Synonyms for sweet

Noun

1. Sweet, Henry Sweet, phonetician

usage: English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)

2. dessert, sweet, afters, course

usage: a dish served as the last course of a meal

3. sweet, confection, confectionery, dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat

usage: a food rich in sugar

4. sweet, sweetness, sugariness, taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception

usage: the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

5. sweetness, sweet, taste property

usage: the property of containing sugar

Adjective

1. sweet (vs. sour), cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly, sweetish, sugary, sweet, tasteful

usage: having a pleasant taste (as of sugar)

2. angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet, lovable (vs. hateful), loveable

usage: having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition"

3. dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet, melodious (vs. unmelodious), melodic, musical

usage: pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello"

4. sweet, tasteful (vs. tasteless)

usage: one of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like the taste of sugar or honey

5. sweet, pleasing (vs. displeasing)

usage: pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child"

6. gratifying, sweet, pleasing (vs. displeasing)

usage: pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge"

7. odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, fragrant (vs. malodorous)

usage: having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers"

8. sweet (vs. dry), sugary, sweet

usage: (used of wines) having a sweet taste

9. fresh, sweet, unfermented, unsoured (vs. soured)

usage: not soured or preserved; "sweet milk"

10. sugared, sweetened, sweet, sugary (vs. sugarless)

usage: with sweetening added

11. sweet, unsalty, fresh (vs. salt)

usage: not having a salty taste; "sweet water"

Adverb

1. sweetly, sweet

usage: 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"