Synonyms of soft touches

soft touches

noun

plural of soft touch

as in suckers

one who is easily deceived or cheated

the kindly old woman was a soft touch for any con man with a hard-luck story

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suckers
• tools
• victims
• patsies
• targets
• dupes
• pigeons
• chumps
• gulls
• saps
• losers
• pushovers
• fools
• mugs
• lunatics
• cat's-paws
• schnooks
• laughingstocks
• idiots
• dodoes
• geese
• schlemiels
• schlumps
• monkeys
• butts
• morons
• mocks
• boobies
• derisions
• simps
• mockeries
• turkeys
• marks
• simpletons
• jackasses
• dumbbells
• imbeciles
• dopes
• ninnies
• nincompoops
• blockheads
• dummies
• half-wits
• dolts
• dunces
• nitwits
• schlubs
• yo-yos

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confidence men
• sharks
• cheats
• swindlers
• cheaters
• dodgers
• sharpers
• tricksters
• slickers
• cozeners
• defrauders
• hoaxers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of soft touches

Those aspects are shown in the spa’s stucco and Venetian terrazzo, soft, neutral hues, and more; though there’s plenty Dior elements, too, with its fragrances on display and other soft touches. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 27 July 2026

And was the easiest of soft touches, but one who never tooted his own horn. — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026

Though both adaptations of Louisa May Alcott’s novel offer an exceptionally warm atmosphere, with their amber hues and teary-eyed pretty boys, the soft touches of this ’90s classic are paired perfectly with a weighted blanket and some London Fog. — Emma Specter, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2025