softwear

soft·wear
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UK/ˈsɒf(t)ˌwɛə/US/ˈsɔftˌwɛɹ/cot caught merger/ˈsɑftˌwɛɹ/Australia/ˈsɔf(t)ˌweː/

noun

athletic shoes, sneakers

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Meanings

nounsoftwear (uncountable)
  1. Barbadosuncountableathletic shoes, sneakers

    At the time he was wearing a white T-shirt, long dress pants, and white softwear.

    2017, “Elderly man on police missing persons list”, in Daily, Barbados: Nation
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    I also need church shoes – size 3 or 4 – for my eight-year-old daughter [and] softwear and church clothes for a 12-year-old boy.

    2011, M.T., Dear Christine, The Nation News (Barbados)
  2. misspellinguncountableMisspelling of software.

    Please can someone point me in the right direction for advice on Hardwear & softwear.

    1995 August 1, ha...@eastcoast.co.za, “FAX ON DEMAND SOFTWEAR & HARDWEAR - Please help”, in comp.dcom.fax (Usenet), retrieved 09 May 2022
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    and why is it in alt.2600.et al its not hardwear its not softwear its not cracks hacks or codes its not cards phreaks wearz or hz its a personallity belongs in a different catagory

    1998 February 14, nyarl-tep, “YOURE ALL FUCKIN DEAD!!!!!”, in alt.2600.phreakz (Usenet), retrieved 09 May 2022

Origin

From soft + -wear.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with softwear

software
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Sounds the same

software

Anagrams

softwareforwaste
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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