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sweet
 
Adjective sweet has 11 senses
  1. sweet - having a pleasant taste (as of sugar)
    Antonyms:     sour, acerb, acerbic, astringent, sharp, acetose, acetous, vinegary, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acidulated, lemony, lemonlike, sourish, tangy, tart, subacid
  2. angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet - having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition"
    Antonym: hateful (indirect, via lovable)
  3. dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet - pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello"
    Antonyms: unmelodious, unmelodic, unmusical (indirect, via melodious)
  4. sweet - one of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like the taste of sugar or honey
    Antonym:     tasteless (indirect, via tasteful)
  5. sweet - pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child"
    Antonym:     displeasing (indirect, via pleasing)
  6. gratifying, sweet - pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge"
    Antonym: displeasing (indirect, via pleasing)
  7. odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling - having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers"
    Antonyms: malodorous, malodourous (indirect, via fragrant)
  8. sweet - (used of wines) having a sweet taste
    Antonyms:     dry, brut, sec, unsweet
  9. fresh, sweet, unfermented - not soured or preserved; "sweet milk"
    Antonym: soured (indirect, via unsoured)
  10. sugared, sweetened, sweet - with sweetening added
    Antonyms: sugarless, nonsweet (indirect, via sugary)
  11. sweet, unsalty - not having a salty taste; "sweet water"
    Antonym: salt (indirect, via fresh)
Adverbial sweet has 1 sense
  1. sweetly, sweet - 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"
Noun sweet has 5 senses
  1. Sweet, Henry Sweet - English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
    --1 is a kind of phonetician
  2. dessert, sweet, afters - a dish served as the last course of a meal
    --2 is a kind of course
    --2 has particulars:
     ambrosia; baked Alaska; blancmange; charlotte; compote, fruit compote; dumpling; flan; frozen dessert; junket; mousse; peach melba; whip; pudding; syllabub, sillabub; tiramisu; trifle; zabaglione, sabayon
  3. sweet, confection, confectionery - a food rich in sugar
    --3 is a kind of dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
    --3 has particulars:
     confiture; sweetmeat; candy; hardbake; chewing gum, gum; candied apple, candy apple, taffy apple, caramel apple, toffee apple; center, centre; comfit; maraschino, maraschino cherry; nonpareil
  4. sweet, sweetness, sugariness - the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
    --4 is a kind of taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
  5. sweetness, sweet - the property of containing sugar
    --5 is a kind of taste property
    --5 has particulars: saccharinity; sugariness
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