soft rock

noun

: rock music that is less driving and gentler sounding than hard rock

Examples of soft rock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The middle ground can be a worthwhile frontier, as evinced by the mellow, incense-scented soft rock of an album like Clairo’s Charm, and the Sullivans explore that same blissful, lived-in palette. — W. Reed Putnam, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026

Throughout her decades-long career, Bonnie Tyler recorded pop, country and soft rock music and scored hits with each style, but she is remembered primarily for her decade-defining rock smashes. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

But elsewhere the dominant influence seems to be seventies soft rock. — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 8 May 2026

The Dead was already such a crazy scene, but there are all these soft rock stations playing that song. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for soft rock

• alcock
• beanstalk
• bedrock
• boardwalk
• catwalk
• cornstalk
• crosswalk
• deadlock
• feedstock
• fetlock
• flintlock
• goshawk