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Soft   /sɑft/  /sɔft/   Listen
Soft

adjective
(compar. softer; superl. softest)
1.
Yielding readily to pressure or weight.  Antonym: hard.
2.
Compassionate and kind; conciliatory.  Antonym: hard.
3.
(of sound) relatively low in volume.  "Soft music"  Antonym: loud.
4.
Easily hurt.  Synonym: delicate.  "A baby's delicate skin"
5.
Produced with vibration of the vocal cords.  Synonyms: sonant, voiced.  "Voiced consonants such as 'b' and 'g' and 'z'"  Antonym: unvoiced.
6.
Not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons).  Antonym: hardened.
7.
Used chiefly as a direction or description in music.  Synonym: piano.  Antonym: forte.
8.
(of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected.  Synonyms: diffuse, diffused.  Antonym: hard.
9.
(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as 's' and 'sh').  Antonym: hard.
10.
(of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value.
11.
Using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation.  "The soft sciences"
12.
Tolerant or lenient.  Synonyms: indulgent, lenient.  "Too soft on the children" , "They are soft on crime"
13.
Soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe.  Synonym: gentle.  "A vein of gentle irony" , "Poked gentle fun at him"
14.
Having little impact.  Synonyms: easy, gentle.  "Gentle rain" , "A gentle breeze" , "A soft (or light) tapping at the window"
15.
Out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance.  Synonyms: flabby, flaccid.  "Flabby around the middle" , "Flaccid cheeks"
16.
Willing to negotiate and compromise.
17.
Not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship.  Synonyms: cushy, easygoing.  "The easygoing life of a parttime consultant" , "A soft job"
18.
Mild and pleasant.  Synonyms: balmy, mild.  "The climate was mild and conducive to life or growth" , "A soft breeze"
19.
Not brilliant or glaring.  Synonym: subdued.  "Soft pastel colors" , "Subdued lighting"
adverb
1.
In a relaxed manner; or without hardship.  Synonym: easy.



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"Soft" Quotes from Famous Books



... company were all seated on the green grass, which was so fine and soft that they needed neither cushion nor carpet, Simontault ...
— The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. I. (of V.) • Margaret, Queen Of Navarre
... their power and bitterness till the last line, "The flower that once has blown forever dies," which is written with rare beauty. "A Night-song" is possibly his best work; it is full of colors, originalities, and lyric qualities. Opus 13 contains six songs: "Music when Soft Voices Die" has many uncommon and effective intervals; "The Flower of Oblivion" is more dramatic than usual, employs discords boldly, and gives the accompaniment more individuality than before; "A Song of Four Seasons" is a delicious morsel of gaiety, and "Love within ...
— Contemporary American Composers • Rupert Hughes
... to Mr. Edison, and could not but look with interest and admiration at his furrowed, anxious, typically American and truly beautiful face. Here, if you like, was an example of nervous overstrain; but the soft and yet brilliant light of the restaurant was in itself a sufficient reminder that the overstrain had not been incurred for nothing. Electricity is the true "white magic" of the future; and here, with his pallid face and silver hair, sat the master magician—one of the great light-givers ...
— America To-day, Observations and Reflections • William Archer
... out boldly. His foot sank in something soft He did not seem to notice it. Another step and his foot sank again in the reeking muck. Suddenly he seemed to realize. He threw himself back and obtained a foothold. He stood trembling. He turned and tried another direction. Again he ...
— The Story of the Foss River Ranch • Ridgwell Cullum
... months only, they turned their steps towards Switzerland, reaching Zurich on August 1st, and encamped during six days before the town, exciting much sympathy by their pious tale and sorrowful appearance. In Switzerland the inhabitants were more gullible, and the soft parts of their nature were easily getatable, and the consequence was the Gipsies made a good thing of it for the space of four years. Soon after leaving Zurich, according to Dr. Mikliosch, the wanderers divided their forces. One detachment crossed the Botzberg and ...
— Gipsy Life - being an account of our Gipsies and their children • George Smith


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