Soft

//sɒft//

Synonyms for "soft" (602 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (121)

gentle balmy continuant cottony cushioned cushy daft delicate diffused easy flaccid indulgent mushy piano quiet softened squashy subdued velvety voiced

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Adjective(4 words)

light nesh cushiony daft

Intj(2 words)

avast be quiet

Adjective(5 words)

balmy cushy delicate diffuse diffused

Strong matches (180)

drooping droopy dull dupable easeful easy as pie easy mark easygoing effeminate effete effortless eggshell emollient emotionable etiolated euphonious exploitable facile faint faint-voiced

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fainthearted faintish faithful falling fatuous fearful feathery feeble feebleminded feminine filial fine flabby flat flattery fleecy fleshy flexible flexile flexuous flocculent floppy fluffy foggy fond foolable foolish forbearant forbearing forceless forgiving formless frail friendly front funking funky furry fuzzy glib glide gloss glossal glottal gone gone to seed gooey green gullible gushing gutless guttural halcyon half-heard hard harmless heavy henhearted high hoaxable homelike homely homey hoodwinkable human humane humbugable husbandly hushed idyllic imbecile impotent imprecise impressionable indifferent indistinct infirm ingenuous insipid intimidated intonated iridescent judicious kind labial labiodental labiovelar languid languishing languorous lateral lax lazy lenient liberal light liking lily livered lily-livered limber limp lingual liquid listless little lived in lived-in loose lovelorn lovesick lovesome loving low low toned low-key lustless luxurious macerated malleable marrowless masticated maternal matte maudlin mawkish meek mellifluent mellifluous mellow mellowed mellowy melodious melting merciful mickey mouse mid mild mild as milk milk-livered

Adjective(12 words)

easy flabby flaccid flexible fluffy foolish gentle kindly malleable meek mellow mild

Adjective(8 words)

easy easygoing flabby flaccid gentle indulgent lenient mild

Adverb(1 words)

easy

Related words (301)

milksoppish milksoppy miry moderate mollified monophthongal mother-of-pearl mousy mucky muddy muliebrous murmured murmurous muted nacreous naive namby pamby namby-pamby narrow nasal

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nasalized negligent nerveless noiseless non abrasive nonalcoholic nonintoxicating nonresistive nonrigid nonviolent nostalgic nostomanic nothing to it occlusive off old-womanish on the downgrade oozy opalescent open opulent orderly out of condition out of shape out of training overindulgent overpermissive oversentimental oversentimentalized overstuffed overtimid overtimorous oxytone pacific pacifistic painless palatal palatalised palatalized pale pampered panic-prone panicky pappy parental passible pastel pastoral pasty paternal patient patinaed peaceable peaceful peacetime pearly permissive persuadable pharyngeal pharyngealized phonemic phonetic phonic pianissimo pigeonhearted piping pitch pitched pithless pithy pitying plain plashy plastic pleasant pliable pliant plush plushy pooped posh posttonic powerless prissy prudent pulpal pulpar pulped pulplike pulpy puny quaggy qualitative questionable rabbity receptive relaxed relaxing remiss reposeful responsive restful retroflex rich ritzy romantic roomy rounded rubbery run to seed rusty ruthful sad sapless sappy satiny scarcely heard schmaltzy seduceable semigloss semisoft semivowel sensible sensitive sentimental sentimentalized serene silken silky silly simple simple as abc sinewless sissified sissy sissyish slabby slack sleek slipping slipshod slobby sloppy sloshy sloughy slow sludgy slushy smooth snap snug sober soft as putty soft footed soft serve soft spoken soft-colored soft-hued soft-sounding soft-voiced softhearted somber sonant soothing spineless splashy spongy sposhy springlike squeezable squelchy squishy squushy sticky stiff stopped straightforward strengthless stressed strong suave subaudible submissive subtle succulent summery supple surd susceptible swanky sweet syllabic sympathetic sympathizing tame taste tear jerking tear-jerking teary temperate tender tenderhearted tense thick throaty timid timorous tolerant tonal tonic tranquil turbid twangy unaccented unburdensome unclear uncomplicated undemanding understanding unhardened uninebriating unmanly unmanned unnerved unprofitable unrestrained unrounded unsophisticated unstressed unstrung untroubled uxorious velar victimizable vocalic vocoid voiceless vowel vowellike warm warmhearted weak weak kneed weak minded weak-kneed weak-minded weak-voiced weakhearted weakly whisper-soft whispered whispering white-livered wide wifely witless womanish woolly workable yellow

Adjective(17 words)

moldable non-abrasive nonabrasive plain-sailing pliable quiet quiet as a mouse silly spongy still struggleless stupid tender uncrisp wimpy yielding zate

Adjective(4 words)

piano sonant subdued voiced

Related word relations

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12 relation types

More specific

5 entries

doughy downy flocculent foamy spumescent

Antonyms

9 entries

abrasive firm hard hardened harsh loud sensible

Synonyms

15 entries

balmy cushy daft delicate diffused easy flaccid gentle indulgent meek non abrasive piano quiet subdued voiced

Related terms

1 entries

mollify

derived

229 entries

Softail a good conscience is a soft pillow airsoft brown soft scale fail-soft failsoft go soft hypersoft jacketed soft point mallsoft nonsoft oversoft semi-soft semisoft silky soft soft 404

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derived from

1 entries

hexachord

distinct from

2 entries

erect hard

etymologically related_to

3 entries

same seem software

has context

6 entries

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not has_property

1 entries

hard

related to

32 entries

adjective blankets bright coercivity easy effeminate feeling ferromagnetic fluffy foolish gentle hard hold intense magnetic mollify

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similar

113 entries

brushed cheeselike clement compressible conciliative conciliatory continuant cottony cushioned cushiony

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Translations

366 translations across 135 languages.

Abkhaz

1 entries

атата adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Afrikaans

1 entries

sag adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Albanian

2 entries

i butë adj (easily giving way under pressure)
i butë adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

μαλακός adj (easily giving way under pressure)
μαλακός adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)
μαλθακός adj (easily giving way under pressure)
μαλθακός adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

Arabic

4 entries

لين adj (easily giving way under pressure)
نَاعِم adj (easily giving way under pressure)
نَاعِم adj (easily giving way under pressure)
نَاعِم adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

Armenian

1 entries

փափուկ adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Aromanian

1 entries

moali adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Assamese

1 entries

নৰম adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

yumşaq adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Bashkir

2 entries

йомшаҡ adj (easily giving way under pressure)
йомшаҡ adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

Belarusian

1 entries

мя́ккі adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Bengali

1 entries

নরম adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Bikol Central

2 entries

malumoy adj (easily giving way under pressure)
mayumok adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

Bulgarian

4 entries

изнежен adj (slang: lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy)
мек adj (easily giving way under pressure)
мек adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)
мек adj (of water: low in dissolved calcium compounds)

Burmese

2 entries

တိုး adj (gentle)
ပျော့ adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries

мня́гкый adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Catalan

4 entries

dolç adj (gentle)
lleuger adj (gentle)
moll adj (easily giving way under pressure)
suau adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

Cebuano

1 entries

humok adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Central Kurdish

4 entries

نەرم adj (easily giving way under pressure)
نەرم adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)
نەرم adj (of a sound)
ھێمن adj (of a sound)

Chamicuro

2 entries

kala chmawa adj (easily giving way under pressure)
pe'cha adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Chechen

1 entries

кӏеда adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

軟 /软 adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

軟 /软 adj (easily giving way under pressure)
軟 /软 adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

Church Slavic

2 entries

мѧкъкъ adj (easily giving way under pressure)
мѧкъкъ adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries

yumşaq adj (easily giving way under pressure)
yımşaq adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Czech

2 entries

měkký adj (easily giving way under pressure)
měkký adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

Danish

1 entries

sagte adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Dolgan

1 entries

һымнагас adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Dutch

4 entries

stil adj (of a sound)
week adj (slang: lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy)
zacht adj (easily giving way under pressure)
zacht adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

Eastern Khanty

1 entries

њамәк adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Erzya

1 entries

чевте adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Esperanto

3 entries

dolĉa adj (gentle)
milda adj (of a sound)
mola adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Estonian

1 entries

pehme adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Evenki

1 entries

немумэ adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Finnish

4 entries

hellä adj (gentle)
lempeä adj (gentle)
pehmeä adj (easily giving way under pressure)
pehmeä adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

French

4 entries

douce adj (gentle)
doux adj (easily giving way under pressure)
doux adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)
doux adj (gentle)

Friulian

1 entries

mol adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Galician

4 entries

dondio adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)
dondo adj (easily giving way under pressure)
dondo adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)
lene adj (gentle)

Georgian

1 entries

რბილი adj (easily giving way under pressure)

German

4 entries

leise adj (of a sound)
sanft adj (gentle)
weich adj (easily giving way under pressure)
weich adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

Greek

2 entries

απαλός adj (easily giving way under pressure)
μαλακός adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Hawaiian

4 entries

nahenahe adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)
palupalu adj (easily giving way under pressure)
polinahe adj (of a sound)
waliwali adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Hebrew

1 entries

רַךְ adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Hindi

2 entries

कोमल adj (easily giving way under pressure)
नरम adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Hungarian

4 entries

alkoholmentes adj (of a drink: not containing alcohol)
csendes adj (of a sound)
enyhe adj (having a slight angle from straight)
enyhe adj (agreeable to the senses)

Icelandic

1 entries

mjúkur adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Ido

1 entries

mola adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Ilocano

1 entries

nalukneng adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Indonesian

1 entries

lembut adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Ingrian

2 entries

neežnoi adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)
pehmiä adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Ingush

1 entries

кӏаьда adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Inuinnaqtun

1 entries

aqittuq adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Irish

4 entries

bog adj (easily giving way under pressure)
bog adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)
bog adj (gentle)
séimh adj (of a sound)

Italian

4 entries

dolce adj (of a sound)
dolce adj (gentle)
molle adj (easily giving way under pressure)
morbida adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Ivatan

1 entries

mahma adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Japanese

2 entries

柔らかい adj (easily giving way under pressure)
柔らかい adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

Javanese

1 entries

lembut adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Jingpho

2 entries

mäni adj (easily giving way under pressure)
nu adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Kapampangan

1 entries

malambut adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries

джумушакъ adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Karaim

1 entries

йымшакъ adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Kazakh

1 entries

жұмсақ adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Khakas

1 entries

нымзах adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Khmer

1 entries

កោមល adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Korean

4 entries

부드럽다 adj (easily giving way under pressure)
부드럽다 adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)
부드럽다 adj (gentle)
유순하다 adj (gentle)

Kumyk

1 entries

йымышакъ adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

жумшак adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Lao

1 entries

ນຸ່ມ adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Latgalian

1 entries

meiksts adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Latin

2 entries

mollis adj (easily giving way under pressure)
mollis adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

Latvian

4 entries

mīksts adj (easily giving way under pressure)
mīksts adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)
mīksts adj (of a sound)
mīksts adj (gentle)

Lithuanian

1 entries

minkštas adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Livonian

1 entries

pīemdõ adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Lombard

1 entries

mòll adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

měki adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Luxembourgish

3 entries

mëll adj (easily giving way under pressure)
siddeleg adj (easily giving way under pressure)
weech adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Macedonian

1 entries

мек adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Malay

1 entries

lembut adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Manchu

2 entries

ᡠᡥᡠᡴᡝᠨ adj (easily giving way under pressure)
ᡥᠠᡳᡥᡡ adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Marathi

1 entries

मऊ adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Mongolian

1 entries

зөөлөн adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Māori

4 entries

kōparuparu adj (easily giving way under pressure)
kūteretere adj (easily giving way under pressure)
mania adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)
momohe adj (gentle)

Nogai

1 entries

юмсак adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Norman

2 entries

mo adj (easily giving way under pressure)
mo adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

nerm adj (easily giving way under pressure)
nerm adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)
nerm adj (expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind)
nerm adj (gentle in action or motion; easy)

Norwegian

4 entries

bløt adj (of water: low in dissolved calcium compounds)
forsiktig adj (gentle)
myk adj (easily giving way under pressure)
myk adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

Occitan

2 entries

mòl adj (easily giving way under pressure)
suau adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries

мѧкъкъ adj (gentle)

Old English

4 entries

hnesċe adj (easily giving way under pressure)
hnesċe adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)
sēfte adj (easily giving way under pressure)
sēfte adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

Old Javanese

1 entries

lĕmbut adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Persian

4 entries

ساویز adj (gentle)
ملایم adj (gentle)
نرم adj (easily giving way under pressure)
نرم adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

Plautdietsch

3 entries

lind adj (gentle)
saunft adj (easily giving way under pressure)
wieekj adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Polish

4 entries

cichy adj (of a sound)
miękki adj (easily giving way under pressure)
miękki adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)
miękki adj (of water: low in dissolved calcium compounds)

Portuguese

4 entries

macio adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)
mole adj (easily giving way under pressure)
suave adj (of a sound)
suave adj (gentle)

Quechua

1 entries

api adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Rohingya

1 entries

norom adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Romanian

4 entries

delicat adj (gentle)
gingaș adj (gentle)
indecis adj (slang: lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy)
moale adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Romansch

1 entries

lom adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Russian

4 entries

мя́гкий adj (easily giving way under pressure)
мя́гкий adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)
мя́гкий adj (gentle)
мягкий adj (of water: low in dissolved calcium compounds)

Sanskrit

2 entries

कोमल adj (easily giving way under pressure)
मृदु adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Sardinian

4 entries

modde adj (easily giving way under pressure)
moddi adj (easily giving way under pressure)
moddu adj (easily giving way under pressure)
modhe adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

binn adj (of a sound)
bog adj (easily giving way under pressure)
bog adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)
bog adj (gentle)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries

blag adj (gentle)
mȅk adj (easily giving way under pressure)
ме̏к adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Sherpa

1 entries

འཇམ་པུ adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Shor

1 entries

чымчақ adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Sicilian

1 entries

moddu adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Slovak

1 entries

mäkký adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Slovene

1 entries

mêhek adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Somali

1 entries

jilicsan adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Southern Altai

1 entries

јымжак adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Spanish

4 entries

blando adj (easily giving way under pressure)
lene adj (easily giving way under pressure)
lene adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)
ligero adj (gentle)

Swedish

1 entries

mjuk adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Tagalog

1 entries

malambot adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Tajik

1 entries

нарм adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Talysh

1 entries

nam adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Tat

1 entries

nərm adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Tatar

1 entries

йомшак adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Telugu

1 entries

మెత్తటి adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

Thai

2 entries

นิ่ม adj (easily giving way under pressure)
นุ่ม adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Tocharian B

1 entries

lalaṃṣke adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Tofa

1 entries

чымҷақ adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Turkish

1 entries

yumuşak adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Turkmen

1 entries

ýumşak adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Tuvan

1 entries

чымчак adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Ukrainian

1 entries

м'яки́й adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Urdu

2 entries

نرم adj (easily giving way under pressure)
کومل adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Urum

2 entries

йумшах adj (easily giving way under pressure)
йымшах adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Uyghur

1 entries

يۇمشاق adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Uzbek

1 entries

yumshoq adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Venetan

4 entries

mol adj (easily giving way under pressure)
moło adj (easily giving way under pressure)
mòlo adj (easily giving way under pressure)
tènaro adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Vietnamese

4 entries

khẽ adj (of a sound)
khẽ khàng adj (of a sound)
mềm adj (easily giving way under pressure)
mềm adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

Welsh

3 entries

meddal adj (easily giving way under pressure)
meddal adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)
tyner adj (gentle)

White Hmong

1 entries

muag adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Yakut

1 entries

сымнаҕас adj (easily giving way under pressure)

Yiddish

2 entries

ווייך adj (easily giving way under pressure)
ווייך adj (of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh)

Sample sentences

59 total sentences available.

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The air is soft, the soil moist.

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My muscles have become soft.

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Sweet scents are borne on soft breezes.

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The candle's flame is flickering in the soft breeze.

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