sweet
Meaning of sweet
adjective
- having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey; not salt, sour, or bitter.
a cup of hot sweet tea
- pleasing in general; delightful.
it was the sweet life he had always craved
- (of a person or action) pleasant and kind or thoughtful.
a very sweet nurse came along
it was sweet of you to come
- used for emphasis in various phrases and exclamations.
What had happened? Sweet nothing
- a small shaped piece of sweet food made with sugar.
a bag of sweets
a sweet shop
- a sweet dish forming a course of a meal; a pudding or dessert.
- used as an affectionate form of address.
hello, my sweet
- the sweet part or element of something.
you have had the bitter, now comes the sweet
Old English swēte, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zoet, German süss, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin suavis and Greek hēdus .
Information about sweet
- The plural form of sweet is: sweets.
- Languages in which sweet is used:
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Hyphenation of sweet
sweet
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- sweet is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
sweet synonyms
Meaning angelic:
angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic
Meaning dulcet:
dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant
Meaning gratifying:
Meaning odoriferous:
odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented
Meaning fresh:
Meaning sugared:
Meaning Sweet:
Meaning dessert:
Meaning confection:
Meaning sweetness:
Meaning sweetly:
Meaning containing much sugar:
Meaning excessively sweet or sentimental:
Meaning (of fruit, nuts, etc.) preserved by being coated and impregnated with a sugar syrup:
Meaning having the consistency or sweetness of syrup:
Meaning resembling treacle in consistency, taste, or appearance:
Meaning often ill; in poor health:
Meaning excessively sweet, rich, or sentimental, especially to a disgusting or sickening degree:
Meaning (of a person or their manner) friendly and considerate; likeable:
Meaning satisfying or appealing:
Meaning quite enjoyable and pleasurable; pleasant:
Meaning causing delight; charming:
Meaning giving pleasure or satisfaction; pleasant or attractive:
Meaning giving fulfilment or the pleasure associated with this:
Meaning (of a guest or new arrival) gladly received:
Meaning having the required qualities; of a high standard:
Meaning able to be agreed on; suitable:
Meaning providing amusement or enjoyment:
Meaning very pleasant or attractive:
Meaning offering the promise of an attractive or enjoyable experience:
Meaning pleasing or appealing to the senses:
Meaning of very high quality; very good of its kind:
Meaning very beautiful or attractive:
Meaning of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above average:
Meaning (especially of a person) pleasant, friendly, and easy to like:
Meaning attractive or interesting:
Meaning charming and attractive:
Meaning having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner:
Meaning friendly and cheerful:
Meaning kind and pleasant:
Meaning a group of people or things having similar characteristics:
Meaning kind, warm-hearted, or gentle:
Meaning absorbed in or involving thought:
Meaning careful not to inconvenience or harm others:
Meaning attractive; endearing:
Meaning delightfully charming or attractive:
Meaning capable of attracting and holding interest; charming:
Meaning (of a person) likeable and easy to get on with:
Meaning (of a person) captivating in manner; charming:
Meaning a food in the form of a paste or solid block made from roasted and ground cacao seeds, typically sweetened and eaten as confectionery:
Meaning a piece of confectionery; a sweet:
Meaning a thick paste made of sugar and water and often flavoured or coloured, used in the making of sweets and the icing and decoration of cakes:
Meaning a kind of firm or hard sweet which softens when sucked or chewed, made by boiling together sugar and butter, often with other ingredients or flavourings added:
Meaning sweets; confectionery:
Meaning a sweet:
Meaning an item of confectionery or sweet food:
Meaning the dessert course of a meal:
Meaning short for pudding:
Meaning used as an affectionate or friendly form of address:
Meaning used as an affectionate form of address to a beloved person:
Meaning used as an affectionate form of address:
Meaning a person or thing that one loves:
Meaning used as a term of endearment or affectionate form of address:
Meaning a much loved person:
Meaning a sweet, sticky yellowish-brown fluid made by bees and other insects from nectar collected from flowers:
Meaning a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God, conventionally represented in human form with wings and a long robe:
Meaning a domestic or tamed animal kept for companionship or pleasure:
Meaning a sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, especially sugar cane and sugar beet, consisting essentially of sucrose, and used as a sweetener in food and drink:
Meaning a sexually attractive young woman:
Meaning a very young child:
Meaning a person's boyfriend or girlfriend (often as a form of address):
Meaning a small model of a human figure, typically one of a baby or girl, used as a child's toy:
Meaning an endearingly sweet or pretty child (often used as an affectionate form of address):
Meaning a quantity of precious metals, gems, or other valuable objects:
Meaning (in Spanish-speaking regions) a female romantic partner (often as an affectionate form of address):
sweet antonyms
Meaning having an acid taste like lemon or vinegar:
Meaning (of an object) having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something:
Meaning unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses:
Meaning unpleasant or unenjoyable:
Meaning very bad or unpleasant:
Translation of sweet
- Italian: gradevole, gentile, piacevole, cortese, dolce
- Spanish: encantador, agradable, afable, amable, gentil, simpático, simpática, encantadora, suave, dulce, confite
- French: gentil, charmant, agréable, plaisant, doux, sucré, confiserie, sucrerie
- German: nett, charmant, angenehm, entzückend, lieblich, anziehend, bezaubernd, gefällig, fein, süß
- Portuguese: gentil, simpático, doce
Anagrams of sweet
Words that rhyme with sweet
weet, NutraSweet, Sweet, bittersweet, honeysweet, meadowsweet, meadsweet, nonsweet, oversweet, semisweet, sugarsweet, supersweet, unsweet, peetweet, tweet
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