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Antonyms for sweet
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  1. sweetadjective

    Having a helpful disposition.

    It was sweet of him to help out.

    Synonyms:
    kind, helpful, gracious, sensitive, thoughtful

  2. sweetadjective

    Antonyms:
    sour

  3. sweetnoun

    Antonyms:
    uncool, lame

    Synonyms:
    rad, awesome, wicked

  4. sweetnoun

    Synonyms:
    sweetness

  5. sweetadverb

    Synonyms:
    bonbon, lolly, confectionery, confection, candy

  6. sweetadjective

    In a sweet manner.

    Antonyms:
    salty, sour, bitter

    Synonyms:
    sweetly

  7. sweetadjective

    Having a taste of sugar.

    Synonyms:
    saccharine, sugary

  8. sweetnoun

    Containing a sweetening ingredient.

    Can we see the sweet menu, please?

    Antonyms:
    nonsweet, sugarless, unsweetened, unsugared

    Synonyms:
    sweetened, sugared, dessert

  9. sweetadjective

    Retaining a portion of sugar.

    Sweet wines are better dessert wines.

    Antonyms:
    dry

  10. sweetadjective

    Not having a salty taste.

    Antonyms:
    savoury, salty

    Synonyms:
    fresh, unsalty

  11. sweetadjective

    Having a pleasant smell.

    a sweet scent

    Synonyms:
    sweet-smelling, perfumed, sweet-scented, odorous, odoriferous, scented, fragrant

  12. sweetadjective

    Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.

    sweet milk

    Antonyms:
    fermented, sour, spoiled, stale, decaying, rancid

    Synonyms:
    wholesome, unfermented, fresh

  13. sweetadjective

    Having a pleasant sound.

    Synonyms:
    mellifluous, honeyed, dulcet, mellisonant

  14. sweetadjective

    Having a pleasing disposition.

    a sweet child

    Synonyms:
    cute, pleasant, lovable

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. sweet

    Amiable combines the senses of lovable or lovely and loving; the amiable character has ready affection and kindliness for others, with the qualities that are adapted to win their love; amiable is a higher and stronger word than good-natured or agreeable. Lovely is often applied to externals; as, a lovely face. Amiable denotes a disposition desirous to cheer, please, and make happy. A selfish man of the world may have the art to be agreeable; a handsome, brilliant, and witty person may be charming or even attractive, while by no means amiable. The engaging, winning, and winsome add to amiability something of beauty, accomplishments, and grace. The benignant are calmly kind, as from a height and a distance. Kind, good-natured people may be coarse and rude, and so fail to be agreeable or pleasing; the really amiable are likely to avoid such faults by their earnest desire to please. The good-natured have an easy disposition to get along comfortably with every one in all circumstances. A sweet disposition is very sure to be amiable, the loving heart bringing out all that is lovable and lovely in character.

    Antonyms:
    acrimonious, churlish, crabbed, cruel, crusty, disagreeable, dogged, gruff, hateful, ill-conditioned, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, morose, sour, sullen, surly, unamiable, unlovely

    Synonyms:
    agreeable, amiable, attractive, benignant, engaging, gentle, good-natured, harming, kind, lovable, lovely, loving, pleasant, pleasing, winning, winsome

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 2 votes

  1. Sweet, Henry Sweetnoun

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

    Antonyms:
    displeasing, sugarless, acidulous, acerb, vinegary, dry, sourish, acetose, tart, brut, unmelodious, malodorous, unpleasant-smelling, ill-smelling, stinky, acidic, sour, medium-dry, acetous, nonsweet, tangy, subacid, hateful, acidulent, unsweet, soured, vinegarish, astringent, malodourous, unmelodic, lemony, lemonlike, acid, unmusical, sec, acerbic

    Synonyms:
    sugariness, dessert, sweetness, afters, confection

  2. dessert, sweet, aftersnoun

    a dish served as the last course of a meal

    Antonyms:
    unmelodious, tart, acetose, unmusical, sour, acid, acidic, nonsweet, unpleasant-smelling, subacid, soured, lemony, sugarless, brut, vinegarish, stinky, tangy, acerb, acetous, malodorous, acidulous, acerbic, acidulent, sec, ill-smelling, dry, sourish, unmelodic, medium-dry, displeasing, astringent, unsweet, malodourous, vinegary, hateful, lemonlike

    Synonyms:
    sugariness, afters, dessert, sweetness, confection

  3. sweet, confectionnoun

    a food rich in sugar

    Antonyms:
    unmelodious, unpleasant-smelling, lemonlike, sourish, unmelodic, lemony, vinegarish, hateful, soured, subacid, malodorous, stinky, medium-dry, nonsweet, acidic, dry, ill-smelling, acerbic, acidulous, brut, sec, tangy, unmusical, sour, acerb, acetous, unsweet, malodourous, acidulent, acid, acetose, displeasing, sugarless, astringent, vinegary, tart

    Synonyms:
    concoction, sugariness, dessert, sweetness, afters, confection

  4. sweet, sweetness, sugarinessnoun

    the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

    Antonyms:
    nonsweet, lemonlike, tart, sour, hateful, displeasing, malodourous, astringent, acidic, acidulous, unmelodious, acid, sourish, acetous, unmelodic, dry, lemony, unsweet, brut, acerbic, malodorous, sec, acerb, unpleasant-smelling, unmusical, sugarless, subacid, vinegarish, medium-dry, acetose, acidulent, ill-smelling, stinky, vinegary, soured, tangy

    Synonyms:
    dessert, sweetness, fragrance, redolence, confection, bouquet, sugariness, fragrancy, pleasantness, afters

  5. sweetness, sweetadjective

    the property of tasting as if it contains sugar

    Antonyms:
    malodourous, sec, unmelodious, vinegarish, displeasing, medium-dry, sourish, vinegary, unpleasant-smelling, acetose, tart, acidulent, astringent, subacid, acerbic, unmelodic, acid, unmusical, dry, stinky, lemony, acidulous, sour, ill-smelling, acidic, sugarless, tangy, malodorous, brut, lemonlike, soured, acetous, acerb, unsweet, hateful, nonsweet

    Synonyms:
    fragrance, sweetness, confection, dessert, bouquet, redolence, fragrancy, pleasantness, sugariness, afters

  6. sweetadjective

    having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

    Antonyms:
    acid, acerb, astringent, acidulent, vinegary, sugarless, lemonlike, nonsweet, displeasing, ill-smelling, lemony, hateful, medium-dry, tart, stinky, brut, acetous, unmelodic, soured, malodorous, dry, vinegarish, unmusical, subacid, tangy, malodourous, unsweet, sec, acerbic, unmelodious, acidulous, acidic, unpleasant-smelling, sour, acetose, sourish

    Synonyms:
    odorous, angelic, fresh, sweet-smelling, sugared, cherubic, honeyed, sweet-scented, mellifluous, unfermented, dulcet, sweetened, odoriferous, gratifying, perfumed, angelical, seraphic, scented, sweet-flavored, mellisonant

  7. angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweetadjective

    having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub

    "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition"

    Antonyms:
    malodorous, unmelodious, unsweet, vinegarish, brut, sourish, displeasing, acidic, nonsweet, acidulent, tart, astringent, medium-dry, soured, subacid, malodourous, acidulous, sour, hateful, lemony, acetous, acid, acerb, acerbic, ill-smelling, dry, unpleasant-smelling, tangy, unmusical, vinegary, sec, unmelodic, sugarless, stinky, lemonlike, acetose

    Synonyms:
    odorous, angelic, saintlike, sweet-smelling, sugared, cherubic, honeyed, saintly, beatific, sweet-scented, mellifluous, fresh, dulcet, sweetened, sainted, odoriferous, unfermented, gratifying, perfumed, angelical, seraphic, scented, sweet-flavored, mellisonant, seraphical

  8. dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweetadjective

    pleasing to the ear

    "the dulcet tones of the cello"

    Antonyms:
    subacid, acidic, dry, nonsweet, sec, acetose, unsweet, sugarless, hateful, lemonlike, astringent, acerbic, brut, displeasing, stinky, tangy, vinegary, soured, acidulent, acerb, sourish, lemony, medium-dry, unmusical, malodorous, unmelodic, sour, unmelodious, acid, tart, ill-smelling, unpleasant-smelling, acidulous, malodourous, vinegarish, acetous

    Synonyms:
    mellifluous, odorous, angelic, fresh, mellisonant, sweet-smelling, sugared, cherubic, honeyed, sweet-scented, scented, unfermented, dulcet, sweetened, odoriferous, gratifying, perfumed, angelical, seraphic, sweet-flavored, honied, syrupy

  9. sweetadjective

    pleasing to the senses

    "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child"

    Antonyms:
    tangy, nonsweet, unsweet, hateful, acetous, sec, dry, acidulent, sour, unmelodic, lemony, astringent, sourish, stinky, medium-dry, acetose, soured, sugarless, unmelodious, malodorous, acerb, acerbic, subacid, acid, displeasing, acidic, ill-smelling, vinegarish, malodourous, unpleasant-smelling, lemonlike, tart, unmusical, brut, acidulous, vinegary

    Synonyms:
    odorous, angelic, fresh, sweet-smelling, sugared, cherubic, honeyed, sweet-scented, mellifluous, unfermented, dulcet, sweetened, odoriferous, gratifying, perfumed, angelical, seraphic, scented, sweet-flavored, mellisonant

  10. gratifying, sweetadjective

    pleasing to the mind or feeling

    "sweet revenge"

    Antonyms:
    acidic, malodourous, lemony, malodorous, tart, sour, nonsweet, dry, sugarless, vinegary, lemonlike, acetous, astringent, subacid, sec, acerbic, soured, acetose, displeasing, stinky, ill-smelling, medium-dry, acid, unmelodious, unpleasant-smelling, tangy, sourish, unsweet, unmusical, brut, acidulous, acidulent, hateful, unmelodic, vinegarish, acerb

    Synonyms:
    odorous, pleasurable, fresh, enjoyable, sweet-smelling, sugared, cherubic, honeyed, sweet-scented, mellifluous, unfermented, dulcet, sweetened, odoriferous, gratifying, perfumed, angelical, seraphic, scented, angelic, mellisonant, sweet-flavored

  11. odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smellingadjective

    having a natural fragrance

    "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers"

    Antonyms:
    acidic, soured, lemonlike, subacid, acetous, acidulent, acerb, dry, malodorous, unmelodious, unmelodic, displeasing, brut, tart, malodourous, lemony, unmusical, ill-smelling, acid, medium-dry, acerbic, vinegarish, unsweet, sourish, acetose, sec, sour, sugarless, unpleasant-smelling, hateful, vinegary, stinky, acidulous, tangy, astringent, nonsweet

    Synonyms:
    odorous, angelic, odoriferous, fresh, sweet-smelling, sugared, cherubic, honeyed, sweet-scented, mellifluous, unfermented, dulcet, sweetened, scented, gratifying, perfumed, angelical, seraphic, sweet-flavored, mellisonant

  12. sweetadjective

    (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content

    "sweet dessert wines"

    Antonyms:
    acidulous, sourish, malodourous, acidulent, malodorous, acidic, unpleasant-smelling, unmusical, acetose, sugarless, acerbic, brut, dry, lemony, displeasing, medium-dry, vinegary, subacid, tart, acid, acetous, stinky, lemonlike, acerb, tangy, hateful, unmelodic, unsweet, unmelodious, vinegarish, soured, astringent, sec, nonsweet, ill-smelling, sour

    Synonyms:
    odorous, angelic, fresh, sweet-smelling, sugared, cherubic, honeyed, sweet-scented, mellifluous, unfermented, dulcet, sweetened, odoriferous, gratifying, perfumed, angelical, seraphic, scented, sweet-flavored, mellisonant

  13. fresh, sweetadjective

    not containing or composed of salt water

    "fresh water"

    Antonyms:
    stinky, ill-smelling, astringent, vinegary, hateful, unpleasant-smelling, displeasing, acidic, unmelodic, sugarless, tangy, tart, lemony, acid, brut, malodorous, vinegarish, acerb, unmelodious, medium-dry, unsweet, dry, sourish, lemonlike, acerbic, acidulent, malodourous, acetous, sour, acidulous, subacid, soured, acetose, nonsweet, unmusical, sec

    Synonyms:
    dulcet, scented, invigorated, new, wise, mellifluous, brisk, sweet-flavored, odoriferous, saucy, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, honeyed, angelic, smart, sassy, mellisonant, overbold, gratifying, cherubic, clean, sugared, angelical, seraphic, impertinent, fresh, sweetened, reinvigorated, impudent, odorous, novel, refreshing, refreshful, unused, tonic, bracing, refreshed, perfumed, unfermented

  14. fresh, sweet, unfermentedadjective

    not soured or preserved

    "sweet milk"

    Antonyms:
    unmelodic, vinegary, sourish, subacid, acidic, unmelodious, nonsweet, acerb, soured, lemonlike, hateful, brut, malodourous, sugarless, malodorous, acid, unmusical, lemony, displeasing, medium-dry, dry, acidulous, ill-smelling, vinegarish, unpleasant-smelling, tangy, unsweet, acetose, stinky, acidulent, acetous, sec, sour, acerbic, astringent, tart

    Synonyms:
    dulcet, scented, invigorated, new, wise, mellifluous, brisk, sweet-flavored, odoriferous, saucy, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, honeyed, angelic, smart, sassy, mellisonant, overbold, gratifying, cherubic, clean, sugared, angelical, seraphic, impertinent, fresh, sweetened, reinvigorated, impudent, odorous, novel, refreshing, refreshful, unused, tonic, bracing, refreshed, perfumed, unfermented

  15. sugared, sweetened, sweet, sweet-flavoredadverb

    with sweetening added

    Antonyms:
    sour, dry, tangy, acid, lemonlike, brut, displeasing, medium-dry, acidulent, sourish, unmelodic, acidulous, vinegarish, vinegary, stinky, malodorous, unmelodious, subacid, acetous, unmusical, acidic, unsweet, acerbic, sec, ill-smelling, sugarless, acerb, tart, malodourous, nonsweet, hateful, lemony, astringent, soured, acetose, unpleasant-smelling

    Synonyms:
    odorous, angelic, fresh, sweet-smelling, sugared, cherubic, honeyed, seraphic, sweet-scented, mellifluous, unfermented, dulcet, sweetened, odoriferous, gratifying, perfumed, angelical, sweet-flavored, scented, mellisonant

  16. sweetly, sweetadverb

    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"

    Antonyms:
    tangy, sugarless, vinegary, displeasing, hateful, sour, vinegarish, malodourous, soured, lemonlike, unpleasant-smelling, nonsweet, malodorous, medium-dry, acidic, sourish, acerbic, lemony, unmusical, astringent, acid, brut, sec, dry, subacid, acidulent, unmelodious, acidulous, acetous, unsweet, tart, stinky, acetose, ill-smelling, unmelodic, acerb

    Synonyms:
    sweetly

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  1. sweetadjective

    Antonyms:
    bitter, acrid, tart, sour

    Synonyms:
    saccharine, honeyed, sugary, nectarean, ambrosial, nectareous, dulcet, melodious, harmonious, mellifluous, silvery, symphonious, tuneful, winsome, winning

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. SWEET

    Synonyms:
    Square Wave Endurance Exercise Trial

How to use sweet in a sentence?

  1. Xiao Fu:

    The data was quite steady, giving policymakers in China a sweet spot ... to implement deleveraging (and) fine tuning of the economy.

  2. Aristotle:

    Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing.

  3. Joanna Bonder:

    We know people are craving some fun and excitement to break up the week, with Free Donut Wednesdays, we’re excited to give our DD Perks members a free sweet treat to help beat the midweek slump and keep them running with a smile.

  4. Ben Wood:

    I believe Apple is aware that it has hit a sweet spot with pricing and the marginal gain of slightly increasing prices versus the negative backlash it would face is not worth it.

  5. Euripides, Alcestis, 438 B.C.:

    A sweet thing, for whatever time,to revisit in dreams the dear dad we have lost.

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