sweet
1. a dish served as the last course of a meal
• Syn:
dessert, afters
• Hypernyms:
course
• Hyponyms:
ambrosia, baked Alaska, blancmange, charlotte, compote,
fruit compote, dumpling, flan, frozen dessert, junket, mousse,
pavlova, peach melba, whip, pudding, pud, syllabub,
sillabub, tiramisu, zabaglione, sabayon, mold, mould
2. a food rich in sugar
• Syn:
confection
• Hypernyms:
dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
• Hyponyms:
confectionery, confiture, sweetmeat, candy, confect,
hardbake, chewing gum, gum, candied apple, candy apple, taffy apple,
caramel apple, toffee apple, center, centre, comfit, maraschino,
maraschino cherry, nonpareil
3. the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
• Syn:
sweetness, sugariness
• Derivationally related forms:
sugary (for: sugariness), sweet (for: sweetness)
• Hypernyms:
taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
4. the property of tasting as if it contains sugar
• Syn:
sweetness
• Derivationally related forms:
sweet (for: sweetness)
• Hypernyms:
taste property
• Hyponyms:
saccharinity, sugariness
1. having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar (Freq. 9)
• Ant:
sour
• Similar to:
cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly, sweetish
• See Also:
sugary, tasty
• Derivationally related forms:
sweetness
2. having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub (Freq. 4)
- an angelic smile
- a cherubic face
- looking so seraphic when he slept
- a sweet disposition
• Syn:
angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic
• Similar to:
lovable, loveable
• Derivationally related forms:
sweetness, seraph (for: seraphic), angel (for: angelical)
3. pleasing to the ear (Freq. 3)
- the dulcet tones of the cello
• Syn:
dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant
• Similar to:
melodious, melodic, musical
• Derivationally related forms:
sweetness
4. pleasing to the senses (Freq. 2)
- the sweet song of the lark
- the sweet face of a child
• Similar to:
pleasing
• Derivationally related forms:
sweetness
5. pleasing to the mind or feeling (Freq. 2)
- sweet revenge
• Syn:
gratifying
• Similar to:
pleasing
• Derivationally related forms:
sweetness
6. having a natural fragrance (Freq. 2)
- odoriferous spices
- the odorous air of the orchard
- the perfumed air of June
- scented flowers
• Syn:
odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling
• Similar to:
fragrant
• Derivationally related forms:
sweetness
7. (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content (Freq. 1)
- sweet dessert wines
• Ant:
dry
• See Also:
sugary
• Derivationally related forms:
sweetness
8. not containing or composed of salt water
- fresh water
• Syn:
fresh
• Ant:
salty (for: fresh)
9. not soured or preserved
- sweet milk
• Syn:
fresh, unfermented
• Similar to:
unsoured
• Derivationally related forms:
freshness (for: fresh)
10. with sweetening added
• Syn:
sugared, sweetened, sweet-flavored
• Similar to:
sugary
• Derivationally related forms:
sweetness
in an affectionate or loving manner ('sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of 'sweetly') (Freq. 1)
- Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly
- "how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare
- talking sweet to each other
• Syn:
sweetly
• Derived from adjective:
sweet (for: sweetly)
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
• Topics:
poetry, poesy, verse
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