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Definitions

soft touch

NOUN
gullible person
Synonyms
STRONG
easy mark
WEAK
bleeding heart easy pickings easy touch prize sap pushover softie sucker
ADJECTIVE
generous; gullible
Synonyms
STRONG
easily taken in generous gullible large-hearted liberal magnanimous unstinting

Example Sentences

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For a while, they thought maybe their new neighbor just had a soft touch, and a large heart.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

As a writer, Hughes was gifted with a heavy hand and a soft touch.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

In a nation of noisy confrontationalists—the skillful soft touch replaced by the swing of a folding chair—reason is routinely drowned out by the loudest voices in the room.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

The mass brawl at the final whistle, coupled with a brilliant Euro 2025 quarter-final victory over Spain on Saturday, removed any doubt these Young Lions could be a soft touch.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025

Frodo felt a soft touch on his face.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.