Overview of noun sweet

The noun sweet has 5 senses

• Sweet, Henry Sweet -- (English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912))


• dessert, sweet, afters -- (a dish served as the last course of a meal)


• sweet, confection -- (a food rich in sugar)


• sweet, sweetness, sugariness -- (the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth)


• sweetness, sweet -- (the property of tasting as if it contains sugar)

Overview of adj sweet

The adj sweet has 10 senses

• sweet -- (having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar)


• angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet -- (having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition")


• dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet -- (pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello")


• sweet -- (pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child")


• gratifying, sweet -- (pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge")


• odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling -- (having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers")


• sweet -- ((used of wines) having a high residual sugar content; "sweet dessert wines")


• fresh, sweet -- (not containing or composed of salt water; "fresh water")


• fresh, sweet, unfermented -- (not soured or preserved; "sweet milk")


• sugared, sweetened, sweet, sweet-flavored -- (with sweetening added)

Overview of adv sweet

The adv sweet has 1 sense

• sweetly, sweet -- (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")