

•  fluently,

•  freely,

•  handily,

•  hands down,

•  lightly,

•  painlessly,

•  readily,

•  smoothly,

•  well

•  Antonyms : 

•  arduously,

•  hardly,

•  laboriously,

•  strenuously

1: to engage in casual or rambling conversation;

  * e.g., " ... The kids were shooting the breeze before the assembly. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  babble,

•  blab,

•  cackle,

•  chaffer,

•  chat,

•  chatter,

•  chin,

•  converse,

•  gab,

•  gabble,

•  gas,

•  jabber,

•  jaw,

•  kibitz,

•  natter,

•  palaver,

•  patter,

•  prate,

•  prattle,

•  rap,

•  rattle,

•  run on,

•  schmooze,

•  talk,

•  twitter,

•  visit

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to engage in casual or rambling conversation;

  * e.g., " ... The kids were shooting the breeze before the assembly. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  babbled,

•  blabbed,

•  cackled,

•  chaffered,

•  chatted,

•  chattered,

•  chinned,

•  conversed,

•  gabbed,

•  gabbled,

•  gassed,

•  jabbered,

•  jawed,

•  kibitzed,

•  nattered,

•  palavered,

•  pattered,

•  prated,

•  prattled,

•  ran on,

•  rapped,

•  rattled,

•  schmoozed,

•  talked,

•  twittered,

•  visited

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to engage in casual or rambling conversation;

  * e.g., " ... The kids were shooting the breeze before the assembly. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  babbles,

•  blabs,

•  cackles,

•  chaffers,

•  chats,

•  chatters,

•  chins,

•  converses,

•  gabbles,

•  gabs,

•  gases,

•  jabbers,

•  jaws,

•  kibitzes,

•  natters,

•  palavers,

•  patters,

•  prates,

•  prattles,

•  raps,

•  rattles,

•  runs on,

•  schmoozes,

•  talks,

•  twitters,

•  visits

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to engage in casual or rambling conversation;

  * e.g., " ... The kids were shooting the breeze before the assembly. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  babbling,

•  blabbing,

•  cackling,

•  chaffering,

•  chattering,

•  chatting,

•  chinning,

•  conversing,

•  gabbing,

•  gabbling,

•  gassing,

•  jabbering,

•  jawing,

•  kibitzing,

•  nattering,

•  palavering,

•  pattering,

•  prating,

•  prattling,

•  rapping,

•  rattling,

•  running on,

•  schmoozing,

•  talking,

•  twittering,

•  visiting

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)