soft
- adjective
- /sɔft/
- Too much soft living, Macoco.
Examples
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The new position at the company offers a soft schedule and minimal responsibilities.
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And so we need to create for ourselves a soft place to land.
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It's a soft job for me, anyhow!
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I've got a nice soft job for you both tomorrow night.
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Isn't your life always soft and lovely?
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She enjoys her soft job because it allows her plenty of free time.
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After years of hard work, he finally found a soft life where he could relax and enjoy each day.
Synonyms
Calm and relaxed, not harsh
An easy job or situation that needs little effort
Being calm and relaxed and not easily upset
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Jargon
Funds people give to parties or groups to influence elections instead of giving it directly to candidates
- Specialized
Part at the back of the mouth that lifts to close the nose when you swallow or speak
- Informal
A weak part of a plan or organization that others can easily take advantage of
- NSFW
A drug with mild effects, for example cannabis, that does not often cause addiction
- Specialized
A bullet with a soft tip that expands when it hits something to cause more damage
- Specialized
A small brown insect that lives on plants, drinks their juice and weakens them
- Specialized
A thick material of tiny particles that behaves like a solid and flows very slowly
- NSFW
A plan that makes people or machines stop working without causing death and without causing damage
- Specialized
A weapon that is not meant to kill people and is used for training and to control crowds
- Specialized
A metal that melts at low heat used to join metal parts, often in electronics
- Specialized
A small insect with a soft, waxy covering that lives on plant stems and leaves
- Specialized
A small blood-sucking animal without a hard shell on its back that bites animals and birds
- Specialized
A Cyrillic letter that makes the consonant before it sound with the tongue near the roof of the mouth
- Australian
A tall fern with a trunk and feathery leaves that grows in cool, shady places
A medium-sized Irish dog with a soft, light brown coat and a very hairy head
A water turtle with a flat soft shell that lives in rivers and lakes and bites hard
How Demanding
Surface Forms
Etymology
From the same old idea of 'gentle' or 'easy', a soft job or life is one that is not hard or demanding, so people use soft to mean easy and comfortable.