soft touch

NOUN

gullible person

Synonyms

STRONG

easy mark

WEAK

bleeding heart easy pickings easy touch prize sap pushover softie sucker

ADJECTIVE

generous; gullible

Synonyms

STRONG

easily taken in generous gullible large-hearted liberal magnanimous unstinting

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It may also cause them to see you as a soft touch who they can tap for money at any time, and who feels obliged to give.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Scotland's soft touch beginning had been cast to the winds.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

They didn’t intend to subsidize the state’s soft touch.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2025

Cracked Cronin: “The whole key to that is the loving, soft touch of the head coach.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2024

And very slowly under that soft touch Ged roused.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

soft touch

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