soft
Definitions
Adjective
- Yielding readily to pressure or weight
- Compassionate and kind; conciliatory
- (of sound) relatively low in volume
- Produced with vibration of the vocal cords
- Not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)
- Used chiefly as a direction or description in music
- (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected
- (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')
Adverb
- In a relaxed manner; or without hardship; (`soft' is nonstandard)
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "soft".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | soft | 1 | 61 |
| 2 | softly | 2 | 31 |
| 3 | softened | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | softening | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | softer | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | softness | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | soften | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | softener | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | softens | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | softest | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | softwood | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | chipsoft | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | microsoft | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | microsoft's | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | powersoft | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | softball | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | softballs | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | softbank | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | softdrink | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | softech | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | softimage | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | softkey | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | softletter | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | softsoap | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | softspoken | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | software | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | software's | 2 | 0 |
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "soft" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pressed | 1 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "soft".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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| 1 | sift | 1 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 9
Fragments: 27
Sound Alikes: 2
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
Forget the "MAGA split" on Iran. It's the independents and soft partisans that matter.
Mar 15, 2026 Strength In Numbers | G. Elliott Morris
Mar 15, 2026 Strength In Numbers | G. Elliott Morris