comfortable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal)
    comfy.
    • 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. adjective 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. adjective satellite more than adequate
    • the home team had a comfortable lead
  4. adjective satellite sufficient to provide comfort
    • a comfortable salary
  5. adjective satellite in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
    well-to-do; prosperous; well-heeled; well-off; well-fixed; well-situated; easy.
    • 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

WordNet

Com"fort*a*ble adjective
Etymology
OF. confortable.
Definitions
  1. Strong; vigorous; valiant. Obs. Wyclif.
    Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end. Shak.
  2. Serviceable; helpful. Obs.
    Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her. Shak.
  3. Affording or imparting comfort or consolation; able to comfort; cheering; as, a comfortable hope. "Kind words and comfortable." Cowper.
    A comfortable provision made for their subsistence. Dryden.
  4. In a condition of comfort; having comforts; not suffering or anxious; hence, contented; cheerful; as, to lead a comfortable life.
    My lord leans wondrously to discontent; His comfortable temper has forsook him: He is much out of health. Shak.
  5. Free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; -- used of a sick person. U. S.
Com"fort*a*ble noun
Definitions
  1. A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a comfort. U. S.

Webster 1913