sweet

nouns

a dish served as the last course of a meal
afters, dessert, sweet
a food rich in sugar
confection, sweet
the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
sugariness, sweet, sweetness
the property of tasting as if it contains sugar
sweet, sweetness

adjectives

having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
sweet
is derived from
sweetness
is derived from
sweetness
antonym
sour
is similar to
overly sweet
cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly
is similar to
somewhat sweet
sweetish
see also
containing sugar
"he eats too much sugary food"
sugary
see also
(used of wines) having a high residual sugar content
"sweet dessert wines"
sweet
see also
pleasing to the sense of taste
"a tasty morsel"
tasty
having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub
"an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition"
angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet
is derived from
sweetness
pleasing to the ear
"the dulcet tones of the cello"
dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet
is derived from
sweetness
pleasing to the senses
"the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child"
sweet
is derived from
sweetness
is similar to
giving pleasure and satisfaction
"a pleasing piece of news"; "pleasing in manner and appearance"
pleasing
pleasing to the mind or feeling
"sweet revenge"
gratifying, sweet
is derived from
sweetness
having a natural fragrance
"odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers"
odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling
is derived from
sweetness
(used of wines) having a high residual sugar content
"sweet dessert wines"
sweet
is derived from
sweetness
antonym
dry
see also
containing sugar
"he eats too much sugary food"
sugary
see also
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
sweet
not containing or composed of salt water
"fresh water"
fresh, sweet
not soured or preserved
"sweet milk"
fresh, sweet, unfermented
with sweetening added
sugared, sweet, sweet-flavored, sweetened
is derived from
sweetness

adverbs

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"
sweet, sweetly