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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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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

They didn’t intend to subsidize the state’s soft touch.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2025

But what is no secret is Spurs are a soft touch for opponents with even the slightest hint of threat.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2025

I walked slowly down the hall, surrounded by my shouting and jostling classmates, seeing only the beautiful soldier, feeling only the electric tingle of her soft touch on my head.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang

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