Home › Words › S › softwearsoftwear/ˈsɒf(t)ˌwɛə/softwear · noun — athletic shoes, sneakers.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, softwear ranks #28,639 of 43,201 for Qualifying.softwear is pronounced /ˈsɒf(t)ˌwɛə/.EtymologyFrom soft + -wear.nounathletic shoes, sneakerse.g.“I also need church shoes – size 3 or 4 – for my eight-year-old daughter [and] softwear and church clothes for a 12-year-old boy.” — 2011, M.T., Dear Christine, The Nation News (Barbados)Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).