What is another word for softest?

Pronunciation: [sˈɒftəst] (IPA)

The word "softest" refers to something that is gentle, delicate or smooth. Some synonyms for the word "softest" are: 1. Supple: This word refers to something that is flexible and pliable. 2. Tender: It means something that is fragile and easily hurt. 3. Smooth: It refers to something that has an even surface and is easy to touch. 4. Fine: This word refers to something that is of high quality, delicate and refined. 5. Mild: It means something that is not extreme or intense, like a gentle breeze. 6. Subtle: It refers to something that is not easily noticeable, but still has an impact. 7. Silky: This word refers to something that is extremely smooth and soft. 8. Feather-soft: It means something that is as soft and light as feathers.

What are the hypernyms for Softest?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Softest

As for the butter, it was exquisite, and so, too, the home-baked bread, the more so, because only touched in the processes of preparing by the whitest and softest of hands.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
In the dry wood at the bottom he makes a little round pocket and lines it with the very softest material.
"Ways of Wood Folk"
William J. Long
She pressed her face against the sleeve of his jacket, and stroked his knee with as much luxurious pleasure as if the rough cord breeches had been made of the softest satin velvet.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell

Famous quotes with Softest

  • Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
    Michel de Montaigne
  • The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.
    Lao Tzu
  • Some men know that a light touch of the tongue, running from a woman's toes to her ears, lingering in the softest way possible in various places in between, given often enough and sincerely enough, would add immeasurably to world peace.
    Marianne Williamson
  • Poetry reveals to us the loveliness of nature, brings back the freshness of youthful feelings, reviews the relish of simple pleasures, keeps unquenched the enthusiasm which warmed the springtime of our being, refines youthful love, strengthens our interest in human mature, by vivid delineations of its tenderest and softest feelings, and through the brightness of its prophetic visions, helps faith to lay hold on the future life.
    William E. Channing
  • Love is the softest rose in the soul's garden.
    Matshona Dhliwayo

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