Sweet - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

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SKIP TO CONTENT sweet /swit/ /swit/ IPA guide

Other forms: sweetest; sweeter; sweets

Food that’s sweet is full of sugar, bad for your teeth, but oh so tasty. People who are sweet are super nice, like that sweet lunch lady who gives you an extra cookie.

Sweet can be an adjective or a noun. It can describe something pleasing to the senses, like a sweet song, or when you're playing basketball and get nothing but net. Sweet! As a noun, it's a confection, a little something for dessert. The poet Khalil Gibran said, “Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.” Don’t opportunistically take your friends for granted, or you could become the target of some sweet revenge.

Definitions of sweet

adjective having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar synonyms: sugary containing sugar cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly overly sweet sweetish somewhat sweet tasty pleasing to the sense of taste see moresee less antonyms: sour having a sharp biting taste dry (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation acerb, acerbic, astringent sour or bitter in taste acetose, acetous, vinegarish, vinegary tasting or smelling like vinegar acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous being sour to the taste lemonlike, lemony, sourish, tangy, tart tasting sour like a lemon subacid slightly sour to the taste soured having turned bad tasty pleasing to the sense of taste show more antonyms...
adjective with sweetening added synonyms: sugared, sweet-flavored, sweetened sugary containing sugar
adjective (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content synonyms: sugary containing sugar see moresee less antonyms: dry (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation nonsweet, sugarless not containing sugar brut (of champagne) extremely dry medium-dry of a wine that is dry but not extremely dry sec, unsweet (of champagne) moderately dry sour having a sharp biting taste show more antonyms...
noun the property of tasting as if it contains sugar synonyms: sweetness see moresee less types: saccharinity the excessive sweetness of saccharin sugariness the sweetness of sugar type of: taste property a property appreciated via the sense of taste
noun the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth synonyms: sugariness, sweetness see moresee less type of: gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
noun a dish served as the last course of a meal synonyms: afters, dessert see moresee less types: show 51 types... hide 51 types... ambrosia a dessert made of various fruits and often topped with shredded coconut (sometimes includes marshmallows) baked Alaska cake covered with ice cream and meringue browned quickly in an oven blancmange sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded charlotte a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard compote, fruit compote dessert of stewed or baked fruit dumpling dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry flan a sweet, baked custard topped with caramel, popular in Latin American cuisine frozen dessert any of various desserts prepared by freezing junket dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet mousse a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream pavlova a dessert consisting of a meringue base or cup filled with fruit and whipped cream peach melba ice cream and peaches with a liqueur whip a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit pudding any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed pud, pudding (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally) sillabub, syllabub sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor tiramisu an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate sabayon, zabaglione light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled mold, mould a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold prune whip dessert made of prune puree and whipped cream trifle a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate charlotte russe lady fingers enclosing Bavarian cream apple dumpling apples wrapped in pastry and baked frappe, ice a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk) ice cream, icecream frozen dessert containing cream and sugar and flavoring ice-cream cone ice cream in a crisp conical wafer sherbert, sherbet a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin ice lolly, lollipop, lolly, popsicle ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick ice milk similar to ice cream but made of milk frozen yogurt a soft frozen dessert of sweetened flavored yogurt snowball ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup snowball ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce parfait layers of ice cream and syrup and whipped cream ice-cream sundae, sundae ice cream served with a topping split a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts frozen pudding a chilled dessert consisting of a mixture of custard and nuts and (sometimes) liquor frozen custard, soft ice cream dessert resembling ice cream but with a boiled custard base flummery a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal chocolate mousse dessert mousse made with chocolate Christmas pudding, plum pudding a rich steamed or boiled pudding that resembles cake steamed pudding a pudding cooked by steaming duff, plum duff a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron vanilla pudding sweet vanilla flavored custard-like pudding usually thickened with flour rather than eggs chocolate pudding sweet chocolate flavored custard-like pudding usually thickened with flour rather than eggs brown Betty baked pudding of apples and breadcrumbs Nesselrode, Nesselrode pudding a rich frozen pudding made of chopped chestnuts and maraschino cherries and candied fruits and liqueur or rum pease pudding a pudding made with strained split peas mixed with egg tapioca pudding sweet pudding thickened with tapioca roly-poly, roly-poly pudding pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamed suet pudding a sweet or savory pudding made with suet and steamed or boiled ice-cream cake, icebox cake ice cream molded to look like a cake type of: course part of a meal served at one time
noun a food rich in sugar synonyms: confection see moresee less types: show 57 types... hide 57 types... confectionery candy and other sweets considered collectively confiture preserved or candied fruit sweetmeat a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry) candy, confect a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts hardbake a British sweet made with molasses and butter and almonds chewing gum, gum a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing candied apple, candy apple, caramel apple, taffy apple, toffee apple an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar) center, centre the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering comfit candy containing a fruit or nut maraschino, maraschino cherry cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur nonpareil colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies candy bar a candy shaped as a bar carob bar a bar of candy made with carob powder hard candy candy that is brittle brandyball a British candy flavored with brandy patty round flat candy bonbon a candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate brittle, toffee, toffy caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets gum ball a ball of chewing gum with a coating of colored sugar bubble gum a kind of chewing gum that can be blown into bubbles butterscotch a hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar candied fruit, crystallized fruit, succade fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals candy cane a hard candy in the shape of a rod (usually with stripes) candy corn a small yellow and white candy shaped to resemble a kernel of corn caramel firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk candyfloss, cotton candy, spun sugar a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature dragee sugar-coated nut or fruit piece dragee silvery candy beads used for decorating cakes fondant candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste fudge soft creamy candy gumdrop a jellied candy coated with sugar crystals honey crisp a crisp candy made with honey mint, mint candy a candy that is flavored with a mint oil horehound a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant jelly bean, jelly egg sugar-glazed jellied candy candy kiss, kiss any of several bite-sized candies licorice, liquorice a candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant (usually black or red) Life Saver a candy shaped like a small lifesaver all-day sucker, lollipop, sucker hard candy on a stick lozenge a small aromatic or medicated candy marshmallow spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar marchpane, marzipan almond paste and egg whites nougat nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste nougat bar a bar of nougat candy often dipped in chocolate nut bar paste of nuts and sugar on a pastry base cut into bars peanut bar bar of peanuts in taffy popcorn ball popcorn combined with a thick sugar or molasses or caramel syrup and formed into balls praline cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans rock candy sugar in large hard clear crystals on a string rock, rock candy hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint) sugar candy made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens sugarplum any of various small sugary candies taffy chewy candy of sugar or syrup boiled until thick and pulled until glossy chocolate truffle, truffle creamy chocolate candy Turkish Delight a jellied candy typically flavored with rose water conserve, conserves, preserve, preserves fruit preserved by cooking with sugar Easter egg an egg-shaped candy used to celebrate Easter type of: dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat something considered choice to eat
adjective having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub “a sweet disposition” synonyms: angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic lovable, loveable having characteristics that attract love or affection
adverb in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly') “"how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare” “talking sweet to each other” synonyms: sweetly
adjective pleasing to the senses “the sweet song of the lark” “the sweet face of a child” synonyms: pleasing giving pleasure and satisfaction
adjective pleasing to the ear synonyms: dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant melodic, melodious, musical containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody
adjective having a natural fragrance synonyms: odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling fragrant pleasant-smelling
adjective pleasing to the mind or feeling “sweet revenge” synonyms: pleasing giving pleasure and satisfaction
adjective not containing or composed of salt water synonyms: fresh
adjective not soured or preserved “sweet milk” synonyms: fresh, unfermented unsoured not having turned bad

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