The quality of being soft.

plural of softness

Easily giving way under pressure. / (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh. / (of a sound) Quiet. / Gentle.

(archaic) Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.

A soft or foolish person; an idiot. / (motorsports) Ellipsis of soft tyre. (A tyre whose compound is softer than mediums, and harder than supersofts.) / (colloquial) A soft sound or part of a sound.

(obsolete) Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.

plural of soft

Used in the names of software houses.

(slang, vulgar) The state of the penis being only partially erect.

(US, informal), the schwa sound at the end of the African-American Vernacular English word nigga, as contrasted with the hard r sound at the end of the word nigger when spoken with a General American accent and considered maximally racist