SWEETNESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does sweetness mean?
• SWEETNESS (noun)
The noun SWEETNESS has 4 senses:
1. the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
2. the property of tasting as if it contains sugar
3. a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
4. the quality of giving pleasure
Familiarity information: SWEETNESS used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SWEETNESS (noun)
Meaning:
The taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
sugariness; sweetness; sweet
Hypernyms ("sweetness" 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 ("sweetness" is a kind of...):
taste property (a property appreciated via the sense of taste)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sweetness"):
saccharinity (the excessive sweetness of saccharin)
sugariness (the sweetness of sugar)
Meaning:
A pleasingly sweet olfactory property
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
fragrancy; redolence; bouquet; fragrance; sweetness
Hypernyms ("sweetness" is a kind of...):
aroma; odor; odour; olfactory property; scent; smell (any property detected by the olfactory system)
Meaning:
The quality of giving pleasure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
pleasantness; sweetness
Context examples:
he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner / the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day
Hypernyms ("sweetness" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Attribute:
pleasant (affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings)
unpleasant (disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sweetness"):
agreeableness; amenity (pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions)
enjoyableness (pleasantness resulting from something that can be enjoyed)
niceness (the quality of nice)
disagreeableness (the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant)
