Meanings
plural soft soaps
- countableuncountableAny jellyish soap made by cooking natural oils and fats with potassium hydroxide.
Synonyms: green soap, potassium soap
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of soft-soap (“flattery, persuasion”).
present singular third person soft soaps · participle present soft soaping · participle past soft soaped · past soft soaped
- alternativeAlternative form of soft-soap.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny jellyish soap made by cooking natural oils and fats with potassium hydroxide.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna soft (or liquid) soap made from vegetable oils; used in certain skin diseases
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish suopa, nestesaippua
- suopasoap made with potassium
- nestesaippuafluid or semifluid soap
French savon noir
- savon noirsoap made with potassium
Portuguese sabão mole, sabão de potassa
- sabão molesoap made with potassium
- sabão de potassasoap made with potassium
- sabão líquidofluid or semifluid soap
Russian жидкое мыло
- жидкое мыло (židkoje mylo)fluid or semifluid soap
Swedish såpa, flytande tvål
- såpasoap made with potassium
- flytande tvålfluid or semifluid soap
Welsh sebon meddal
- sebon meddalsoap made with potassium
Cite this entry
soft soap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20soap
“soft soap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20soap. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soft soap,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20soap.
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