Hypernyms for "softness"
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compressibility
debility
decrescendo
diminuendo
dimness
disability
disablement
downiness
emasculation
faintness
featheriness
feebleness
flabbiness
flaccidity
fluffiness
frailness
frailty
handicap
impairment
infirmity
limpness
mushiness
pianissimo
piano
pulpiness
sponginess
squeezability
vagueness
valetudinarianism
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.