Thesaurus:sweet

Thesaurus

sweet

English

Adjective

Sense: tasting of sugar

Synonyms

• dulcet (archaic)
• nectareal (rare)
• nectarean (rare)
• nectarine
• nectarous
• saccharine
• sappy
• sugary
• sweet
• sweetsome

Antonyms

• bitter    [⇒ thesaurus]
• salty    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sour    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• candied
• chocolaty
• honied
• mellaginous
• melliferous (figurative)
• sickly sweet
• syrupy

Hypernyms

• gustable    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:sweetness

Further reading

• “396. sweetness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “sweet” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.