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sweet

adjective

having a pleasant taste (as of sugar)
Antonyms: sour Similar: cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly, sweetish
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 Similar: lovable, loveable
pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello"
Synonyms: dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant Similar: melodious, melodic, musical
one of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like the taste of sugar or honey
Similar: tasteful
pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child"
Similar: pleasing
pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge"
Synonyms: gratifying Similar: pleasing
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 Similar: fragrant
(used of wines) having a sweet taste
Antonyms: dry
not soured or preserved; "sweet milk"
Synonyms: fresh, unfermented Similar: unsoured
with sweetening added
Synonyms: sugared, sweetened Similar: sugary
not having a salty taste; "sweet water"
Synonyms: unsalty Similar: fresh

noun

English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
Synonyms: Henry Sweet
a dish served as the last course of a meal
Synonyms: afters, dessert
a food rich in sugar
Synonyms: confection, confectionery
the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
Synonyms: sugariness, sweetness
the property of containing sugar
Synonyms: sweetness

adverb

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