"soft spot" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

A place of especial vulnerability (synset 105049437)
is a type of: weakness - the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain
subtypes:
- achilles' heel - a seemingly small but actual mortal weakness
- jugular - a vital part that is vulnerable to attack
- underbelly - the quality of being weak or unprotected
same as: weak part, weak spot
A sentimental affection (synset 107560964)
"she had a soft spot for her youngest son"

is a type of: affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness - a positive feeling of liking
Any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus (synset 105552845)
is a type of: opening, orifice, porta - an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
subtypes:
- anterior fontanelle - corresponds to the bregma when bones have ossified
- sphenoid fontanel, sphenoid fontanelle, sphenoidal fontanel, sphenoidal fontanelle - the irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet; corresponds to the pterion when bones have ossified
is a part of:
- child's body - the body of a human child
- braincase, brainpan, cranium - the part of the skull that encloses the brain
same as: fontanel, fontanelle