cushy

[ koosh-ee ]

adjective

, Informal.

, cush·i·er, cush·i·est.

1. involving little effort for ample rewards; easy and profitable:

   a cushy job.

2. soft and comfortable; cushiony:

   a cushy chair.

cushy

/ ˈkʊʃɪ /

adjective

1. informal.
   easy; comfortable

   a cushy job

Other Words From

• cushi·ly adverb
• cushi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of cushy¹

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; cush

Word History and Origins

Origin of cushy¹

C20: from Hindi khush pleasant, from Persian khōsh

Example Sentences

My toes banged against rocks in the otherwise cushy trail runners I wore to soften my steps on this humid June day.

From Outside Online

At many agencies and other companies, long gone are the days of the cushy corner office — a trend under new examination with the continued evolution of the modern workplace.

From Digiday

It’s a pretty cushy experience too, with six viewing areas, including three viewing platforms and 600 feet of boardwalk strolling.

From Outside Online

Its deep hood and cushy down mean that I haven’t been cold even once.

From Outside Online

While the bars on the seat and back of the chairs are wide to offer some comfort, they won’t be as cushy as the more expensive sets.

From Popular-Science

The high-performance organizations did not hire people with IDD simply to gain cushy tax subsidies.

From The Daily Beast

Even in 1999, this gilded cage of a cushy but unstimulating white-collar career was only available to certain people.

From The Daily Beast

So Last Week Tonight with John Oliver seems like a cushy gig.

From The Daily Beast

In 1994, Bezos took his wife, left a cushy job as vice president of hedge fund D.E. Shaw, and went west.

From The Daily Beast

The inmate says that, contrary to what Prop. 34 proponents might have you believe, life for death row inmates is hardly cushy.

From The Daily Beast

I always think Billy had the hardest luck to be hit again just as he was coming out of it all with a safe and cushy one.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet the War dog worships the Army; it represents a square meal and a "cushy" bed.

From Project Gutenberg

I pointed out that there were many men in England half his age who had done nothing but secure cushy jobs for themselves.

From Project Gutenberg

A chunk out of an 'and grenade 'it 'im in the thigh, and 'e laughed like 'ell becos 'e'd got a 'cushy' wound.

From Project Gutenberg

Though why you wouldnt let dad get you a nice cushy job is a thing I cant understand.

From Project Gutenberg

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