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Synonyms for cupcake

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Fairy cake — A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top

fairy cake UK IE, butterfly cake, queen cake dated

2. Sweetie

sweetie, babe, fox

3. Pansy

pansy, sissy, cockney

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.

  2. n. 2

    An attractive young woman.

  3. n. 3

    A weak or effeminate man.

Forms

Plural
cupcakes → sweeties, babes, foxes, pansies…

Example sentences

  • babe Get in the car, babe. We're driving to Madagascar.
  • sweetie Just seven more days — then I'll see my sweetie again.
  • pansy Adriano was often bullied for being a pansy.
  • cabbage What's the difference between cabbage and lettuce?
  • muffin Tom grabbed a coffee and muffin on his way to work.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
cupcakerising
baberising
sweetierising
pansyrising
cabbagesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
fox1
4 letters
babe1
5 letters
sissy2, pansy2
6 letters
muffin2
7 letters
sweetie2, cabbage2, cockney2, stunner2
9 letters
heartmate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sissy2 = 2 syllables).