Dictionary entry details
• SWEET (noun)
Meaning:
English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Henry Sweet; Sweet
Instance hypernyms:
phonetician (a specialist in phonetics)
Meaning:
A dish served as the last course of a meal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
dessert; afters; sweet
Hypernyms ("sweet" is a kind of...):
course (part of a meal served at one time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sweet"):
mousse (a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream)
peach melba (ice cream and peaches with a liqueur)
whip (a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit)
pudding (any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed)
sillabub; syllabub (sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor)
tiramisu (an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate)
trifle (sponge cake spread with jam and soaked in wine; served with a custard sauce)
junket (dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet)
frozen dessert (any of various desserts prepared by freezing)
flan (open pastry filled with fruit or custard)
dumpling (dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry)
compote; fruit compote (dessert of stewed or baked fruit)
charlotte (a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard)
blancmange (sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded)
baked Alaska (cake covered with ice cream and meringue browned quickly in an oven)
ambrosia (fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut)
sabayon; zabaglione (light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled)
Meaning:
A food rich in sugar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
confection; sweet
Hypernyms ("sweet" is a kind of...):
dainty; delicacy; goody; kickshaw; treat (something considered choice to eat)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sweet"):
nonpareil (colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies)
maraschino; maraschino cherry (cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur)
comfit (candy containing a fruit or nut)
center; centre (the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering)
candied apple; candy apple; caramel apple; taffy apple; toffee apple (an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar))
chewing gum; gum (a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing)
hardbake (a British sweet made with molasses and butter and almonds)
candy; confect (a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts)
sweetmeat (a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry))
confiture (preserved or candied fruit)
confectionery (candy and other sweets considered collectively)
Meaning:
The taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
sugariness; sweetness; sweet
Hypernyms ("sweet" is a kind of...):
gustatory perception; gustatory sensation; taste; taste perception; taste sensation (the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus)
Meaning:
The property of tasting as if it contains sugar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
sweetness; sweet
Hypernyms ("sweet" is a kind of...):
taste property (a property appreciated via the sense of taste)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sweet"):
saccharinity (the excessive sweetness of saccharin)
sugariness (the sweetness of sugar)
• SWEET (adjective)
Meaning:
Having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
Similar:
sweetish (somewhat sweet)
cloying; saccharine; syrupy; treacly (overly sweet)
Also:
sweet ((used of wines) having a high residual sugar content)
sugary (containing sugar)
tasty (pleasing to the sense of taste)
Antonym:
sour (having a sharp biting taste)
Meaning:
Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub
Synonyms:
cherubic; sweet; seraphic; angelical; angelic
Context examples:
an angelic smile / a cherubic face / looking so seraphic when he slept / a sweet disposition
Similar:
lovable; loveable (having characteristics that attract love or affection)
Meaning:
Pleasing to the ear
Synonyms:
mellifluous; mellisonant; dulcet; honeyed; sweet
Context example:
the dulcet tones of the cello
Similar:
melodic; melodious; musical (containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody)
Meaning:
Pleasing to the senses
Context examples:
the sweet song of the lark / the sweet face of a child
Similar:
pleasing (giving pleasure and satisfaction)
Meaning:
Pleasing to the mind or feeling
Synonyms:
gratifying; sweet
Context example:
sweet revenge
Similar:
pleasing (giving pleasure and satisfaction)
Meaning:
Having a natural fragrance
Synonyms:
sweet-smelling; sweet-scented; perfumed; odorous; scented; odoriferous; sweet
Context examples:
odoriferous spices / the odorous air of the orchard / the perfumed air of June / scented flowers
Similar:
fragrant (pleasant-smelling)
Meaning:
(used of wines) having a high residual sugar content
Context example:
sweet dessert wines
Also:
sugary (containing sugar)
sweet (having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar)
Antonym:
dry ((of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation)
Meaning:
Not containing or composed of salt water
Synonyms:
fresh; sweet
Context example:
fresh water
Meaning:
Not soured or preserved
Synonyms:
unfermented; sweet; fresh
Context example:
sweet milk
Similar:
unsoured (not having turned bad)
Meaning:
With sweetening added
Synonyms:
sweetened; sweet-flavored; sugared; sweet
Similar:
sugary (containing sugar)
• SWEET (adverb)
Meaning:
In an affectionate or loving manner ('sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of 'sweetly')
Synonyms:
sweet; sweetly
Context examples:
Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly / how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank / talking sweet to each other
Domain category:
poesy; poetry; verse (literature in metrical form)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
