Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Softness

Nouns
  • softness, pliableness etc. adj.
  • flexibility
  • pliancy, pliability
  • sequacity, malleability
  • ductility, tractility
  • extendibility, extensibility
  • plasticity
  • inelasticity, flaccidity, laxity. penetrability. clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding
  • alumina, argil
  • cushion, pillow, feather bed, down, padding, wadding
  • foam. mollification
  • softening etc. v..
Verbs
  • render soft etc. adj.
  • soften, mollify, mellow, relax, temper
  • mash, knead, squash. bend, yield, relent, relax, give. plasticize'.
Adjectives
  • soft, tender, supple
  • pliant, pliable
  • flexible, flexile
  • lithe, lithesome
  • lissom, limber, plastic
  • ductile
  • tractile, tractable
  • malleable, extensile, sequacious, inelastic
  • aluminous
  • remollient. yielding etc. v.
  • flabby, limp, flimsy. doughy, spongy, penetrable, foamy, cushiony. flaccid, flocculent, downy
  • edematous, oedematous, medullary [Anat.], argillaceous, mellow. soft as butter, soft as down, soft as silk
  • yielding as wax, tender as chicken.