| Sounds | saa'ft; sao'ft | |
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| Rhymes | waft ... Zoloft: 3 rhymes with aaft... | |
| aloft ... oft: 6 rhymes with aoft... | ||
| Meaning | Compassionate and kind; conciliatory. | |
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| Example | "he was soft on his children" | |
| Narrower | mellow, mellowed | Having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience |
| See also | easy | posing no difficulty |
| kind | Having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature | |
| merciful | showing or giving mercy | |
| tender | given to sympathy / sympathy / sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality | |
| warmhearted | marked by warmth of feeling like kindness and sympathy / sympathy / sympathy and generosity / generosity | |
| Opposite | hard | dispassionate |
| Spanish | blando, suave | |
| Nouns | softness | acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered |
| Meaning | (of sound) relatively low in volume. | |
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| Attribute of | volume, loudness, intensity | The magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction) |
| Narrower | dull, muffled, muted, softened | Being or made softer or less loud or clear |
| euphonious | (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound | |
| gentle | quiet and soothing | |
| hushed, muted, subdued, quiet | In a softened tone | |
| little, small | (of a voice) faint | |
| low, low-toned | Very low in volume | |
| murmuring, susurrant, whispering | making a low continuous indistinct sound | |
| murmurous, rustling, soughing, susurrous | Characterized by soft sounds | |
| soft-footed | sound of quiet gentle steps | |
| soft-spoken | Having a speaking manner that is not loud or harsh | |
| See also | quiet | Free of noise or uproar |
| Opposite | loud | Characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity |
| Nouns | softness | a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency |
| Adverbs | softly | with low volume |
| Meaning | easily hurt. | |
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| Example | "soft hands" | |
| Synonym | delicate | |
| Broader | tender, untoughened | physically untoughened |
| Spanish | delicado, mórbido | |
| Catalan | delicat, mòrbid | |
| Meaning | produced with vibration of the vocal cords. | |
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| Synonyms | voiced, sonant | |
| Opposite | unvoiced, voiceless, surd, hard | produced without vibration of the vocal cords |
| Spanish | sonoro | |
| Meaning | not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons). | |
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| Example | "soft targets" | |
| Opposite | hardened | protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons) |
| Meaning | Used chiefly as a direction or description in music. | |
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| Synonym | piano | |
| Narrower | pianissimo | chiefly a direction or description in music |
| pianissimo assai | chiefly a direction or description in music | |
| Opposite | forte, loud | Used chiefly as a direction or description in music |
| Spanish | piano, suave | |
| Meaning | (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected. | |
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| Synonyms | diffuse, diffused | |
| Opposite | hard, concentrated | (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source |
| Meaning | (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'). | |
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| Narrower | fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident | Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as 'f', 's', 'z', or 'th' in both 'thin' and 'then') |
| palatal, palatalized, palatalised | produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as 'y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as 'ch' in 'chin' or 'j' in 'gin') | |
| Opposite | hard | (of speech sounds) |
| Spanish | blando, suave | |
| Nouns | softness | a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency |
| Meaning | (of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value. | |
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| Example | "the market for computers is soft" | |
| Broader | falling | Becoming lower or less in degree or value |
| Nouns | softness | a state of declining economic condition |
| Meaning | Using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation. | |
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| Broader | qualitative | Involving distinctions based on qualities |
| Meaning | Tolerant or lenient. | |
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| Synonyms | indulgent, lenient | |
| Broader | permissive | granting or inclined or able to grant permission |
| Spanish | indulgente | |
| Catalan | indulgent | |
| Nouns | softness | a disposition to be lenient in judging / judging others |
| Meaning | Soft and mild; not harsh / harsh / harsh / harsh or stern or severe. | |
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| Synonym | gentle | |
| Broader | mild | moderate in type or degree or effect or force |
| Spanish | ligero, suave, tenue | |
| Catalan | lleuger, suau | |
| Meaning | Having little impact. | |
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| Example | "a soft (or light) tapping at the window" | |
| Synonyms | easy, gentle | |
| Broader | light | Of little intensity or power or force |
| Spanish | suave | |
| Catalan | suau | |
| Meaning | Out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance. | |
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| Example | "he was too soft for the army" | |
| Synonyms | flabby, flaccid | |
| Broader | unfit | not in good physical or mental condition |
| Spanish | flácida, flácido, fofo | |
| Nouns | softness | poor physical condition |
| Meaning | willing to negotiate and compromise / compromise. | |
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| Broader | conciliatory, conciliative | Intended to placate |
| Nouns | softness | acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered |
| Meaning | not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship / hardship. | |
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| Example | "a soft job" | |
| Synonyms | cushy, easygoing | |
| Broader | easy | posing no difficulty |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | suave | |
| Adverbs | soft | in a relaxed manner |
| Meaning | mild and pleasant. | |
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| Example | "a soft breeze" | |
| Synonyms | balmy, mild | |
| Broader | clement | (of weather or climate) physically mild |
| Spanish | apacible, suave, templado | |
| Catalan | apacible, suau | |
| Nouns | softness | the quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing |
| Meaning | not brilliant or glaring. | |
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| Synonym | subdued | |
| Broader | dull | emitting or reflecting very little light |
| Nouns | softness | a visual property that is subdued and free from brilliance or glare |
| Meaning | In a relaxed manner; or without hardship. | |
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| Example | "just wanted to take it easy"('soft' is nonstandard) | |
| Synonym | easy | |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Adjectives | soft | not burdensome or demanding |
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