Requiring little or no effort; easy.

• Before that they had been a good deal on the move, trekking about after the white man, who was one of those rolling stones that keep going round after a soft job.

Not bright or intense.

• soft lighting

Having a slight angle from straight.

• At the intersection with two roads going left, take the soft left.
• It's important to dance on soft knees to avoid injury.

human-scienceslinguisticsphoneticsVoiced; sonant; lenis.

• DH represents the voiced (soft) th of English these clothes.

rarehuman-scienceslinguisticsphoneticsVoiceless.

human-scienceslinguisticsphonologyPalatalized.

slangExcessively empathetic or concerned about others’ wellbeing.

• He’s too soft for the ruthless world of finance.

slangLacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.

• When it comes to drinking, he is as soft as they come.
• ‘Going soft on me, Jack?’ ‘You know I’m not.’ ‘Then why all the fuss and blow?’

Low in dissolved calcium compounds.

• You won't need as much soap, as the water here is very soft.

Foolish.

• He made soft fellows stark noddies, and such as were foolish quite mad.

natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsOf 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)

Physically or emotionally weak.

• see: snowflake and softie

Effeminate.

• A longing after sensual pleasures is a dissolution of the spirit of a man, and makes it loose, soft, and wandering.

Agreeable to the senses.

• a soft liniment
• soft wines

datedslangAgreeable generally; pleasant.

• And then there'll be the insurance people. And then a young man introducing himself as "The Press". I'll tell you what, sergeant, this being burgled isn't such a soft thing after all.

Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.

• soft colours
• the soft outline of the snow-covered hill

artshobbieslifestyleMade up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.

Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.

• The admin imposed a soft ban on the user.
• Messages removed by soft deletion can be recovered if necessary.

computingengineeringmathematicsEmulated with software; not physically real.

• Press the red button on the soft phone to hang up.

Not likely to cause addiction.

Not containing alcohol.

Easy-going, lenient, not strict; permissive.

• soft on crime

businessfinanceOf a market: having more supply than demand; being a buyer's market.

• Overall the rental market is soft and multifamily permit activity is almost nonexistent.

Softcore

Mild, tame, moderate; far from intense or excluding harsh elements.

• soft humiliation play
• soft raceplay

Of paper: unsized.

Of silk: having the natural gum cleaned or washed off.

Of coal: bituminous, as opposed to anthracitic.

Of weather: warm enough to melt ice; thawing.

informalAttracted to or emotionally involved with someone.

slangFake; counterfeit.

• All along, Nickle, I have tried to make you realise that this stroke was not to be a matter of planting a few soft fivers on racecourse bookies—I used to think that you had imagination. We intend to make notes of all the values and chiefly of the big ones.