Meanings
comparative cushier · comparative more cushy · superlative cushiest · superlative most cushy
- informalMaking few demands; comfortable, easy.
This is a really cushy job. Mostly I just sit around drinking tea.
1 more example
But if it really is such a cushy number, why doesn’t Britain have enough drivers – and what does it take to join their ranks?
2025 May 11, Gwyn Topham, “‘It’s an illogical job’: Why driving a train isn’t as cushy as it might seem”, in The Guardian, →ISSN - USComfortable, often in a way that will suit a person's body; ergonomic.
cushy sedans for executive types.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Classical Persianخوشی“happiness”
- Hindustani
- Englishcushy
Borrowed from Hindustani خوشی (xośī) / ख़ुशी (xuśī), from Classical Persian خوشی (xuši, “happiness”).
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Czech pohodový, nenáročný
- pohodovýmaking few demands — see also comfortable, easy, sinecure
- nenáročnýmaking few demands — see also comfortable, easy, sinecure
- pohodlnýcomfortable, often in a way that will suit a person’s body — see also ergonomic
Finnish lokoisa, leppoisa
- lokoisamaking few demands — see also comfortable, easy, sinecure
- leppoisamaking few demands — see also comfortable, easy, sinecure
- helppomaking few demands — see also comfortable, easy, sinecure
- mukavacomfortable, often in a way that will suit a person’s body — see also ergonomic
French douillet
- douilletcomfortable, often in a way that will suit a person’s body — see also ergonomic
German angenehm, gemütlich
- angenehmmaking few demands — see also comfortable, easy, sinecure
- gemütlichmaking few demands — see also comfortable, easy, sinecure
- ruhigmaking few demands — see also comfortable, easy, sinecure
- laumaking few demands — see also comfortable, easy, sinecure
- bequemcomfortable, often in a way that will suit a person’s body — see also ergonomic
- gemütlichcomfortable, often in a way that will suit a person’s body — see also ergonomic
Polish zgodny, komfortowy
- zgodnymaking few demands — see also comfortable, easy, sinecure
- komfortowycomfortable, often in a way that will suit a person’s body — see also ergonomic
- wygodnycomfortable, often in a way that will suit a person’s body — see also ergonomic
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cushy
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Cite this entry
cushy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cushy
“cushy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cushy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cushy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cushy.
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