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Synonyms for soft-handed

  • adjective

Most common

soft loose-handed tender relaxed

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Soft — gentle; permissive; lenient; slow to enforce discipline

soft, loose-handed, tender, relaxed, easy-going, amiable, remissful

2. Lily-handed — unaccustomed to hard work

lily-handed, uncalloused

Antonyms

hard-handed, heavy-handed, strict

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Gentle; permissive; lenient; slow to enforce discipline.

  2. adj. 2

    Unaccustomed to hard work.

Related words

Other spellings
soft handed softhanded

Example sentences

  • soft The bread is cutting badly because it's very soft.
  • tender It was put out to tender, and an Italian firm won.
  • relaxed Tom seems a lot more relaxed when Mary isn't here.

By length

4 letters
soft1
6 letters
tender2
7 letters
relaxed2, amiable4
9 letters
remissful
11 letters
uncalloused

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tender2 = 2 syllables).