cushy
Americanadjective
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involving little effort for ample rewards; easy and profitable.
a cushy job.
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soft and comfortable; cushiony.
a cushy chair.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of cushy
1910–15; probably cush(ion) + -y 3; also adduced, but less likely: < Hindi ḳhūsh pleasant (allegedly via Indian English, but unattested) or < French couchée bed, sleeping place; cf. cush
Vocabulary lists containing cushy
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It's been two and a half years since Neymar wore the famous jersey - and what a cushy way to make his return.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
She interviews guests but can also go into a 30-plus minute monologue without a script when she records at iHeart’s midtown Manhattan studios, where ChaCha looks on from a cushy pillow.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026
She has to care for her lush, out-of-work father while Blane enjoys the cushy comfort of financial stability.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
The prototypical agency holding company that long lured in staff with skyscraper offices, cushy expense accounts and multimillion-dollar clients is in disarray.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
It happened quickly, this vocational sorting—the bankers, lawyers, doctors, and executives of tomorrow hastily migrating toward their next launchpad, whether it was graduate school or a cushy Fortune 500 training-program job.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
His ideal trip would be cushier than those national park tours and combine active outdoor excursions with relaxed cabin time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
Who doesn’t want a cushier retirement or an easier way to pay for that gym membership?
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2025
However, the Ariya is the more comfortable of these two EVs thanks to a smoother ride and cushier front seats.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
Cinemas were already upgrading before the pandemic — bringing in cushier seating, bigger screens, better sound equipment, and tastier food and beverage options.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2023
There is a hand-lettered, bus-shaped honor roll on the wall at the campaign’s Brooklyn headquarters, listing those who have eschewed cushier train or plane rides customary for business travel:
From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2015
You must conclude that the elite college football coach — and even the pretty good one — has the cushiest job of all.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 24, 2022
But in return for his cooperation, he has been serving his sentence in a medium-security prison that Mr. McDugle and others said is about the cushiest incarceration location in the state.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 17, 2021
The content is not the same, but in both cases Americans are inhabiting a world in which one of the cushiest rewards for doing politics is to get into content creation, whatever form it takes.
From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2021
The federal prison is located roughly 70 miles northwest of city of the New York and has been called one of America's "cushiest" prisons.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2019
I've been a sailor, a 'traveller,' a waiter, a scene-shifter, and a shover, and I don't know which was the cushiest job.
From The Burning Spear by John Galsworthy
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