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sweet
noun
1 Sweet
English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912).
synonym: Henry Sweet.
2 sweet
A dish served as the last course of a meal.
synonyms: afters, dessert.
Dutch: dessert, nagerecht, toemaatje, toespijs, toetje
Polish: deser
3 sweet
A food rich in sugar.
synonym: confection.
Dutch: suikergoed
Polish: słodycze
4 sweet
5 sweet
The property of tasting as if it contains sugar.
synonym: sweetness.
Polish: słodkość, słodycz
adjective
1 sweet
Having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar.
Roget 897:
loving
etc.
v.;
fond of;
taken with,
struck with;
smitten,
bitten;
attached to,
wedded to;
enamored;
charmed
etc.
v.;
in love;
love-sick;
over head and ears in love,
head over heels in love.
affectionate,
tender,
sweet upon,
sympathetic,
loving;
amorous,
amatory;
fond,
erotic,
uxorious,
ardent,
passionate,
rapturous,
devoted,
motherly.
loved
etc.
v..
beloved well beloved,
dearly beloved;
dear,
precious,
darling,
pet,
little;
favorite,
popular.
congenial;
after one's mind,
after one's taste,
after one's fancy,
after one's own heart,
to one's mind,
to one's taste,
to one's fancy,
to one's own heart.
in one's good graces
etc.
(friendly)
888;
dear as the apple of one's eye,
nearest to one's heart.
lovable,
adorable;
lovely,
sweet;
attractive,
seductive,
winning;
charming,
engaging,
interesting,
enchanting,
captivating,
fascinating,
bewitching;
amiable,
like an angel.
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Roget 652:
clean,
cleanly;
pure;
immaculate;
spotless,
stainless,
taintless;
trig;
without a stain,
unstained,
unspotted,
unsoiled,
unsullied,
untainted,
uninfected;
sweet,
sweet as a nut.
neat,
spruce,
tidy,
trim,
gimp,
clean as a new penny,
like a cat in pattens;
cleaned
etc.
v.;
kempt†.
abstergent†,
cathartic,
cleansing,
purifying.
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Polish: słodki
2 sweet
Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub:
— A sweet disposition.
synonyms: angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic.
Roget 829:
causing pleasure
etc.
v.;
laetificant†;
pleasure-giving,
pleasing,
pleasant,
pleasurable;
agreeable;
grateful,
gratifying;
leef†,
lief,
acceptable;
welcome,
welcome as the roses in May;
welcomed;
favorite;
to one's taste,
to one's mind,
to one's liking;
satisfactory
etc.
(good)
648.
refreshing;
comfortable;
cordial;
genial;
glad,
gladsome;
sweet,
delectable,
nice,
dainty;
delicate,
delicious;
dulcet;
luscious
etc.
396;
palatable
etc.
394;
luxurious,
voluptuous;
sensual
etc.
377.
[of people]
attractive
etc.
615;
inviting,
prepossessing,
engaging;
winning,
winsome;
taking,
fascinating,
captivating,
killing;
seducing,
seductive;
heart-robbing,
alluring,
enticing;
appetizing
etc.
(exciting)
824;
cheering
etc.
836;
bewitching;
enchanting,
entrancing,
enravishing†.
charming;
delightful,
felicitous,
exquisite;
lovely
etc.
(beautiful)
845;
ravishing,
rapturous;
heartfelt,
thrilling,
ecstatic;
beatic†;
beatific;
seraphic;
empyrean;
elysian
etc.
(heavenly)
981.
palmy,
halcyon,
Saturnian.
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Polish: anielski
3 sweet
Pleasing to the ear.
synonyms: dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant.
Roget 413:
harmonious,
harmonical†;
in concord
etc.
n.,
in tune,
in concert;
unisonant†,
concentual†,
symphonizing†,
isotonic,
homophonous†,
assonant;
ariose†,
consonant.
measured,
rhythmical,
diatonic†,
chromatic,
enharmonic†.
melodious,
musical;
melic†;
tuneful,
tunable;
sweet,
dulcet,
canorous†;
mellow,
mellifluous;
soft,
clear,
clear as a bell;
silvery;
euphonious,
euphonic,
euphonical†;
symphonious;
enchanting
etc.
(pleasure-giving)
829;
fine-toned,
full-toned,
silver-toned.
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Roget 396:
sweet;
saccharine,
sacchariferous†;
dulcet,
candied,
honied†,
luscious,
lush,
nectarious†,
melliferous†;
sweetened
etc.
v..
sweet as a nut,
sweet as sugar,
sweet as honey.
sickly sweet.
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4 sweet
Pleasing to the senses.
Polish: słodki
5 sweet
Pleasing to the mind or feeling:
— Sweet revenge.
synonym: gratifying.
6 sweet
7 sweet
used of wines Having a high residual sugar content.
Polish: niewytrawny
8 sweet
Not containing or composed of salt water.
synonym: fresh.
Roget 428:
colored
etc.
v.;
colorific†,
tingent†,
tinctorial†;
chromatic,
prismatic;
full-colored,
high-colored,
deep-colored;
doubly-dyed;
polychromatic;
chromatogenous†;
tingible†.
bright,
vivid,
intense,
deep;
fresh,
unfaded†;
rich,
gorgeous;
gay.
gaudy,
florid;
gay,
garish;
rainbow-colored,
multihued;
showy,
flaunting,
flashy;
raw,
crude;
glaring,
flaring;
discordant,
inharmonious.
mellow,
pastel,
harmonious,
pearly,
sweet,
delicate,
tender,
refined.
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adverb
1 sweet
In an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly'):
— Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly.
— How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank.
— Talking sweet to each other.
synonym: sweetly.
Moby thesaurus: Jell-O, accommodating, achingly sweet, admirable, adorable, affable, aftertaste, agreeable, agreeable-sounding, ambrosial, amiable, amicable, angel, angelic, appealing, ariose, arioso, aromatic, attentive, attractive, babe, baby, baby-doll, balanced, balmy, beautiful, bell-like, beloved, bitter, bittersweet, blancmange, bleached, blissful, bonhomous, bright, buttercup, candied, candy, canorous, cantabile, caressable, catchy, charming, cheerful, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, chocolate, clean, cleanly, cloying, cloyingness, comfit, compassionate, compatible, complaisant, compote, concinnate, concinnous, confection, confectionery, confiture, congenial, conserve, considerate, cordial, creamy, cuddlesome, cute, dainty, darling, dear, deary, delectable, delicate, delicious, delightful, desirable, dessert, devoted to, dirt-free, doll, duck, duckling, dulcet, dulcitude, easy, easy-natured, easygoing, eggshell, en rapport, enamored of, engaging, enjoyable, essenced, euphonic, euphonical, euphonious, euphonous, fair, fair and pleasant, fastidious, felicific, felicitous, fine, fine-toned, flat, flavor, flowery, flowing, fluent, fond of, fragrant, fresh, friendly, frosting, fruity, gelatin, generous, genial, gentle, glaze, gloss, golden, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, gone on, good, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered, goodly, gracious, grateful, gratifying, great, gushing, gushy, gust, harmonious, heart-warming, heavenly, hon, honey, honey bunch, honey child, honeyed, honeysweet, icing, icky, immaculate, incense-breathing, infatuated with, iridescent, jam, jelly, keen on, kind, kissable, kosher, lamb, lambkin, light, likable, lovable, love, lovely, lover, lovesome, luscious, lyric, marmalade, maudlin, mawkishness, measured, melic, melliferous, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellisonant, mellow, melodic, melodious, meringue, mild, mother-of-pearl, mousse, music-flowing, music-like, musical, musky, nacreous, nectareous, nectarous, nice, nonpolluted, nuts about, odorate, odoriferous, odorous, of cleanly habits, opalescent, ordered, orderly, oversweetness, palate, pale, pastel, patinaed, pearly, perfumed, perfumy, pet, petkins, pleasant, pleasant-sounding, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving, pleasureful, precious, precious heart, preserve, pretty, prized, pudding, pure, quiet, redolent, relish, rewarding, rich, ritually pure, sacchariferous, saccharine, saccharinity, sad, salt, sapidity, sapor, satisfying, savor, savoriness, savory, scented, semigloss, sentimental, seraphic, shiny, sickening, sickly-sweetness, silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced, silvery, simple, singable, sloppy, smack, smooth, smooth-sounding, smut-free, smutless, snookums, sober, soft, soft-colored, soft-hued, softened, solicitous, somber, songful, songlike, sonorous, soppy, sour, sour-sweet, spicy, splendid, spotless, stainless, sticky, stomach, stuck on, subdued, subtle, sugar, sugarcoated, sugared, sugariness, sugarsweet, sugary, sweet and pungent, sweet and sour, sweet as sugar, sweet on, sweet stuff, sweet-flowing, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, sweet-sounding, sweet-tempered, sweetened, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetish, sweetishness, sweetkins, sweetmeat, sweetness, sweets, symmetrical, sympathetic, syrupiness, syrupy, tahar, taken with, tang, taste, tender, thoughtful, thuriferous, tongue, tooth, treasured, tripping, tubbed, tunable, tuneful, turtledove, tutti-frutti, unadulterated, unassuming, unbesmirched, unblemished, unblotted, undefiled, unmuddied, unpolluted, unsmirched, unsmudged, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, warm, welcome, well-natured, well-scrubbed, well-washed, whipped cream, white, whitened, winning, winsome, wonderful ... show more.
sweets
noun
Roget 829:
pleasurableness,
pleasantness,
agreeableness
etc.
adj.;
pleasure giving,
jucundity†,
delectability;
amusement
etc.
840.
attraction
etc.
(motive)
615;
attractiveness,
attractability†;
invitingness
etc.
adj.†;
harm,
fascination,
enchantment,
witchery,
seduction,
winning ways,
amenity,
amiability;
winsomeness.
loveliness
etc.
(beauty)
845;
sunny side,
bright side;
sweets
etc.
(sugar)
396;
goodness
etc.
648;
manna in the wilderness,
land flowing with milk and honey;
bittersweet;
fair weather.
treat;
regale
etc.
(physical pleasure)
377;
dainty;
titbit†,
tidbit;
nuts,
sauce piquante [Fr.].
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Roget 396:
sweetness,
dulcitude†.
sugar,
syrup,
treacle,
molasses,
honey,
manna;
confection,
confectionary;
sweets,
grocery,
conserve,
preserve,
confiture†,
jam,
julep;
sugar-candy,
sugar-plum;
licorice,
marmalade,
plum,
lollipop,
bonbon,
jujube,
comfit,
sweetmeat;
apple butter,
caramel,
damson,
glucose;
maple sirup†,
maple syrup,
maple sugar;
mithai†,
sorghum,
taffy.
nectar;
hydromel†,
mead,
meade†,
metheglin†,
honeysuckle,
liqueur,
sweet wine,
aperitif.
[sources of sugar]
sugar cane,
sugar beets.
[sweet foods]
desert,
pastry,
pie,
cake,
candy,
ice cream,
tart,
puff,
pudding
(food)
298.
dulcification†,
dulcoration†.
sweetener,
corn syrup,
cane sugar,
refined sugar,
beet sugar,
dextrose;
artificial sweetener,
saccharin,
cyclamate,
aspartame,
Sweet'N Low.
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Roget 298:
eating
etc.
v.;
deglutition,
gulp,
epulation†,
mastication,
manducation†,
rumination;
gluttony
etc.
957.
[eating specific foods]
hippophagy†,
ichthyophagy†.
[Eating anatomy:]
(appetite)
etc.
865;
mouth,
jaws,
mandible,
mazard†,
gob [Slang],
chops.
drinking
etc.
v.;
potation,
draught,
libation;
carousal
etc.
(amusement)
840;
drunkenness
etc.
959.
food,
pabulum;
aliment,
nourishment,
nutriment;
sustenance,
sustentation,
sustention;
nurture,
subsistence,
provender,
corn,
feed,
fodder,
provision,
ration,
keep,
commons,
board;
commissariat
etc.
(provision)
637;
prey,
forage,
pasture,
pasturage;
fare,
cheer;
diet,
dietary;
regimen;
belly timber,
staff of life;
bread,
bread and cheese.
comestibles,
eatables,
victuals,
edibles,
ingesta;
grub,
grubstake,
prog†,
meat;
bread,
bread stuffs;
cerealia†;
cereals;
viands,
cates†,
delicacy,
dainty,
creature comforts,
contents of the larder,
fleshpots;
festal board;
ambrosia;
good cheer,
good living.
beef,
bisquit†,
bun;
cornstarch [U.S.];
cookie,
cooky [U.S.];
cracker,
doughnut;
fatling†;
hardtack,
hoecake [U.S.],
hominy [U.S.];
mutton,
pilot bread;
pork;
roti†,
rusk,
ship biscuit;
veal;
joint,
piece de resistance [Fr.],
roast and boiled;
remove,
entremet†,
releve [Fr.],
hash,
rechauffe [Fr.],
stew,
ragout,
fricassee,
mince;
pottage,
potage†,
broth,
soup,
consomme,
puree,
spoonmeat†;
pie,
pasty,
volauvent†;
pudding,
omelet;
pastry;
sweets
etc.
296;
kickshaws†;
condiment
etc.
393.
appetizer,
hors d'oeuvre [Fr.].
main course,
entree.
alligator pear,
apple
&c.,
apple slump;
artichoke;
ashcake†,
griddlecake,
pancake,
flapjack;
atole†,
avocado,
banana,
beche de mer [Fr.],
barbecue,
beefsteak;
beet root;
blackberry,
blancmange,
bloater,
bouilli†,
bouillon,
breadfruit,
chop suey [U.S.];
chowder,
chupatty†,
clam,
compote,
damper,
fish,
frumenty†,
grapes,
hasty pudding,
ice cream,
lettuce,
mango,
mangosteen,
mince pie,
oatmeal,
oyster,
pineapple,
porridge,
porterhouse steak,
salmis†,
sauerkraut,
sea slug,
sturgeon
("Albany beef"),
succotash [U.S.],
supawn [U.S.],
trepang†,
vanilla,
waffle,
walnut.
table,
cuisine,
bill of fare,
menu,
table d'hote [Fr.],
ordinary,
entree.
meal,
repast,
feed,
spread;
mess;
dish,
plate,
course;
regale;
regalement†,
refreshment,
entertainment;
refection,
collation,
picnic,
feast,
banquet,
junket;
breakfast;
lunch,
luncheon;
dejeuner [Fr.],
bever†,
tiffin†,
dinner,
supper,
snack,
junk food,
fast food,
whet,
bait,
dessert;
potluck,
table d'hote [Fr.],
dejeuner a la fourchette [Fr.];
hearty meal,
square meal,
substantial meal,
full meal;
blowout [Slang];
light refreshment;
bara†,
chotahazri†;
bara khana†.
mouthful,
bolus,
gobbet†,
morsel,
sop,
sippet†.
drink,
beverage,
liquor,
broth,
soup;
potion,
dram,
draught,
drench,
swill [Slang];
nip,
sip,
sup,
gulp.
wine,
spirits,
liqueur,
beer,
ale,
malt liquor,
Sir John Barleycorn,
stingo†,
heavy wet;
grog,
toddy,
flip,
purl,
punch,
negus†,
cup,
bishop,
wassail;
gin
etc.
(intoxicating liquor)
959;
coffee,
chocolate,
cocoa,
tea,
the cup that cheers but not inebriates;
bock beer,
lager beer,
Pilsener beer,
schenck beer†;
Brazil tea,
cider,
claret,
ice water,
mate,
mint julep [U.S.];
near beer,
3. 2 beer,
non-alcoholic beverage.
eating house
etc.
189.
[person who eats]
diner;
hippophage;
glutton
etc.
957.
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