Sweet Definition
swēt
sweetest, sweets, sweeter
adjective
sweetest, sweeter
Having a taste of, or like that of, sugar.
Webster's New World
Containing sugar in some form.
Sweet wines.
Webster's New World
Retaining some natural sugar; not dry.
A sweet wine.
American Heritage
Having a generally agreeable taste, smell, sound, appearance, etc.; pleasant.
Webster's New World
Pleasing to the senses; agreeable.
The sweet song of the lark; a sweet face.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
noun
sweets
The quality of being sweet; sweetness.
Webster's New World
Something sweet to the taste.
American Heritage
Foods, such as candy, pastries, puddings, or preserves, that are high in sugar content.
American Heritage
Sweet foods.
Webster's New World
A piece of candy or a sweet dessert.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- afters (British)
- top off
- end of the meal
- pudding (British)
- final course
- the sweet course
- dearest
- sweetheart
- dear
- sugariness
- sickly-sweetness
- saccharinity
- oversweetness
- dulcitude
- Henry Sweet
idiom
sweet on
- Enamored of; in love with.
American Heritage
be sweet on
- to be in love with
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Sweet
Noun
Singular:
sweet
Plural:
sweetsAdjective
Base Form:
sweet
Comparative:
sweeter
Superlative:
sweetestIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Sweet
- sweet on
- be sweet on
Origin of Sweet
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Via Middle English swete, sweete, from Old English swÄ“te, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *swehâ‚‚d-. Compare West Frisian swiet, Low German sööt, Dutch zoet, German süß, Danish sød.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English swete from Old English swēte swād- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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