softie

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noun

Synonym of soft girl.

“Jim was munching on his chocolate softie cone with his eyes closed.”

Similar
soft girlMicrosofterMicrosoftiesofty
OriginEnglish soft ← Middle English softe ← Old English sōfte →
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Meanings

softie1

nounsoftie (plural softies)

plural softies

  1. Synonym of soft girl.

    Synonyms: soft girl

  2. alternativeAlternative form of softy.
  3. Soft serve; a cone of soft serve

    Jim was munching on his chocolate softie cone with his eyes closed.

Softie2

nounSoftie (plural Softies)

plural Softies

  1. slangbusinessA Microsoft employee.

    Many Softies believed and continue to believe that Microsoft employees are smarter than everyone else and that the company is a magnet for the brightest, most ambitious tech and marketing experts[…]

    2008, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft Plans to Stay Relevant in the Post-Gates Era, John Wiley & Sons, page 18

    Synonyms: Microsofter, Microsoftie

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of soft girl.

Similar
soft girl

nounA Microsoft employee.

Similar
MicrosofterMicrosoftie

More synonyms by meaning

nouna person who is weak and excessively sentimental

Similar
softy
Broader
weaklingdoormatwuss
Also see
microsoftermicrosoftiesoft girlsofty

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

softie · noun

  1. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  2. Old Englishsōfte
  3. Middle Englishsofte
  4. Englishsoft
  5. Englishsoftie

From soft + -ie.

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Softie · noun

Clipping of Microsoft + -ie or from Microsoftie.

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APA

softie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/softie

MLA

“softie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/softie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “softie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/softie.

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