squishy[adjective]Synonyms: soft, mushy, pulpous, pulpy, quaggy, spongy, squashy, squelchy, squushy, yielding
English Thesaurus: soft, tender, soggy, squishy, squashy, ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
soft not hard, firm, or stiff, but easy to press:
a soft mattress
Her skin was lovely and soft.
soft groundtender used about meat or vegetables that are soft and easy to cut, especially because they have been well cooked:
The beef was very tender.
Cook the carrots until tender.soggy very wet and too soft, in a way that seems unpleasant – used about bread, vegetables, and the ground:
soggy cabbage
a piece of soggy bread
The ground was too soggy to walk on.squishy soft and easy to press – used especially about fruit that is too soft, and about soft wet ground which makes a noise when you walk on it:
squishy tomatoes
The leaves were squishy under our feet.squashy British English soft and easy to press – used especially about fruit that is too soft, and about chairs that are soft and comfortable:
The peaches have gone all squashy.
a big squashy sofamushy used about fruit or vegetables that are very soft, wet, and unpleasant, because they are not fresh or have been cooked for too long:
mushy pieces of banana
a few mushy carrotsspongy soft and full of holes that contain air or liquid like a sponge:
a spongy foam
a spongy loaf
His boots sank into the spongy soil.springy used about something that is soft and comes back to its normal shape after being pressed or walked on:
springy turf (=grass)
Her hair felt lovely and springy.pliable /ˈplaɪəb
əl/ used about a material or substance that can be bent or pressed without breaking or cracking:
The clay was still pliable and not too dry.yielding literary used about a surface which is soft and will bend when you press it:
yielding flesh [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲