## Meanings
1. Making you feel physically relaxed and at ease.
2. Feeling relaxed and free from worry or pain.
3. Large enough to be more than enough; ample.

## Examples
- This is the most comfortable bed I've ever slept in.
- I'll be quite comfortable in this guestroom.
- She earns a comfortable salary and lives well.

## Antonyms
- comfortless
- uncomfortable

## Derived Forms
- comfortability
- comfortableness
- comfortably
- comfy
- overcomfortable
- semicomfortable
- supercomfortable
- uncomfortable

## Related Forms
- comforter
- discomfort

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: comfortable
- Root: confortable
- Affix: -able - able to be

## Etymology
From Middle English comfortable, from Old French confortable, from conforter. By surface analysis, comfort + -able.

## AI Etymology
comfortable is an adjective. It is from Middle English comfortable, from Old French confortable, from conforter. By surface analysis, comfort + -able. Historical forms in the chain include comfortable (Middle English) and confortable (Old French). Current senses include making you feel physically relaxed and at ease, feeling relaxed and free from worry or pain, and large enough to be more than enough; ample. Derived forms include comfortability, comfortableness, comfortably, comfy, and overcomfortable. Related words include comforter and discomfort.

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- Emotions & Feelings

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