Sweet

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Sweet is the taste of sugar, honey, and ripe fruit—one of the basic taste sensations alongside salty, sour, bitter, and umami.

Sweet extends to pleasing smells a sweet fragrance and sounds sweet music.

A sweet person is kind and gentle: She's so sweet to her grandmother.

Sweet can express approval or satisfaction: Sweet, we got the last tickets.

In British slang, sweets are candies.

Sweet on someone means attracted to them.

A sweet spot is the optimal point—on a bat, racket, or in any system.

taste

sugar

Crystalline carbohydrate sweetener

syrupy · candy · dessert · nectar · molasses · caramel · maple · confection · treacle · cloying

endearment

darling

Beloved person or pet

  • honeyBees' viscous nectar product
  • dearTreasured or costly
  • belovedOne who is treasured

pet · love · precious · angel · dearie · sugar · babe · treasure · lamb · poppet

satisfaction

gratifying

Giving pleasure or satisfaction

enjoyable · pleasing · satisfying · welcome · blissful · wonderful · glorious · triumph · victory · revenge

smell

fragrant

Emitting pleasant smell

floral · jasmine · rose · honeysuckle · blossom · fresh · pleasant · balmy · heady · intoxicating

music

melodious

Agreeable in sound

soft · lyrical · soothing · tuneful · mellifluous · lilting · golden · silvery · pure · angelic

personality

kind

Type or caring

tender · warm · affectionate · lovely · charming · adorable · endearing · gracious · amiable · good-natured

slang

cool

Calm or fashionable

great · rad · sick · dope · tight · wicked · ace · brilliant · fantastic · perfect

Categories
Opposites
taste

Sweetsour

Sharp, biting taste

bitter · tart · acidic · savory · salty

personality/disposition

Sweetmean

Average, or spiteful

cruel · bitter · nasty · unkind · harsh

smell/fragrance

Sweetfoul

Offensive or illegal

putrid · rank · acrid · fetid · pungent

Phrases
Family

sweets, sweeten, sweetened, sweetener, sweeteners, sweetening, sweetly, sweetness, sweetest

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G