adj
Meaning 1
Easily giving way under pressure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- My head sank easily into the soft pillow.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: hard, resistant, solid, stony
Standard Lemma guide
soft
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: sŏft
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Received-Pronunciation: /sɒft/
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Multicultural-London-English, Received-Pronunciation: /sɔːft/
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General-American: sôft
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General-American: /sɔft/
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cot-caught-merger: /sɑft/
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cot-caught-merger: sŏft
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General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Texas, obsolete: săft
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Texas, obsolete: /sæft/
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rhymes with -ɒft
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CMU ARPABET: S AA1 F T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 2
Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Polish the silver with a soft cloth to avoid scratching.
- soft silk; a soft skin
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fluffy, non-abrasive
Antonyms: abrasive, scratchy
adj
Meaning 3
Quiet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I could hear the soft rustle of the leaves in the trees.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: quiet
Antonyms: loud
adj
Meaning 4
Gentle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- There was a soft breeze blowing.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gentle, light, nesh
Antonyms: harsh, rough, strong
adj
Meaning 5
Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- soft eyes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 6
Gentle in action or motion; easy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 7
Limp, weak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 8
Weak in character; impressible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 9
Requiring little or no effort; easy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 10
Not bright or intense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- soft lighting
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 11
Having a slight angle from straight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- At the intersection with two roads going left, take the soft left.
- It's important to dance on soft knees to avoid injury.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: acute
Antonyms: hard
adj
Meaning 12
Voiced; sonant; lenis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 13
Voiceless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 14
Palatalized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Slavic
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 15
Excessively empathetic or concerned about others’ wellbeing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Examples
- He’s too soft for the ruthless world of finance.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 16
Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Examples
- When it comes to drinking, he is as soft as they come.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: meek, mild, nesh, wimpy
Antonyms: firm, strict, tough
adj
Meaning 17
Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- You won't need as much soap, as the water here is very soft.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: hard
adj
Meaning 18
Foolish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, colloquial
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: daft, foolish, silly, stupid, asinine, balmy, barmy, bedaft, loony, derpy, dim-headed, dim-witted, dopey, dull-headed, dull-witted, dumb, duncical, fatuous, fuzzy-headed, fuzzy-minded, gauvison, goofy, idiotic, idle, insipient, mookish, naive, simple, slight, slow-witted, softheaded, soft in the head, sottish, thick, unsage, unwise, wool-headed, woolly-headed, woolly-minded, crackpot, dense
Antonyms: sensible
adj
Meaning 19
Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non-magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed, a material with a low magnetic coercivity. (compare hard)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 20
Physically or emotionally weak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- see: snowflake and softie
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 21
Effeminate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: epicene, fruity, swish, fem, feminine, femme, girlish, girly, ladyish, ladylike, maidenly, matronly, womanish, womanly, Of a man, camp, effeminate, soft, unmanly, unmasculine
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 22
Agreeable to the senses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a soft liniment
- soft wines
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 23
Agreeable generally; pleasant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dated, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 24
Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- soft colours
- the soft outline of the snow-covered hill
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 25
Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 26
Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The admin imposed a soft ban on the user.
- Messages removed by soft deletion can be recovered if necessary.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 27
Emulated with software; not physically real.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- Press the red button on the soft phone to hang up.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 28
Not likely to cause addiction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 29
Not containing alcohol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: alcoholic, hard
adj
Meaning 30
Easy-going, lenient, not strict; permissive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- soft on crime
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: easy, lax, soft-handed, clement, easygoing, forbearing, indulgent, lenient, loose-handed, permissible, permissive, relaxed, remissful, safe, soft
Antonyms: hard
adj
Meaning 31
Of a market: having more supply than demand; being a buyer's market.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: hard
adj
Meaning 32
Softcore
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: hard, hardcore
adj
Meaning 33
Mild, tame, moderate; far from intense or excluding harsh elements.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- soft humiliation play
- soft raceplay
- soft vore
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: light
Antonyms: rough
adj
Meaning 34
Of paper: unsized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 35
Of silk: having the natural gum cleaned or washed off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 36
Of coal: bituminous, as opposed to anthracitic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 37
Of weather: warm enough to melt ice; thawing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 38
Attracted to or emotionally involved with someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 39
Fake; counterfeit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 40
Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
intj
Meaning 41
Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 42
A soft-headed or foolish person; an idiot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 43
A soft drink.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 44
A tyre whose compound is softer than mediums, and harder than supersofts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 45
A soft sound or part of a sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 46
A piece of software.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, nonstandard, rare
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 47
Banknotes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 48
yielding readily to pressure or weight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: hard
adjective
Meaning 49
compassionate and kind; conciliatory
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was soft on his children
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: hard
adjective
Meaning 50
(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')
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: hard
adjective
Meaning 51
(of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: diffuse, diffused
Antonyms: hard
adjective
Meaning 52
(of sound) relatively low in volume
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- soft voices
- soft music
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: loud
adjective
Meaning 53
used chiefly as a direction or description in music
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the piano passages in the composition
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: piano
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 54
not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- soft targets
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: hardened
adjective
Meaning 55
produced with vibration of the vocal cords;
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a frequently voiced opinion
- voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: voiced, sonant
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 56
not brilliant or glaring
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the moon cast soft shadows
- soft pastel colors
- subdued lighting
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: subdued
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 57
mild and pleasant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- balmy days and nights
- the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth
- a soft breeze
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: balmy, mild
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 58
not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- what a cushy job!
- the easygoing life of a parttime consultant
- a soft job
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cushy, easygoing
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 59
willing to negotiate and compromise
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 60
out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was too soft for the army
- flabby around the middle
- flaccid cheeks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flabby, flaccid
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 61
having little impact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an easy pat on the shoulder
- gentle rain
- a gentle breeze
- a soft (or light) tapping at the window
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: easy, gentle
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 62
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a gentle reprimand
- a vein of gentle irony
- poked gentle fun at him
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gentle
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 63
tolerant or lenient
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- indulgent parents risk spoiling their children
- too soft on the children
- they are soft on crime
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: indulgent, lenient
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 64
using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- soft data
- the soft sciences
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 65
easily hurt
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- soft hands
- a baby's delicate skin
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: delicate
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 66
(of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the market for computers is soft
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 67
in a relaxed manner; or without hardship (`soft' is nonstandard)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- just wanted to take it easy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: easy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft From Middle English softe, from Old English sōfte, alteration of earlier sēfte (“soft”), from Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) (“level, even, smooth, soft, gentle”) (compare *sōmiz (“agreeable, fitting”)), from Proto-Indo-European *semptio-, *semtio-, from *sem- (“one, whole”). Cognate with West Frisian sêft (“gentle; soft”), Dutch zacht (“soft”), German Low German sacht (“soft”), German sanft (“soft, yielding”), Old Norse sœmr (“agreeable, fitting”), samr (“same”). More at seem, same.
From Middle English softe, from Old English sōfte (“softly”), from Proto-West Germanic *samftō (“softly”).
Across languages
Translations
370 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Abkhaz: атата (atʼatʼa) — easily giving way under pressure
- Afrikaans: sag — easily giving way under pressure
- Albanian: i butë — easily giving way under pressure
- Southern Altai: јымжак (ǰïmžak) — easily giving way under pressure
- Arabic: نَاعِم (nāʕim) — easily giving way under pressure
- Arabic: لَيِّن (layyin) — easily giving way under pressure
- Arabic: ناعم (nāʕim) — easily giving way under pressure
- Armenian: փափուկ (pʻapʻuk) — easily giving way under pressure
- Aromanian: moali — easily giving way under pressure
- Assamese: নৰম (norom) — easily giving way under pressure
- Azerbaijani: yumşaq — easily giving way under pressure
- Bashkir: йомшаҡ (yomşaq) — easily giving way under pressure
- Belarusian: мя́ккі (mjákki) — easily giving way under pressure
- Bengali: নরম (norom) — easily giving way under pressure
- Central Bikol: malumoy — easily giving way under pressure
- Bulgarian: мек (mek) — easily giving way under pressure
- Burmese: ပျော့ (pyau.) — easily giving way under pressure
- Carpathian Rusyn: мня́гкый (mnjáhkŷj) — easily giving way under pressure
- Catalan: moll — easily giving way under pressure
- Cebuano: humok — easily giving way under pressure
- Chamicuro: kala chmawa — easily giving way under pressure
- Chamicuro: pe'cha — easily giving way under pressure
- Chechen: кӏеда (kʼeda) — easily giving way under pressure
- Chinese Cantonese: 軟 /软 (jyun5) — easily giving way under pressure
- Chinese Mandarin: 軟 /软 (ruǎn) — easily giving way under pressure
- Crimean Tatar: yumşaq — easily giving way under pressure
- Crimean Tatar: yımşaq — easily giving way under pressure
- Czech: měkký — easily giving way under pressure
- Danish: sagte — easily giving way under pressure
- Dolgan: һымнагас — easily giving way under pressure
- Dutch: zacht — easily giving way under pressure
- Erzya: чевте (čevte) — easily giving way under pressure
- Esperanto: mola — easily giving way under pressure
- Estonian: pehme — easily giving way under pressure
- Evenki: немумэ (ņemumə) — easily giving way under pressure
- Finnish: pehmeä — easily giving way under pressure
- French: mou — easily giving way under pressure
- French: molle — easily giving way under pressure
- French: doux — easily giving way under pressure
- French: tendre — easily giving way under pressure
- Friulian: mol — easily giving way under pressure
- Galician: mol — easily giving way under pressure
- Galician: dondo — easily giving way under pressure
- Galician: olmo — easily giving way under pressure
- Galician: nidio — easily giving way under pressure
- Georgian: რბილი (rbili) — easily giving way under pressure
- German: weich — easily giving way under pressure
- Greek: απαλός (apalós) — easily giving way under pressure
- Greek: μαλακός (malakós) — easily giving way under pressure
- Ancient Greek: ἁπαλός (hapalós) — easily giving way under pressure
- Ancient Greek: μαλακός (malakós) — easily giving way under pressure
- Ancient Greek: μαλθακός (malthakós) — easily giving way under pressure
- Hawaiian: palupalu — easily giving way under pressure
- Hawaiian: waliwali — easily giving way under pressure
- Hebrew: רַךְ (rach) — easily giving way under pressure
- Hindi: कोमल (komal) — easily giving way under pressure
- Hindi: नरम (naram) — easily giving way under pressure
- White Hmong: muag — easily giving way under pressure
- Hungarian: lágy — easily giving way under pressure
- Hungarian: puha — easily giving way under pressure
- Icelandic: mjúkur — easily giving way under pressure
- Ido: mola — easily giving way under pressure
- Ilocano: nalukneng — easily giving way under pressure
- Indonesian: lembut — easily giving way under pressure
- Ingrian: pehmiä — easily giving way under pressure
- Ingush: кӏаьда (kʼäda) — easily giving way under pressure
- Inuinnaqtun: aqittuq — easily giving way under pressure
- Inuttitut: aĸittuk — easily giving way under pressure
- Inuttitut: ĸituttuk — easily giving way under pressure
- Irish: bog — easily giving way under pressure
- Italian: morbido — easily giving way under pressure
- Italian: morbida — easily giving way under pressure
- Italian: soffice — easily giving way under pressure
- Italian: molle — easily giving way under pressure
- Ivatan: mahma — easily giving way under pressure
- Japanese: 柔らかい (yawarakai) — easily giving way under pressure
- Javanese: lembut — easily giving way under pressure
- Old Javanese: lĕmbut — easily giving way under pressure
- Jingpho: mäni — easily giving way under pressure
- Jingpho: nu — easily giving way under pressure
- Kapampangan: malambut — easily giving way under pressure
- Karachay-Balkar: джумушакъ (cumuşaq) — easily giving way under pressure
- Karaim: йымшакъ — easily giving way under pressure
- Kazakh: жұмсақ (jūmsaq) — easily giving way under pressure
- Khakas: нымзах (nımzax) — easily giving way under pressure
- Eastern Khanty: њамәк (njamək) — easily giving way under pressure
- Khmer: កោមល (kaomɑl) — easily giving way under pressure
- Korean: 부드럽다 (budeureopda) — easily giving way under pressure
- Kumyk: йымышакъ (yımışaq) — easily giving way under pressure
- Central Kurdish: نەرم (nerm) — easily giving way under pressure
- Northern Kurdish: nerm — easily giving way under pressure
- Kyrgyz: жумшак (jumşak) — easily giving way under pressure
- Lao: ນຸ່ມ (num) — easily giving way under pressure
- Latgalian: meiksts — easily giving way under pressure
- Latin: mollis — easily giving way under pressure
- Latvian: mīksts — easily giving way under pressure
- Lithuanian: minkštas — easily giving way under pressure
- Livonian: pīemdõ — easily giving way under pressure
- Lombard: mòll — easily giving way under pressure
- Luxembourgish: weech — easily giving way under pressure
- Luxembourgish: mëll — easily giving way under pressure
- Luxembourgish: siddeleg — easily giving way under pressure
- Macedonian: мек (mek) — easily giving way under pressure
- Malay: lembut — easily giving way under pressure
- Manchu: ᡥᠠᡳᡥᡡ (haihū) — easily giving way under pressure
- Manchu: ᡠᡥᡠᡴᡝᠨ (uhuken) — easily giving way under pressure
- Māori: māngohe — easily giving way under pressure
- Māori: kōparuparu — easily giving way under pressure
- Māori: kūteretere — easily giving way under pressure
- Māori: pūngahungahu — easily giving way under pressure
- Māori: pūngorungoru — easily giving way under pressure
- Marathi: मऊ (maū) — easily giving way under pressure
- Mongolian: зөөлөн (zöölön) — easily giving way under pressure
- Muna: malu — easily giving way under pressure
- Nogai: юмсак (yumsak) — easily giving way under pressure
- Norman: mo — easily giving way under pressure
- Norwegian: svak — easily giving way under pressure
- Norwegian: myk — easily giving way under pressure
- Occitan: mòl — easily giving way under pressure
- Church Slavic: мѧкъкъ (mękŭkŭ) — easily giving way under pressure
- Old English: hnesċe — easily giving way under pressure
- Old English: sēfte — easily giving way under pressure
- Persian: نرم (narm) — easily giving way under pressure
- Plautdietsch: wieekj — easily giving way under pressure
- Plautdietsch: saunft — easily giving way under pressure
- Polish: miękki — easily giving way under pressure
- Portuguese: mole — easily giving way under pressure
- Quechua: api — easily giving way under pressure
- Rohingya: norom — easily giving way under pressure
- Romanian: moale — easily giving way under pressure
- Romansh: lom — easily giving way under pressure
- Russian: мя́гкий (mjáxkij) — easily giving way under pressure
- Sanskrit: मृदु (mṛdu) — easily giving way under pressure
- Sanskrit: कोमल (komala) — easily giving way under pressure
- Sardinian: modde — easily giving way under pressure
- Sardinian: moddi — easily giving way under pressure
- Sardinian: moddu — easily giving way under pressure
- Sardinian: modhe — easily giving way under pressure
- Sardinian: modhi — easily giving way under pressure
- Sardinian: modhu — easily giving way under pressure
- Scottish Gaelic: bog — easily giving way under pressure
- Scottish Gaelic: maoth — easily giving way under pressure
- Scottish Gaelic: sèimh — easily giving way under pressure
- Serbo-Croatian: ме̏к — easily giving way under pressure
- Serbo-Croatian: mȅk — easily giving way under pressure
- Sherpa: འཇམ་པུ ('jam pu) — easily giving way under pressure
- Shor: чымчақ — easily giving way under pressure
- Sicilian: moddu — easily giving way under pressure
- Slovak: mäkký — easily giving way under pressure
- Slovene: mêhek — easily giving way under pressure
- Somali: jilicsan — easily giving way under pressure
- Lower Sorbian: měki — easily giving way under pressure
- Spanish: blando — easily giving way under pressure
- Spanish: muelle — easily giving way under pressure
- Spanish: mole — easily giving way under pressure
- Spanish: lene — easily giving way under pressure
- Swedish: mjuk — easily giving way under pressure
- Tagalog: malambot — easily giving way under pressure
- Tajik: нарм (narm) — easily giving way under pressure
- Talysh: nam — easily giving way under pressure
- Tat: nərm — easily giving way under pressure
- Tatar: йомшак (yomşaq) — easily giving way under pressure
- Thai: นุ่ม (nûm) — easily giving way under pressure
- Thai: นิ่ม (nîm) — easily giving way under pressure
- Tocharian B: lalaṃṣke — easily giving way under pressure
- Tofa: чымҷақ — easily giving way under pressure
- Turkish: yumuşak — easily giving way under pressure
- Turkmen: ýumşak — easily giving way under pressure
- Tuvan: чымчак (çımçak) — easily giving way under pressure
- Ukrainian: м'яки́й (mʺjakýj) — easily giving way under pressure
- Urdu: کومل (kōmal) — easily giving way under pressure
- Urdu: نرم (naram) — easily giving way under pressure
- Urum: йымшах — easily giving way under pressure
- Urum: йумшах — easily giving way under pressure
- Uyghur: يۇمشاق (yumshaq) — easily giving way under pressure
- Uzbek: yumshoq — easily giving way under pressure
- Venetan: mòlo — easily giving way under pressure
- Venetan: moło — easily giving way under pressure
- Venetan: mol — easily giving way under pressure
- Venetan: tènaro — easily giving way under pressure
- Vietnamese: mềm — easily giving way under pressure
- Welsh: meddal — easily giving way under pressure
- Yakut: сымнаҕас (sïmnağas) — easily giving way under pressure
- Yiddish: ווייך (veykh) — easily giving way under pressure
- Albanian: i butë — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Arabic: نَاعِم (nāʕim) — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Bashkir: йомшаҡ (yomşaq) — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Central Bikol: mayumok — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Bulgarian: мек (mek) — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Catalan: suau — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Chinese Mandarin: 軟 /软 (ruǎn) — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Czech: měkký — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Dutch: zacht — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Finnish: pehmeä — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- French: mou — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- French: molle — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- French: doux — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Galician: suave — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Galician: dondio — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Galician: dondo — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Galician: mácio — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- German: weich — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Ancient Greek: μαλακός (malakós) — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Ancient Greek: μαλθακός (malthakós) — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Hawaiian: nahenahe — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Hungarian: puha — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Hungarian: finom — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Ingrian: neežnoi — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Irish: bog — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Italian: soffice — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Italian: morbido — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Japanese: 柔らかい (yawarakai) — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Korean: 부드럽다 (budeureopda) — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Central Kurdish: نەرم (nerm) — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Northern Kurdish: nerm — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Latin: mollis — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Latvian: mīksts — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Māori: māeneene — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Māori: mania — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Māori: newanewa — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Norman: mo — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Norwegian: myk — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Occitan: suau — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Church Slavic: мѧкъкъ (mękŭkŭ) — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Old English: hnesċe — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Old English: sēfte — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Persian: نرم (narm) — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Polish: miękki — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Portuguese: macio — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Romanian: moale — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Russian: мя́гкий (mjáxkij) — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Scottish Gaelic: bog — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Scottish Gaelic: tlàth — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Scottish Gaelic: sèimh — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Scottish Gaelic: maoth — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Spanish: suave — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Spanish: lene — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Telugu: మెత్తటి (mettaṭi) — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Vietnamese: mềm — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Welsh: meddal — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Yiddish: ווייך (veykh) — of cloth or similar material: smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
- Bulgarian: тих (tih) — of a sound
- Dutch: zacht — of a sound
- Dutch: stil — of a sound
- Esperanto: milda — of a sound
- Finnish: vaimea — of a sound
- German: leise — of a sound
- Hawaiian: polinahe — of a sound
- Hungarian: halk — of a sound
- Hungarian: csendes — of a sound
- Irish: séimh — of a sound
- Italian: dolce — of a sound
- Central Kurdish: نەرم (nerm) — of a sound
- Central Kurdish: ھێمن (hêmin) — of a sound
- Latvian: mīksts — of a sound
- Māori: riki — of a sound
- Māori: ririki — of a sound
- Māori: mārire — of a sound
- Norwegian: myk — of a sound
- Polish: cichy — of a sound
- Portuguese: suave — of a sound
- Romanian: încet — of a sound
- Russian: ти́хий (tíxij) — of a sound
- Scottish Gaelic: mìn — of a sound
- Scottish Gaelic: binn — of a sound
- Spanish: tenue — of a sound
- Vietnamese: khẽ — of a sound
- Vietnamese: khẽ khàng — of a sound
- Bulgarian: нежен (nežen) — gentle
- Burmese: တိုး (tui:) — gentle
- Catalan: dolç — gentle
- Catalan: suau — gentle
- Catalan: lleuger — gentle
- Dutch: zacht — gentle
- Esperanto: dolĉa — gentle
- Finnish: lempeä — gentle
- Finnish: hellä — gentle
- French: doux — gentle
- French: douce — gentle
- Galician: suave — gentle
- Galician: lene — gentle
- Galician: maino — gentle
- Galician: sangal — gentle
- Galician: manseliño — gentle
- German: sanft — gentle
- Hungarian: gyengéd — gentle
- Hungarian: lágy — gentle
- Irish: bog — gentle
- Irish: tláith — gentle
- Irish: séimh — gentle
- Italian: dolce — gentle
- Korean: 부드럽다 (budeureopda) — gentle
- Korean: 유순하다 (yusunhada) — gentle
- Latvian: mīksts — gentle
- Māori: momohe — gentle
- Norwegian: forsiktig — gentle
- Old Church Slavonic: мѧкъкъ (mękŭkŭ) — gentle
- Old English: sēfte — gentle
- Persian: ملایم (molâyem) — gentle
- Persian: ساویز (sâviz) — gentle
- Plautdietsch: lind — gentle
- Polish: łagodny — gentle
- Portuguese: suave — gentle
- Romanian: delicat — gentle
- Romanian: gingaș — gentle
- Romanian: suav — gentle
- Russian: мя́гкий (mjáxkij) — gentle
- Scottish Gaelic: bog — gentle
- Scottish Gaelic: maoth — gentle
- Scottish Gaelic: caomh — gentle
- Scottish Gaelic: tlàth — gentle
- Serbo-Croatian: blag — gentle
- Spanish: suave — gentle
- Spanish: tenue — gentle
- Spanish: lene — gentle
- Vietnamese: nhẹ — gentle
- Vietnamese: nhẹ nhàng — gentle
- Welsh: tyner — gentle
- Hungarian: szelíd — expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind
- Northern Kurdish: nerm — expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind
- Northern Kurdish: nerm — gentle in action or motion; easy
- Hungarian: gyenge — weak in character; impressible
- Hungarian: erőtlen — weak in character; impressible
- Northern Kurdish: nerm — weak in character; impressible
- Hungarian: kényelmes — requiring little or no effort; easy
- Hungarian: kellemes — requiring little or no effort; easy
- Hungarian: könnyű — requiring little or no effort; easy
- Hungarian: laza — requiring little or no effort; easy
- Hungarian: lágy — not bright or intense
- Hungarian: megnyugtató — not bright or intense
- Hungarian: tompa — not bright or intense
- Hungarian: enyhe — having a slight angle from straight
- Irish: séimh — phonetics: voiced, sonant, lenis
- Hungarian: lágy — Slavic phonology: palatalized
- Bulgarian: изнежен (iznežen) — slang: lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy
- Dutch: week — slang: lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy
- Finnish: pehmeä — slang: lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy
- German: weich — slang: lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy
- Hungarian: ernyedt — slang: lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy
- Hungarian: erőtlen — slang: lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy
- Latvian: mīksts — slang: lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy
- Norwegian: svak — slang: lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy
- Old English: sēfte — slang: lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy
- Romanian: slab — slang: lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy
- Romanian: moale — slang: lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy
- Romanian: indecis — slang: lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy
- Russian: сла́бый (slábyj) — slang: lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy
- Bulgarian: мек (mek) — of water: low in dissolved calcium compounds
- Dutch: zacht — of water: low in dissolved calcium compounds
- Finnish: pehmeä — of water: low in dissolved calcium compounds
- Hungarian: lágy — of water: low in dissolved calcium compounds
- Latvian: mīksts — of water: low in dissolved calcium compounds
- Norwegian: bløt — of water: low in dissolved calcium compounds
- Polish: miękki — of water: low in dissolved calcium compounds
- Russian: мягкий (mjaxkij) — of water: low in dissolved calcium compounds
- Hungarian: lágy — physics, of a ferromagnetic material: that becomes essentially non-magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed
- Hungarian: gyenge — of a person: physically or emotionally weak
- Hungarian: erőtlen — of a person: physically or emotionally weak
- Hungarian: könnyű — agreeable to the senses
- Hungarian: enyhe — agreeable to the senses
- Hungarian: lágy — not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye
- Hungarian: kellemes — not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye
- Hungarian: enyhe — not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye
- Hungarian: megnyugtató — not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye
- Hungarian: könnyű — of a drug: not likely to cause addiction
- Hungarian: enyhe — of a drug: not likely to cause addiction
- Hungarian: alkoholmentes — of a drink: not containing alcohol
- Hungarian: üdítő- — of a drink: not containing alcohol
- Hungarian: gyengekezű — easy-going, lenient, not strict; permissive
- Hungarian: puha — of pornography: softcore