softback

Other forms of softback

plural

softbacks·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about softback

What does softback mean?

softback means "a book with paper covers".

How many syllables are in softback?

softback has 2 syllables: soft-back. The stress falls on "soft".

What is another word for softback?

Close synonyms include paperback book, paper-back book, paperback, softback book, soft-cover book. 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 softback a common word?

softback is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.