Ease
Ease verb - To free from obstruction or difficulty.
Shift
Shift verb - To change the place or position of.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| similar | similar ease | similar shift |
| complete | complete ease | complete shift |
| total | total ease | total shift |
| seeming | seeming ease | seeming shift |
| Other adjectives: extreme, social, general, unexpected, bizarre, surprising. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Repeatedly used in several episodes of the anime series Ergo Proxy, due to the proxies, god-like beings who can shape-shift and invade human minds with horrifying ease.
Source: All Just a Dream -
Though technically an equine alien, he could shift between a bipedal and quadrupedal form with ease and carried a BFG called Sara Jane.
Source: Cool Horse - Voluntary Shapeshifting: Dipper can shift forms with ease and often uses this skill when he needs to blend in/pretend to be human.
Source: Fanfic / Transcendence AU
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Shift and Ease. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ease/shift
Ease & Shift. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ease/shift>.
Shift or Ease. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ease/shift.
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