Sweet
- Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
- Having a taste of sugar.
- (wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.
- Not having a salty taste.
- Having a pleasant smell.
- Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.
- Having a pleasant sound.
- Having a pleasing disposition.
- Having a helpful disposition.
- (mineralogy) Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.
- (informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.
- (slang) Doing well; in a good or happy position.
- (informal, followed by on) Romantically fixated, enamoured with, fond of
- (obsolete) Fresh; not salt or brackish.
- Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.
| Synonyms |
(having a taste of sugar): saccharine, sugary
(containing a sweetening ingredient): sugared, sweetened
(not having a salty taste): fresh, unsalty
(having a pleasant smell): fragrant, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling
(not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale): fresh, unfermented, wholesome
(having a pleasant sound): dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant
(having a pleasing disposition): cute, lovable, pleasant
(having a helpful disposition): kind, gracious, helpful, sensitive, thoughtful
((informal) very pleasing): rad, awesome, wicked
| Antonyms |
(having a pleasant taste): bitter, sour, salty
(containing a sweetening ingredient): nonsweet, sugarless, unsugared, unsweetened, unsweet
(of wines: retaining a portion of natural sugar): dry
(not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale): decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, stale
(not having a salty taste): salty, savoury
(free from excessive unwanted substances): sour
((informal) very pleasing): lame, uncool