SOFT TOUCH Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

soft touch

noun

Definition of soft touch

as in sucker

one who is easily deceived or cheated the kindly old woman was a soft touch for any con man with a hard-luck story

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Noun

The Maryland Terrapins rolled these suckers out in the early 2010s and subsequently burned the retinas of college football fans all over the country.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Locate the Suckers Before you get started, find the plant’s main stems, which will have many secondary shoots or leaves, called suckers, growing off of them.

— Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 18 July 2026

Definition of sucker

Noun

And the Santa Ana winds are blowing in September 1981, mentioned in a news report before an announcement of the latest Trawler victim in the season premiere.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
The police investigation was launched following complaints from relatives of the victims of the Gwangju crackdown, which official records say left about 200 people dead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

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Noun

For two decades she's turned the science of human behavior into practical tools that help people communicate with confidence.

— Big Think, Big Think, 2 Aug. 2026
Recent incidents expose critical security risks with autonomous AI agents, which act unsupervised using credentials and tools.

— Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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