soft spot

Questions about soft spot

What does soft spot mean?

soft spot means "a place of especial vulnerability". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for soft spot?

Close synonyms include weak part, weak spot, fontanelle, fontanel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is soft spot a common word?

soft spot is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.