adjective
1.
Synonyms: gentle 1, balmy, bland, faint, lenient, mild, smooth
Related Word: moderate, temperate
2.
Synonyms: subdued 2, low-key, low-keyed, sober, softened, toned down
Antonyms: loud
3.
smooth or delicate in texture, grain, or fiber
the dog's fur was soft
Synonyms: cottony, satiny, silken, silky, velvety
Related Word: smooth; sleek
Contrasted words: coarse, rough
Antonyms: harsh
4.
Synonyms: comfortable 2, comfy, cozy, cushy, easeful, easy, snug
Antonyms: rough
5.
Synonyms: simple 3, ||buffle-headed, fatuous, foolish, sheepheaded, silly, spoony, weak-headed, weak-minded, witless
Idioms: ||soft in the head
6.
giving way easily to physical touch or pressure
a soft cheese
Synonyms: mushy, pappy, pulpous, pulpy, quaggy, spongy, squashy, squelchy, squishy, squushy, yielding
Related Word: softish; compressible, malleable, pliable, pliant, workable; doughy, formless; flabby, fleshy
Idioms: soft as butter
Contrasted words: firm, solid; resistant, rigid, tough, unyielding; nail-hard, rock-hard
Antonyms: hard