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Synonyms for sweetie

15 synonyms
2 meanings

noun

Most common

dear honey darling sweetheart cupcake oroblanco

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Sweetheart — A person who is much loved

sweetheart, darling, love, honey, dear, dearie informal, baby, babby US, dearest, sugar baby, sugar, beloved

2. Steady

true love, steady

Other

cupcake, oroblanco

Definitions

n. 1
A person who is much loved.
n. 2
A sweetheart.

Related words

Phrases: sweetie pie
Other spellings: sweety

Forms

Plural: sweeties → sweethearts, darlings, loves, honeys…

Example sentences

dear My mother has sold everything that is dear to her.
honey I like to spread honey on my toast in the morning.
darling Try to resist the urge to pick your nose, darling.
sweetheart Sami ended up marrying his high school sweetheart.
cupcake Tom ate the cupcake that Mary was saving for John.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
sweetie		rising
dear		rising
honey		rising
darling		rising
sweetheart		rising
cupcake		rising

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

By length

4 letters: love¹, baby², dear¹
5 letters: sugar², honey², babby
6 letters: steady², dearie
7 letters: beloved², darling², dearest², cupcake²
9 letters: oroblanco
10 letters: sweetheart²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (baby² = 2 syllables).