adj. Function: adjective
1
Synonyms: GENTLE 1, balmy, bland, faint, lenient, mild, smooth
Related Words: 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 FF1C; the dog's fur was soft FF1E;
Synonyms: cottony, satiny, silken, silky, velvety
Related Words: 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 FF1C; a soft cheese FF1E;
Synonyms: mushy, pappy, pulpous, pulpy, quaggy, spongy, squashy, squelchy, squishy, squushy, yielding
Related Words: 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