softcover
adjective
soft·cov·er ˈsȯf(t)-ˌkə-vər 
: bound in flexible covers : not bound in hard covers
specifically : paperback
softcover books
softcover noun
Word History
First Known Use
1952, in the meaning defined above
softcover
noun
as in hardcover
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- hardcover
- paperback
- hardback
- paperbound
- softback
- tome
- folio
- pocket book
- book
- trade book
- handbook
- quarto
- paper
- trade edition
- guidebook
- manual
- pocket edition
- textbook
- volume
- text
- catalog
- encyclopedia
- dictionary
- cyclopedia
- monograph
- treatise
- primer
- anthology
- novelette
- catalogue
- pulp
- album
- cyclopaedia
- chapbook
- novel
- casebook
- how-to
- almanac
- tract
- picture book
- omnibus