soft touch

soft touch

noun

Definition of SOFT TOUCH

: a person who is easily imposed on or taken advantage of

Examples of SOFT TOUCH

1. His friends all know that he's a soft touch.
2. <the kindly old woman was a soft touch for any con man with a hard-luck story>

First Known Use of SOFT TOUCH

1939

Related to SOFT TOUCH

Synonyms: chump, gull, mug [chiefly British], patsy, pigeon, pushover, sap, ¹dupe, sucker, tool

Related Words: cat's-paw, mark, target, victim; schlemiel (also shlemiel); butt, derision, laughingstock, mock, mockery; booby, dodo, fool, goose, half-wit, jackass, lunatic, monkey, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, simp, simpleton, turkey, yo-yo; loser; blockhead, cretin, dolt, dope, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, idiot, imbecile, moron, schlub (also shlub) [slang], schlump [slang], schnook [slang]

Near Antonyms: cheat, cheater, confidence man, cozener, defrauder, dodger, hoaxer, shark, sharper, slicker, swindler, trickster

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Rhymes with SOFT TOUCH

as much, as such, a touch, nonesuch, retouch, so much, too much