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Synonyms for soft
Synonyms for soft: flabby, subdued, easy, easygoing, gentle, indulgent and mild. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 7 synonyms for soft
Interchangeable with soft, one per sense
Audited under soft's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one soft carries in that sense.
- flabbyadjective, in the sense "out of condition"
- subduedadjective, in the sense "not brilliant or glaring"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name soft as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- easyeasy is an adjective in the sense "having little impact"
- easygoingeasygoing is an adjective in the sense "not burdensome or demanding"
- gentlegentle is an adjective in the sense "soft and mild"
- indulgentindulgent is an adjective in the sense "tolerant or lenient"
- mildmild is an adjective in the sense "mild and pleasant"
two of these come from soft's own entries in the bank, and five were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
out of condition
Months behind a desk had left him soft and slow.
The true synonym
flabby
Same sentence, swapped: Months behind a desk had left him flabby and slow.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- piano
- gentle
- flat
not brilliant or glaring
The moon cast soft shadows.
The true synonym
subdued
Same sentence, swapped: The moon cast subdued shadows.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot soft is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- easy
- lenient
- loose
Where soft turns up in the game
soft is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in nine other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 9 puzzles where soft is the trap
- looseadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is escaped, in the sense "having escaped, especially from confinement", and soft is one of the three tiles that lose.
- comfortableadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is comfy, in the sense "providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief ('comfy' is informal)", and soft is on the board beside it.
- delicateadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is fragile, in the sense "easily broken or damaged or destroyed", so soft is there to be ruled out.
- wiryadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is sinewy, in the sense "lean and tough, with sinewy muscles", with soft sitting one tile away.
Play soft
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so soft reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other the body words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. soft carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.