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- [sweet]
- /swit/
- /swiːt/
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- [sweet]
- /swit/
Definitions of sweet word
- adjective sweet having the taste or flavor characteristic of sugar, honey, etc. 1
- adjective sweet producing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is not bitter, sour, or salt. 1
- adjective sweet not rancid or stale; fresh: This milk is still sweet. 1
- adjective sweet not salt or salted: sweet butter. 1
- adjective sweet pleasing to the ear; making a delicate, pleasant, or agreeable sound; musical. 1
- adjective sweet pleasing or fresh to the smell; fragrant; perfumed. 1
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Origin of sweet
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (adj. and adv.) Middle English swet(e), Old English swēte (adj.); (noun) Middle English swet(e), derivative of the adj.; cognate with Old Saxon swōti, Old High German swuozi (German süss); akin to Dutch zoet, Old Norse sætr, Gothic suts, Greek hēdýs sweet, Latin suādēre to recommend, suāvis pleasant
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Parts of speech for Sweet
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sweet popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sweet
noun sweet
- aftertaste — An aftertaste is a taste that remains in your mouth after you have finished eating or drinking something.
- alveoli — a little cavity, pit, or cell, as a cell of a honeycomb.
- alveolus — any small pit, cavity, or saclike dilation, such as a honeycomb cell
- bitters — bitter-tasting spirits of varying alcoholic content flavoured with plant extracts
- bonbon — a sweet
adj sweet
adjective sweet
- adorable — If you say that someone or something is adorable, you are emphasizing that they are very attractive and you feel great affection for them.
- angelic — You can describe someone as angelic if they are, or seem to be, very good, kind, and gentle.
- archangelic — Theology. a chief or principal angel; in medieval angelology one of the nine orders of celestial attendants on God. Compare angel (def 1).
- cherubical — Cherubic.
- cute — Something or someone that is cute is very pretty or attractive, or is intended to appear pretty or attractive.
Antonyms for sweet
adj sweet
- abominable — Something that is abominable is very unpleasant or bad.
- absinthian — a green, aromatic liqueur that is 68 percent alcohol, is made with wormwood and other herbs, and has a bitter, licorice flavor: now banned in most Western countries.
- acid — An acid is a chemical substance, usually a liquid, which contains hydrogen and can react with other substances to form salts. Some acids burn or dissolve other substances that they come into contact with.
- acidulous — rather sour
- acrid — An acrid smell or taste is strong and sharp, and usually unpleasant.
adjective sweet
- acetose — Sour like vinegar; acetous.
- acidic — Acidic substances contain acid.
- acidulated — Simple past tense and past participle of acidulate.
- curdled — Containing curds.
- erosive — Of or pertaining to erosion.
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