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On this page you’ll find 316 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to soft, such as: comfortable, comfy, creamy, delicate, easy, and elastic.
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- excited
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- severe
- smart
- stern
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- harsh
- rigid
- severe
- stern
- uncompassionate
- unyielding
- callous
- firm
- fit
- healthy
- strong
- well
- intelligent
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Tough leather palms make them perfect for cold-weather tasks at home or digging your car out of a snowbank, while a thin construction with touchscreen functionality, articulated fingers, and a breathable soft-shell back mean it can work as a liner.
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Giving up alcohol and coffee was easier than sticking to my soft diet, in fact, because I kept trying to force every meal into a “healthy” form.
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WORDS RELATED TO SOFT
- drippy
- gushy
- maudlin
- mawkish
- schmaltzy
- slushy
- sobby
- soft
- soppy
- balmy
- calm
- calmative
- clear
- lenient
- mollifying
- nonirritant
- nonirritating
- smooth
- soft
- soothing
- homey
- snug
- soft
- adequate
- agreeable
- appropriate
- at rest
- cared for
- cheerful
- complacent
- contented
- convenient
- cozy
- delightful
- easy
- enjoyable
- enjoying
- gratified
- hale
- happy
- healthy
- hearty
- loose
- loose-fitting
- made well
- pleasant
- pleased
- protected
- relaxed
- relaxing
- relieved
- rested
- restful
- restored
- satisfactory
- satisfying
- serene
- sheltered
- snug
- snug as a bug in a rug
- soft
- soothed
- strengthened
- untroubled
- useful
- warm
- well-off
- homey
- snug
- soft
- afraid
- anxious
- apprehensive
- backward
- base
- chicken-hearted
- cowering
- cowhearted
- craven
- dastardly
- diffident
- dismayed
- fainthearted
- frightened
- gutless
- having the willies
- jittery
- lacking courage
- lily-livered
- nervous
- no guts
- panicky
- pigeonhearted
- pusillanimous
- recreant
- retiring
- running scared
- scared
- shrinking
- shy
- soft
- spineless
- timid
- timorous
- weak
- weak-kneed
- worthless
- yellow
- yellow-bellied
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adj. easily bent or molded, not firm; smooth, pleasant to the touch; faint, quiet, subdued; not sharply drawn; not strict; gentle; flabby; not strong;
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adjective, soft·er, soft·est.
yielding readily to touch or pressure; easily penetrated, divided, or changed in shape; not hard or stiff: a soft pillow.
relatively deficient in hardness, as metal or wood.
smooth and agreeable to the touch; not rough or coarse: a soft fabric; soft skin.
producing agreeable sensations; pleasant or comfortable: soft slumber.
low or subdued in sound; gentle and melodious: soft music;a soft voice.
not harsh or unpleasant to the eye; not glaring: soft light;a soft color.
not hard or sharp: soft outlines.
gentle or mild: soft breezes.
genial or balmy, as climate or air.
gentle, mild, warm-hearted, or compassionate: a soft, grandmotherly woman.
smooth, soothing, or ingratiating: soft words.
not harsh or severe, as a penalty or demand.
responsive or sympathetic to the feelings, emotions, needs, etc., of others; tender-hearted.
sentimental or flowery, as language: soft, meaningless talk.
not strong or robust; delicate; incapable of great endurance or exertion: He was too soft for the Marines.
Informal. easy; involving little effort; not difficult, laborious, trying, or severe: a soft job.
Informal. easily influenced or swayed; easily imposed upon; impressionable.
lenient, permissive, or conciliatory, especially regarding something that is conceived of as dangerous or threatening: to be soft on Communism.
(of water) relatively free from mineral salts that interfere with the action of soap.
(of paper money or a monetary system) not supported by sufficient gold reserves or not easily convertible into a foreign currency.
(of a market, market condition, or prices) declining in value, volume, profitability, etc.; weak: a soft tourist season.Compare firm1 (def. 7).
(of money) plentiful or available at low interest rates or on easy terms: a soft loan.
Metallurgy.
- (of a metal) easily magnetized and demagnetized.
- (of solder) fusing readily.
- (of a metal or alloy) fully annealed, so as to provide minimum mechanical hardness.
Photography.
- (of a photographic image) having delicate gradations of tone.
- (of a focus) lacking in sharpness.
- (of a lens) unable to be focused sharply.
Phonetics.
- (of consonants) lenis, especially lenis and voiced.
- (of c and g) pronounced as in cent and gem.
- (of consonants in Slavic languages) palatalized.Compare hard (def. 38).
Military. (of a missile-launching base) aboveground and relatively unprotected from enemy attack.
Aerospace. (of a landing of a space vehicle) gentle; not harmful to the vehicle or its contents: a soft landing on the moon.
(of a delegate, voter, etc.) not committed to any one candidate.
Informal. foolish or stupid: soft in the head.
(of a detergent) readily biodegradable.
Baseball. lacking power or speed: a soft infield hit; a soft breaking pitch.
noun
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
softness.
adverb
interjection Archaic.
be quiet! hush!
not so fast! stop!
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Idioms about soft
be soft on someone, Informal. to be amorously inclined toward a person; have an affection for: He’s been soft on her for years.
Origin of soft
First recorded before 1000; Middle English softe “yielding, gentle, mild,” Old English sōfte “agreeable, comfortable”; cognate with German sanft
OTHER WORDS FROM soft
soft·ly, adverbsoft·ness, nouno·ver·soft, adjectivesu·per·soft, adjective
ul·tra·soft, adjectiveun·soft, adjectiveun·soft·ly, adverb
Words nearby soft
soffit, soffritto, Sofia, sofrito, S. of Sol., soft, softa, soft armor, softback, softball, softballer
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Words related to soft
comfortable, comfy, creamy, delicate, easy, elastic, flexible, fluffy, mushy, plastic, pliable, rounded, silky, smooth, spongy, supple, thin, velvety, bland, cool
How to use soft in a sentence
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They are also odor-resistant and get increasingly softer over time.
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The artist can’t turn lead into gold, but making the hard gray substance appear soft and lacy is almost as impressive.
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The center will still be quite soft and slightly dipped, but the sides will be set.
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Tough leather palms make them perfect for cold-weather tasks at home or digging your car out of a snowbank, while a thin construction with touchscreen functionality, articulated fingers, and a breathable soft-shell back mean it can work as a liner.
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Giving up alcohol and coffee was easier than sticking to my soft diet, in fact, because I kept trying to force every meal into a “healthy” form.
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There were stomachs, taut and flat, but also undulating bellies, soft and bloated from the breakfast buffet.
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Francis is well into his seventies, looks it, has a mild demeanor and soft speaking style; but his rhetoric is electrifying.
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My surgeon told me my bones were so soft he could barely install the screws.
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Of course, with such a soft-handed approach comes criticism from the Danish right.
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And Christopher Walken warbling and doing a little soft-shoe?
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And once more, she found herself desiring to be like Janet—not only in appearance, but in soft manner and tone.
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A few small rocks of some soft stone may be added, and in between these the Ferns are planted.
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His face flushed with annoyance, and taking off his soft hat he began to beat it impatiently against his leg as he walked.
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The delicious soft rains set in early, promising a good grain year.
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Not a zephyr ruffled the leaf of a rose, and a soft breathing fragrance bathed his reposing senses.
British Dictionary definitions for soft
adjective
easy to dent, work, or cut without shattering; malleable
not hard; giving little or no resistance to pressure or weight
fine, light, smooth, or fluffy to the touch
gentle; tranquil
(of music, sounds, etc) low and pleasing
(of light, colour, etc) not excessively bright or harsh
(of a breeze, climate, etc) temperate, mild, or pleasant
dialect drizzly or rainya soft day; the weather has turned soft
slightly blurred; not sharply outlinedsoft focus
(of a diet) consisting of easily digestible foods
kind or lenient, often excessively so
easy to influence or impose upon
prepared to compromise; not doctrinairethe soft left
informal feeble or silly; simple (often in the phrase soft in the head)
unable to endure hardship, esp through too much pampering
physically out of condition; flabbysoft muscles
loving; tendersoft words
informal requiring little exertion; easya soft job
chem (of water) relatively free of mineral salts and therefore easily able to make soap lather
(of a drug such as cannabis) nonaddictive or only mildly addictiveCompare hard (def. 19)
(of news coverage) concentrating on trivial stories or those with human interest
phonetics
- an older word for lenis
- (not in technical usage) denoting the consonants c and g in English when they are pronounced as palatal or alveolar fricatives or affricates (s, / dʒ /, / ʃ /, / ð /, / tʃ /) before e and i, rather than as velar stops (k, g)
- (in the Slavonic languages) palatalized before a front vowel or a special character (soft sign) written as Ь
- unprotected against attacka soft target
- military unarmoured, esp as applied to a truck by comparison with a tank
finance, mainly US (of prices, a market, etc) unstable and tending to decline
(of a currency) in relatively little demand, esp because of a weak balance of payments situation
(of radiation, such as X-rays and ultraviolet radiation) having low energy and not capable of deep penetration of materials
physics (of valves or tubes) only partially evacuated
related to the performance of non-specific, undefinable taskssoft skills such as customer services and office support
soft on or soft about
- gentle, sympathetic, or lenient towards
- feeling affection or infatuation for
adverb
in a soft mannerto speak soft
noun
a soft object, part, or piece
Derived forms of soft
softly, adverb
Word Origin for soft
Old English sōfte; related to Old Saxon sāfti, Old High German semfti gentle
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Other Idioms and Phrases with soft
In addition to the idioms beginning with soft
- soften up
- soft in the head
- soft job
- soft on
- soft pedal
- soft sell
- soft soap
- soft spot
- soft touch
also see:
- hard (soft) sell
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
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