Easygoing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  easygoing \eas"y*go`ing\, easy-going
  \eas"y-go`ing\([=e]z"[y^]*g[=o]`[i^]ng), a.
     1. Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; relaxed and casual;
        ease-loving; inactive. Contrasted with {tense}. [WordNet
        sense 2]
  


     Syn: degage, easy-going, laid-back.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. having a lax moral or disciplinary standard. [WordNet
        sense 1] {strict}
  
     Syn: lenient.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. unhurried; as, an easygoing pace. Opposite of {hurried}.
        [WordNet sense 3]
  
     Syn: easy, leisurely.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     4. unaggressive; as, his easygoing approach to business.
        Opposite of {aggressive}. [WordNet sense 4]
  
     Syn: low-pressure.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  easygoing
       adj 1: inclined to be excessively tolerant
       2: unhurried and relaxed; "an easygoing pace"; "a mellow
          conversation" [syn: {laid-back}, {mellow}]
       3: not hurried or forced; "an easy walk around the block"; "at
          a leisurely (or easygoing) pace" [syn: {easy}, {leisurely}]
       4: not stressful; "an easygoing life as a parttime consultant"
       5: taking life easy; "an easygoing man rarely stirred to
          anger"; "an air of placid sufficiency" [syn: {placid}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  187 Moby Thesaurus words for "easygoing":
     Bohemian, Micawberish, accepting, affable, afoot and lighthearted,
     airy, apathetic, at ease, at large, at liberty, ataractic,
     backward, blase, breezy, carefree, careless, casual, clear,
     clement, collected, comfortable, common, compassionate, composed,
     content, contented, cordial, cursory, dallying, degage, delaying,
     detached, devil-may-care, dilatory, dillydallying, disengaged,
     disinterested, dispassionate, disregardant, disregardful, drony,
     easy, emancipated, eupeptic, euphoric, even-tempered, faineant,
     familiar, flexible, flippant, folksy, foot-dragging, footloose,
     footloose and fancy-free, forbearant, forbearing, forgetful,
     forgiving, free, free and easy, free as air, freeborn, freed,
     gentle, go-as-you-please, gracious, happy, haymish, heedless,
     homely, homey, humane, impotent, imprecise, in the clear,
     inattentive, inconsiderate, incurious, indifferent, indolent,
     inexcitable, informal, insouciant, irregular, lackadaisical,
     laggard, lagging, lax, lazy, lenient, liberated, lingering,
     listless, loitering, loose, low-pressure, mellow, merciful, mild,
     mindless, moderate, natural, negligent, nonchalant, oblivious,
     of good comfort, offhand, offhanded, on the loose, overindulgent,
     overpermissive, patient, perfunctory, permissive, placid, plain,
     pleased, pococurante, poised, procrastinating, procrastinative,
     procrastinatory, reckless, reconciled, regardless, relaxed,
     released, remiss, resigned, respectless, sans souci, satisfied,
     scot-free, self-possessed, serene, shuffling, simple, slack,
     slipshod, sloppy, slothful, slow, sluggish, sociable, soft,
     tactless, tender, thoughtless, tolerant, tranquil, turned-off,
     unaffected, unambitious, unanxious, unassuming, unattached,
     unceremonious, uncommitted, uncomplaining, unconcerned,
     unconstrained, unconventional, undemanding, undiplomatic,
     undiscriminating, unengaged, unfussy, unheedful, unheeding,
     uninhibited, uninterested, uninvolved, unmindful, unofficial,
     unprepared, unready, unrepining, unreserved, unrestrained,
     unsolicitous, unstudied, untactful, unthinking, weak, wishy-washy,
     without care, work-shy