The Meaning of sweet

• (superl.) Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
• (superl.) Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
• (superl.) Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer.
• (superl.) Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
• (superl.) Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.
• (superl.) Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.
• (superl.) Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
• (n.) That which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the plural.
• (n.) Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.
• (n.) Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.
• (n.) That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.
• (n.) That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.
• (n.) One who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of endearment.
• (adv.) Sweetly.
• (v. t.) To sweeten.

Synonyms

Saccharine , luscious , fragrant , dulcet , melodious , harmonious , musical , beautiful , lovely , wholesome , pleasing , pure , mild , winning , agreeable , fresh , gentle , amiable.

Antonyms

Sour , bitter , unsweet , fetid , offensive , nauseous , olid , stinking , nasty , inharmonious , discordant , unlovely , repulsive , unwholesome , putrid , tainted , ungentle , unamiable.

Homophones

suite , sweatt , swete

Rhymes

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