softback
adjective
soft·back ˈsȯf(t)-ˌbak 
: softcover
softback noun
Word History
First Known Use
1958, in the meaning defined above
softback
noun
as in hardback
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- hardback
- softcover
- paperback
- hardcover
- paperbound
- tome
- pocket book
- folio
- quarto
- book
- trade book
- trade edition
- paper
- handbook
- manual
- guidebook
- pocket edition
- cyclopedia
- encyclopedia
- textbook
- volume
- dictionary
- catalog
- text
- monograph
- primer
- treatise
- cyclopaedia
- catalogue
- anthology
- pulp
- novelette
- novel
- casebook
- how-to
- album
- chapbook
- almanac
- tract
- picture book
- omnibus