/ Dictionary / Index S softball: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: soft•ball Pronunciation: (sôft'bôl", soft'-), [key] — n. a form of baseball played on a smaller diamond with a larger and softer ball. the ball itself. something that can be easily dealt with: The confirmation committee threw her a softball on that question. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: softball (Thesaurus) softback softballer Related Content Daily Word Quiz: neologism Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language