All honey synonyms
honΒ·ey
H h noun honey
- sweetheart β either of a pair of lovers in relation to the other.
- nectar β the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- sweet β having the taste or flavor characteristic of sugar, honey, etc.
- dear β You use dear to describe someone or something that you feel affection for.
- darling β You call someone darling if you love them or like them very much.
- flattery β the act of flattering.
- oversweet β having the taste or flavor characteristic of sugar, honey, etc.
- deary β a term of affection: now often sarcastic or facetious
- dearie β Some people use dearie as a friendly way of addressing someone, or as a way of showing that they think they are superior.
- alveolus β any small pit, cavity, or saclike dilation, such as a honeycomb cell
- dearest β You can call someone dearest when you are very fond of them.
- sugar β a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- sweetie β Informal. sweetheart.
verb honey
- rope in β a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- soft-soap β Informal. to cajole; flatter.
- arm-twisting β persuasion
- overpraise β to praise excessively or unduly.
- work on β exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- sugaring β a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- humouring β humor.
- worm β Write-Once Read-Many
- humoring β a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- gentling β Present participle of gentle.
- work over β exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- mousetrap β a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- honied β containing, consisting of, or resembling honey: honeyed drinks.
- sweeten β to make sweet, as by adding sugar.
- candied β Food such as candied fruit has been covered with sugar or has been cooked in sugar syrup.
- play up to β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- suck up to β to flatter for one's own profit; toady
- tempt β to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
- lay it on thick β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- sugar-coat β to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- worming β Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
- cower β If you cower, you bend forward and downwards because you are very frightened.
- inveigle β to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
- dulcorate β (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- lead on β to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- soften up β make softer
- get around β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- arm-twist β to subject to arm-twisting: The unions arm-twisted the government into negotiating by threatening widespread strikes.
- jollies β in good spirits; lively; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
- sugared β covered, mixed, or sweetened with sugar.
- snowed β Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air. Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- dulcify β to make more agreeable; mollify; appease.
- sweet-talk β to use cajoling words.
- talk into β persuade
- candy-coat β sugarcoat (def 2).
- jawbone β a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.