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Synonyms for softness
soft·ness
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Princeton's WordNet
softnessnoun
the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded
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unmanliness, fuzziness, gentleness, fogginess, balminess, blurriness, indistinctness, effeminateness, effeminacy, sissiness, womanishness, unfitness, mildnessAntonyms:
intensity, sharpness, loudness, volume, hardness, distinctnessunfitness, softnessnoun
poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)
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fuzziness, gentleness, mildness, balminess, blurriness, indistinctness, fogginess, effeminateness, effeminacy, sissiness, inability, womanishness, unmanliness, unfitnessAntonyms:
volume, distinctness, loudness, sharpness, intensity, hardnessbalminess, softnessnoun
the quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing
"the day's heat faded into balminess"; "the climate had the softness of the south of France"
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fuzziness, gentleness, mildness, balminess, blurriness, indistinctness, fogginess, effeminateness, effeminacy, sissiness, womanishness, unmanliness, unfitnessAntonyms:
intensity, loudness, hardness, sharpness, volume, distinctnesssoftnessnoun
a state of declining economic condition
"orders have recently picked up after a period of extreme softness"; "he attributes the disappointing results to softness in the economy"
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unmanliness, fuzziness, gentleness, fogginess, balminess, blurriness, indistinctness, effeminateness, effeminacy, sissiness, womanishness, unfitness, mildnessAntonyms:
volume, sharpness, hardness, intensity, loudness, distinctnesssoftnessnoun
a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency
"and in softness almost beyond hearing"
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unmanliness, fuzziness, gentleness, fogginess, balminess, blurriness, indistinctness, effeminateness, effeminacy, sissiness, womanishness, unfitness, mildnessAntonyms:
intensity, loudness, sharpness, hardness, volume, distinctnesssoftnessnoun
a visual property that is subdued and free from brilliance or glare
"the softness of the morning sky"
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unmanliness, fuzziness, gentleness, fogginess, balminess, blurriness, indistinctness, effeminateness, effeminacy, sissiness, womanishness, unfitness, mildnessAntonyms:
distinctness, hardness, sharpness, volume, intensity, loudnessgentleness, softness, mildnessnoun
acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered
"his fingers have learned gentleness"; "suddenly her gigantic power melted into softness for the baby"; "even in the pulpit there are moments when mildness of manner is not enough"
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unmanliness, gentleness, mildness, unfitness, indistinctness, womanishness, lenience, fuzziness, blurriness, clemency, leniency, effeminateness, gradualness, fogginess, lenity, sissiness, balminess, effeminacyAntonyms:
distinctness, intensity, volume, hardness, loudness, sharpnessindistinctness, softness, blurriness, fogginess, fuzzinessnoun
the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
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unmanliness, gentleness, mildness, unfitness, indistinctness, womanishness, fog, murkiness, balminess, blurriness, effeminateness, murk, fogginess, fuzziness, sissiness, effeminacyAntonyms:
volume, distinctness, sharpness, intensity, hardness, loudnesseffeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanlinessnoun
the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
"the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy"; "Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness"; "he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him"
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unmanliness, gentleness, sissiness, mildness, balminess, indistinctness, fogginess, effeminateness, effeminacy, fuzziness, blurriness, womanishness, unfitnessAntonyms:
distinctness, intensity, sharpness, hardness, volume, loudnesssoftnessnoun
a disposition to be lenient in judging others
"softness is not something permitted of good leaders"
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unmanliness, fuzziness, gentleness, fogginess, balminess, blurriness, indistinctness, effeminateness, effeminacy, sissiness, womanishness, unfitness, mildnessAntonyms:
volume, loudness, sharpness, intensity, hardness, distinctness
Matched Categories
Editors Contribution
gentleness, careful, soft to the touch, kindness
softness of heart means someone who gives way easily due to compassion or empathy. softness of a material means it is comfortable, smooth and soft to the touch.
the baby snuggled down onto the softness of her freshly-laundered blanket.
Submitted by Soulwriter on June 7, 2021
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
softnessnoun
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mellowness, impressibility, plasticity, flaccidity, fictility, emollescence
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "softness":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#8103 | fog | |
#11794 | inability | |
#25334 | sweetness | |
#35273 | softness | |
#39648 | smoothness | |
#43547 | clemency | |
#52299 | gentleness | |
#74912 | leniency | |
#108497 | fuzziness | |
#114088 | murk | |
#131851 | unfitness | |
#155479 | effeminacy | |
#155933 | mildness | |
#241381 | blurriness | |
#243923 | lenity | |
#322528 | murkiness |
How to use softness in a sentence?
Brave men are all vertebrates they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.
We've connected compassion and emotion and kindness and softness as feminine traits. The great thing about today is the boundaries are being blurred. it was a great responsibility to play this character. I definitely felt the weight of history. I felt the weight of the family.
For softness, luxury and graceful aging, pure wool carpet is hard to beat, in addition to its natural, sustainable and insulating properties, wool carpet is also easy to maintain.
We mainly studied how dough behaves with and without yeast -- how the softness changes with leavening( rising), and how the dough responds to a temperature program during baking, this was fundamental to designing the pressure protocol for the dough without yeast.
People do not relate to softness anymore - in talk or under the guise of misunderstanding - they seem satisfied when they have proved to themselves that softness was feigned or blatant pretence and they were right in thinking hard and ugly thoughts of sarcasm, spite or other hurtful intentions
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