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Synonyms for sweet

  • adjective
  • noun

Most common

lovable cute pleasant lovely honeyed dulcet fragrant soft

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Lovable — of a pleasing disposition

lovable, cute, pleasant, lovely, beautiful, nice, delightful, charming, good, amiable, pleasing, luscious, dear, winsome, engaging, attractive, grateful, fair, winning

2. Honeyed — of a pleasant sound

honeyed, dulcet, mellifluous, melodious, tuneful, agreeable, melodic, harmonious, silvery, musical, mellisonant rare, mellifluent rare

3. Fragrant — having a pleasant smell; fragrant

fragrant, sweet-smelling, scented, sweet-scented, perfumed, odorous, ambrosial, redolent, balmy, odoriferous

4. Soft — of a helpful disposition

soft, gentle, kind, gracious, thoughtful, mild, sensitive, helpful

Other

sugary, saccharine, fresh, syrupy, wonderful, sweetened, sugared, awesome, sweetish, cloying, gratifying, heavenly

Noun

1. Candy — A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy

candy US CA, confection, confectionery, lolly AU NZ, bon-bon

2. Dessert

dessert, pudding, afters

3. Sweetness — sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses

sweetness, sugariness rare

Other

darling, sweetheart, rd

Antonyms

spoiled, lame, displeasing

All antonyms of sweet →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Having a pleasant smell; fragrant.

  2. adj. 2

    Of a pleasant sound.

    Smooth jazz music has sweet drum beats and cymbals!

  3. n. 1

    A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.

  4. n. 2

    Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses.

Related words

Word family
sweet-after-death sweet-amber sweet-and-sour sweetbread sweeten sweetener sweetgrass sweetish
Phrases
sweet fermented rice sweet potato sickly sweet sweet gum sweet lemon sweet pepper sweet acacia sweet cherry
Is a kind of
gustable

Forms

Plural
sweets → candies, confections, confectioneries, lollies…

Choose the right word

Sweet, Amiable, Loving, Lovable or Lovely?

A sweet disposition is very sure to be amiable, the loving heart bringing out all that is lovable and lovely in character.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • lovely They bought a site with lovely views of the ocean.
  • cute You, Rikka, are very cute when you're embarrassed.
  • pleasant Tell me something pleasant to make me feel better.
  • lovable She loves her puppy, and the puppy is really lovable.
  • honeyed I brought you these delicious honeyed figs.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
sweetrising
lovelyrising
cuterising
pleasantrising
lovablesteady
honeyedrising

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

By length

2 letters
rd
4 letters
good1, kind1, nice1, fair1, dear1, cute1, soft1, mild1
5 letters
fresh1, candy2, lolly2, balmy2
6 letters
lovely2, gentle2, sugary3, syrupy, afters, dulcet2
7 letters
winning2, awesome2, musical3, helpful2, darling2, dessert2, pudding2, scented2, lovable3, melodic3, silvery3, amiable4, winsome2, honeyed
8 letters
grateful2, pleasant2, charming2, engaging3, pleasing2, heavenly3, gracious2, fragrant2, luscious2, perfumed2, redolent3, sweetish
9 letters
beautiful3, wonderful3, sensitive3, sweetness2, agreeable4, sweetened2, melodious4, ambrosial3
10 letters
attractive3, delightful3, thoughtful2, sweetheart2, harmonious4, gratifying4, saccharine3, confection3, sugariness
11 letters
mellifluous, odoriferous, mellisonant, mellifluent
13 letters
confectionery5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (candy2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
sucré
Italiano
zuccherato
Español
dulce
Deutsch
süß