sweet meaning and definition

SWEET noun

Definition of Sweet (noun)

1. English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
   • synonyms: Henry Sweet
2. a dish served as the last course of a meal
   • synonyms: afters, dessert
3. a food rich in sugar
   • synonyms: confection
4. the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
   • synonyms: sugariness, sweetness
5. the property of tasting as if it contains sugar
   • synonyms: sweetness

SWEET adjective

Definition of sweet (adjective)

1. having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
   • antonym: sour
2. having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub
   • "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition"
   • synonyms: angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic
3. pleasing to the ear
   • "the dulcet tones of the cello"
   • synonyms: dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant
4. pleasing to the senses
   • "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child"
5. pleasing to the mind or feeling
   • "sweet revenge"
   • synonyms: gratifying
6. having a natural fragrance
   • "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers"
   • synonyms: odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling
7. (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content
   • "sweet dessert wines"
   • antonym: dry
8. not containing or composed of salt water
   • "fresh water"
   • synonyms: fresh
   • antonym: salty
9. not soured or preserved
   • "sweet milk"
   • synonyms: fresh, unfermented
10. with sweetening added
    • synonyms: sugared, sweetened, sweet-flavored

SWEET adverb

Definition of sweet (adverb)

1. in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly')
   • "Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; "how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare; "talking sweet to each other"
   • synonyms: sweetly