soft palate soft-paced • soft-pale · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · soft palate · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 11 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking. Synonyms: soft palate, velum. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · velum · · Synonym 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 e latin small letter e U+0065 f latin small letter f U+0066 l latin small letter l U+006C o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074