easygoing
Americanadjective
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calm and unworried; relaxed and rather casual.
an easygoing person.
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going easily, as a horse.
Other Word Forms
- easygoingness noun
Etymology
Origin of easygoing
Explanation
If you're always carefree and relaxed, your friends might describe you as easygoing. Easygoing people probably get invited on camping trips more often than uptight, tense people do. If your school has an easygoing dress code policy, it's probably fine if you wear a clown costume or high-heeled, glittery shoes to school. If your Spanish teacher isn't quite so easygoing, though, he may ask you to remove your red nose and wig before class starts. This adjective, which sounds fairly modern, has been around since the 1640s.
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Example Sentences
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"He laughed, and he said, 'Bring back $50 billion in deals,'" quipped White -- a longtime entrepreneur with an easygoing banter who raised large sums for Trump in recent campaigns.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
Until this moment, both the audience and the characters in the film understand Emma to be a funny, easygoing young woman.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
Thoughtful and easygoing offstage, Peaches’ seemingly rebellious onstage shenanigans are hardly a reaction to her upbringing.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
As captured here, its members do seem quite rational, not to mention affable and easygoing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
He liked the easygoing camaraderie of it, the simple, stark maleness of it.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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