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Antonyms for sweet
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sweetadjective
Having a helpful disposition.
It was sweet of him to help out.
Synonyms:
kind, helpful, gracious, sensitive, thoughtfulsweetadjective
Antonyms:
soursweetnoun
sweetnoun
Synonyms:
sweetnesssweetadverb
Synonyms:
bonbon, lolly, confectionery, confection, candysweetadjective
In a sweet manner.
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sweetlysweetadjective
Having a taste of sugar.
Synonyms:
saccharine, sugarysweetnoun
Containing a sweetening ingredient.
Can we see the sweet menu, please?
Antonyms:
nonsweet, sugarless, unsweetened, unsugaredsweetadjective
Retaining a portion of sugar.
Sweet wines are better dessert wines.
Antonyms:
drysweetadjective
Not having a salty taste.
sweetadjective
Having a pleasant smell.
a sweet scent
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sweet-smelling, perfumed, sweet-scented, odorous, odoriferous, scented, fragrantsweetadjective
Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.
sweet milk
Antonyms:
fermented, sour, spoiled, stale, decaying, rancidSynonyms:
wholesome, unfermented, freshsweetadjective
Having a pleasant sound.
Synonyms:
mellifluous, honeyed, dulcet, mellisonantsweetadjective
Having a pleasing disposition.
a sweet child
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, unlovelySynonyms:
agreeable, amiable, attractive, benignant, engaging, gentle, good-natured, harming, kind, lovable, lovely, loving, pleasant, pleasing, winning, winsome
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
sweetadjective
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sour, bitter, unsweet, fetid, offensive, nauseous, olid, stinking, nasty, inharmonious, discordant, unlovely, repulsive, unwholesome, putrid, tainted, ungentle, unamiableSynonyms:
saccharine, luscious, fragrant, dulcet, melodious, harmonious, musical, beautiful, lovely, wholesome, pleasing, pure, mild, winning, agreeable, fresh, gentle, amiable
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Princeton's WordNet
Sweet, Henry Sweetnoun
English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
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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, acerbicSynonyms:
sugariness, dessert, sweetness, afters, confectiondessert, sweet, aftersnoun
a dish served as the last course of a meal
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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, lemonlikeSynonyms:
sugariness, afters, dessert, sweetness, confectionsweet, confectionnoun
a food rich in sugar
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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, tartSynonyms:
concoction, sugariness, dessert, sweetness, afters, confectionsweet, sweetness, sugarinessnoun
the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
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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, tangySynonyms:
dessert, sweetness, fragrance, redolence, confection, bouquet, sugariness, fragrancy, pleasantness, afterssweetness, sweetadjective
the property of tasting as if it contains sugar
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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, nonsweetSynonyms:
fragrance, sweetness, confection, dessert, bouquet, redolence, fragrancy, pleasantness, sugariness, afterssweetadjective
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
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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, sourishSynonyms:
odorous, angelic, fresh, sweet-smelling, sugared, cherubic, honeyed, sweet-scented, mellifluous, unfermented, dulcet, sweetened, odoriferous, gratifying, perfumed, angelical, seraphic, scented, sweet-flavored, mellisonantangelic, 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"
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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, acetoseSynonyms:
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, seraphicaldulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweetadjective
pleasing to the ear
"the dulcet tones of the cello"
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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, acetousSynonyms:
mellifluous, odorous, angelic, fresh, mellisonant, sweet-smelling, sugared, cherubic, honeyed, sweet-scented, scented, unfermented, dulcet, sweetened, odoriferous, gratifying, perfumed, angelical, seraphic, sweet-flavored, honied, syrupysweetadjective
pleasing to the senses
"the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child"
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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, vinegarySynonyms:
odorous, angelic, fresh, sweet-smelling, sugared, cherubic, honeyed, sweet-scented, mellifluous, unfermented, dulcet, sweetened, odoriferous, gratifying, perfumed, angelical, seraphic, scented, sweet-flavored, mellisonantgratifying, sweetadjective
pleasing to the mind or feeling
"sweet revenge"
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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, acerbSynonyms:
odorous, pleasurable, fresh, enjoyable, sweet-smelling, sugared, cherubic, honeyed, sweet-scented, mellifluous, unfermented, dulcet, sweetened, odoriferous, gratifying, perfumed, angelical, seraphic, scented, angelic, mellisonant, sweet-flavoredodoriferous, 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"
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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, nonsweetSynonyms:
odorous, angelic, odoriferous, fresh, sweet-smelling, sugared, cherubic, honeyed, sweet-scented, mellifluous, unfermented, dulcet, sweetened, scented, gratifying, perfumed, angelical, seraphic, sweet-flavored, mellisonantsweetadjective
(used of wines) having a high residual sugar content
"sweet dessert wines"
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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, sourSynonyms:
odorous, angelic, fresh, sweet-smelling, sugared, cherubic, honeyed, sweet-scented, mellifluous, unfermented, dulcet, sweetened, odoriferous, gratifying, perfumed, angelical, seraphic, scented, sweet-flavored, mellisonantfresh, sweetadjective
not containing or composed of salt water
"fresh water"
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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, secSynonyms:
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, unfermentedfresh, sweet, unfermentedadjective
not soured or preserved
"sweet milk"
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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, tartSynonyms:
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, unfermentedsugared, sweetened, sweet, sweet-flavoredadverb
with sweetening added
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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-smellingSynonyms:
odorous, angelic, fresh, sweet-smelling, sugared, cherubic, honeyed, seraphic, sweet-scented, mellifluous, unfermented, dulcet, sweetened, odoriferous, gratifying, perfumed, angelical, sweet-flavored, scented, mellisonantsweetly, 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, acerbSynonyms:
sweetly
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
sweetadjective
Antonyms:
bitter, acrid, tart, sourSynonyms:
saccharine, honeyed, sugary, nectarean, ambrosial, nectareous, dulcet, melodious, harmonious, mellifluous, silvery, symphonious, tuneful, winsome, winning
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
SWEET
Synonyms:
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How to use sweet in a sentence?
The data was quite steady, giving policymakers in China a sweet spot ... to implement deleveraging (and) fine tuning of the economy.
Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing.
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.
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.
Euripides, Alcestis, 438 B.C.:
A sweet thing, for whatever time,to revisit in dreams the dear dad we have lost.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1975 | sec | |
#2466 | sweet | |
#2507 | dry | |
#2570 | acid | |
#6274 | offensive | |
#7683 | nasty | |
#10079 | bitter | |
#11289 | cruel | |
#12027 | sour | |
#13785 | lame | |
#21584 | spoiled | |
#21938 | tart | |
#23698 | salty | |
#24020 | acidic | |
#25164 | rancid | |
#25360 | stale | |
#25985 | tainted | |
#30054 | hateful | |
#32784 | brut | |
#34771 | stinky | |
#35798 | lemony | |
#37989 | decaying | |
#40505 | fermented | |
#41434 | crusty | |
#43152 | repulsive | |
#45047 | stinking | |
#46824 | surly | |
#49960 | tangy | |
#50489 | dogged | |
#55808 | disagreeable | |
#58451 | sullen | |
#60666 | savoury | |
#60813 | gruff | |
#65631 | discordant | |
#66063 | unsweetened | |
#72228 | astringent | |
#79644 | uncool | |
#80732 | putrid | |
#81217 | nauseous | |
#86369 | morose | |
#87246 | soured | |
#96542 | acerbic | |
#101921 | unwholesome | |
#103017 | acrimonious | |
#116654 | fetid | |
#123117 | sugarless | |
#142674 | displeasing | |
#149185 | churlish | |
#195362 | malodorous | |
#212513 | unlovely | |
#251752 | crabbed | |
#294990 | inharmonious | |
#303078 | vinegary | |
#317549 | unmusical |
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