Main entry: soft, piano
Definition: used chiefly as a direction or description in music
Usage: the piano passages in the composition
Definition: used chiefly as a direction or description in music
Antonyms: very loudly, fortissimo
Definition: a direction in music; to be played very loudly
Main entry: soft
Definition: yielding readily to pressure or weight
Antonyms: hard
Definition: resisting weight or pressure
Antonyms: incompressible
Definition: incapable of being compressed; resisting compression
Main entry: soft
Definition: compassionate and kind; conciliatory
Usage: he was soft on his children
Antonyms: hard
Definition: dispassionate
Main entry: soft
Definition: (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')
Antonyms: hard
Definition: (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
Main entry: diffuse, diffused, soft
Definition: (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected
Antonyms: hard, concentrated
Definition: (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
Main entry: soft
Definition: (of sound) relatively low in volume
Usage: soft voices; soft music
Antonyms: loud
Definition: characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
Antonyms: high
Definition: a lofty level or position or degree
Antonyms: high
Definition: (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')
Antonyms: high
Definition: greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
Antonyms: high, high-pitched
Definition: used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
Antonyms: active
Definition: (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
Antonyms: noisy
Definition: full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds
Antonyms: unquiet
Definition: characterized by unrest or disorder
Definition: above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Antonyms: big
Definition: on a grand scale
Antonyms: much
Definition: (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent
Antonyms: sharpen
Definition: make sharp or sharper
Antonyms: bright
Definition: emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
Antonyms: sharp
Definition: having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
Antonyms: sharp
Definition: keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
Antonyms: lively
Definition: full of life and energy
Antonyms: cacophonic, cacophonous
Definition: having an unpleasant sound
Main entry: soft
Definition: not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)
Usage: soft targets
Antonyms: hardened
Definition: protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)
Main entry: soft, sonant, voiced
Definition: produced with vibration of the vocal cords
Usage: a frequently voiced opinion; voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z';
Main entry: easy, gentle, soft
Definition: having little impact
Usage: an easy pat on the shoulder; gentle rain; a gentle breeze; a soft (or light) tapping at the window
Definition: absence of light or illumination
Antonyms: dark
Definition: devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
Antonyms: dark
Definition: (used of color) having a dark hue
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: of comparatively great physical weight or density
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: unusually great in degree or quantity or number
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: of great intensity or power or force
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
Main entry: soft, delicate
Definition: easily hurt
Usage: soft hands; a baby's delicate skin
Antonyms: tough
Definition: resistant to cutting or chewing
Definition: physically toughened
Antonyms: tough
Definition: not given to gentleness or sentimentality
Main entry: flabby, flaccid, soft
Definition: out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
Usage: he was too soft for the army; flabby around the middle; flaccid cheeks
Antonyms: fit
Definition: physically and mentally sound or healthy
Antonyms: fit
Definition: meeting adequate standards for a purpose
Main entry: soft, subdued
Definition: not brilliant or glaring
Usage: the moon cast soft shadows; soft pastel colors; subdued lighting
Antonyms: sharpen
Definition: make sharp or sharper
Antonyms: bright
Definition: emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
Antonyms: sharp
Definition: having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
Antonyms: sharp
Definition: keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
Antonyms: lively
Definition: full of life and energy
Main entry: easygoing, cushy, soft
Definition: not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship
Usage: what a cushy job!; the easygoing life of a parttime consultant; a soft job
Definition: not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
Antonyms: uneasy
Definition: lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
Main entry: mild, soft, balmy
Definition: mild and pleasant
Usage: balmy days and nights; the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth; a soft breeze
Antonyms: inclement
Definition: used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy
Antonyms: inclement
Definition: (of weather or climate) severe
Main entry: soft, gentle
Definition: soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
Usage: a gentle reprimand; a vein of gentle irony; poked gentle fun at him
Antonyms: intense
Definition: possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
Main entry: soft
Definition: willing to negotiate and compromise
Antonyms: antagonistic
Definition: arousing animosity or hostility
Main entry: indulgent, soft, lenient
Definition: tolerant or lenient
Usage: indulgent parents risk spoiling their children; too soft on the children; they are soft on crime
Antonyms: unpermissive
Definition: not inclined to grant permission; severe in discipline
Antonyms: preventative, preventive
Definition: tending to prevent or hinder
Main entry: soft
Definition: using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation
Usage: soft data; the soft sciences
Antonyms: quantitative
Definition: expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement
Main entry: soft
Definition: (of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value
Usage: the market for computers is soft
Antonyms: rising
Definition: advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status