1. sweet - noun
· English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
Synonym(s): Sweet, Henry_Sweet
2. sweet - noun
· a dish served as the last course of a meal
Hypernym(s): course
3. sweet - noun
· a food rich in sugar
Synonym(s): confection
Hypernym(s): dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
4. sweet - noun
· the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
Synonym(s): sweetness, sugariness
Hypernym(s): taste, taste_sensation, gustatory_sensation, taste_perception, gustatory_perception
5. sweet - noun
· the property of tasting as if it contains sugar
Synonym(s): sweetness
Hypernym(s): taste_property
6. sweet - adjective
· having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
Antonym(s): sour
7. sweet - adjective
· having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition"
Synonym(s): angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic
8. sweet - adjective
· pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello"
Synonym(s): dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant
9. sweet - adjective
· pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child"
10. sweet - adjective
· pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge"
Synonym(s): gratifying
11. sweet - adjective
· having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers"
Synonym(s): odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling
12. sweet - adjective
· (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content; "sweet dessert wines"
Antonym(s): dry
13. sweet - adjective
· not containing or composed of salt water; "fresh water"
Synonym(s): fresh
14. sweet - adjective
· not soured or preserved; "sweet milk"
Synonym(s): fresh, unfermented
15. sweet - adjective
· with sweetening added
Synonym(s): sugared, sweetened, sweet-flavored
16. sweet - 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"
Synonym(s): sweetly
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