Synonyms for CONFECTION
kənˈfɛk ʃəncon·fec·tion

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1. confectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   sweetmeat, sugarplum, cake, condiment

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1. sweet, confectionnoun

   a food rich in sugar

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

2. confection, concoctionverb

   the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components

   Synonyms:
   sweet, confection, concoction, mixture, intermixture

3. confect, confection, comfitverb

   make into a confection

   "This medicine is home-confected"

   Synonyms:
   comfit, confect, confection

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1. • Delicacy

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1. confectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   sweetmeat, confect, comfit

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1. List of paraphrases for "confection":

   confectionery, confectionary, size

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1. James Baldwin:

   Americans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocuous but piquant confection and to transform their moral contradictions, or public discussion of such contradictions, into a proud decoration, such as are given for heroism on the battle field.

2. Jean Shafiroff:

   [I] went in the bathroom and changed into this big polka dot confection. I think they all thought I was off to a costume party – or something crazy when I left that group.