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Sweet

//swiːt// adj, adv, intj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tasting of sugars.

    "a sweet apple"

  2. 2
    Retaining a portion of sugar.

    "Sweet wines are better dessert wines."

  3. 3
    Not of a salty taste.

    "sweet butter"

  4. 4
    Of a pleasant smell.

    "a sweet scent"

  5. 5
    Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.

    "sweet milk"

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  1. 6
    Of a pleasant sound.

    "a sweet tune"

  2. 7
    Of a pleasing disposition.

    "a sweet child"

  3. 8
    Of a helpful disposition.

    "It was sweet of him to help out."

  4. 9
    Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.

    "sweet gas"

  5. 10
    Very pleasing; agreeable. informal

    "The new Lexus was a sweet birthday gift."

  6. 11
    Doing well; in a good or happy position. Australia, slang

    ""Visit in two days though," said Tommo. "Hang in there mate, got a joey coming, we'll be sweet then.""

  7. 12
    Romantically fixated; enamored with; fond of. informal

    "The attraction was mutual and instant; they were sweet on one another from first sight."

  8. 13
    Fresh; not salt or brackish.

    "sweet water"

  9. 14
    Alkaline. UK, dated
  10. 15
    Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.

    "a sweet face"

  11. 16
    An intensifier.

    "For someone who hadn't seen her only sister in over twenty years, Alice sure took her sweet time."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having a natural fragrance wordnet
  2. 2
    not containing or composed of salt water wordnet
  3. 3
    having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub wordnet
  4. 4
    pleasing to the ear wordnet
  5. 5
    pleasing to the mind or feeling wordnet
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  1. 6
    pleasing to the senses wordnet
  2. 7
    with sweetening added wordnet
  3. 8
    (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content wordnet
  4. 9
    having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar wordnet
  5. 10
    not soured or preserved wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    In a pleasant manner.

    "Go down beside thy native rill, ⁠On thy Parnassus set thy feet, ⁠And hear thy laurel whisper sweet About the ledges of the hill."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an affectionate or loving manner (‘sweet’ is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of ‘sweetly’) wordnet
Intj
  1. 1
    Used as a positive response to good news or information.

    "They're making a sequel? Ah, sweet!"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A female given name.
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Gem County, Idaho, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    The basic taste sensation induced by sugar. uncountable
  2. 2
    the property of tasting as if it contains sugar wordnet
  3. 3
    A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy. India, UK, countable, especially
  4. 4
    the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth wordnet
  5. 5
    A food eaten for dessert. UK, countable, especially

    "Can we see the sweet menu, please?"

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  1. 6
    a food rich in sugar wordnet
  2. 7
    Synonym of sweetheart, a term of affection. countable, uncountable

    "VVherefore frovvnes my ſvveet? / Haue I too long bene abſent from theſe lips, / This cheeke, theſe eyes?"

  3. 8
    a dish served as the last course of a meal wordnet
  4. 9
    That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "a wilderness of sweets"

  5. 10
    Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Fear's fire to fervency, which makes love's sweet prove nectar."

Verb
  1. 1
    To sweeten. archaic, poetic

    "In size and shape it resembles the heart of a calf, and the interior substance is similar to thick cream, sweeted with fine sugar."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English swete, from Old English swēte (“sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōtī, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz (“sweet”), from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus (“sweet”). Cognate and synonymous with Scots sweit (“sweet”), North Frisian sweete (“sweet”), Saterland Frisian swäit (“sweet”), West Frisian swiet (“sweet”), Dutch zoet (“sweet”), German Low German sööt (“sweet”), German süß (“sweet”), Danish sød (“sweet”), Swedish söt (“sweet”), Norwegian søt (“sweet”), Icelandic sætur (“sweet”), Latin suāvis, Sanskrit स्वादु (svādú), Ancient Greek ἡδύς (hēdús). Doublet of suave.

Etymology 2

From Middle English swete, from Old English swēte (“sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōtī, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz (“sweet”), from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus (“sweet”). Cognate and synonymous with Scots sweit (“sweet”), North Frisian sweete (“sweet”), Saterland Frisian swäit (“sweet”), West Frisian swiet (“sweet”), Dutch zoet (“sweet”), German Low German sööt (“sweet”), German süß (“sweet”), Danish sød (“sweet”), Swedish söt (“sweet”), Norwegian søt (“sweet”), Icelandic sætur (“sweet”), Latin suāvis, Sanskrit स्वादु (svādú), Ancient Greek ἡδύς (hēdús). Doublet of suave.

Etymology 3

From Middle English swete, from Old English swēte (“sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōtī, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz (“sweet”), from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus (“sweet”). Cognate and synonymous with Scots sweit (“sweet”), North Frisian sweete (“sweet”), Saterland Frisian swäit (“sweet”), West Frisian swiet (“sweet”), Dutch zoet (“sweet”), German Low German sööt (“sweet”), German süß (“sweet”), Danish sød (“sweet”), Swedish söt (“sweet”), Norwegian søt (“sweet”), Icelandic sætur (“sweet”), Latin suāvis, Sanskrit स्वादु (svādú), Ancient Greek ἡδύς (hēdús). Doublet of suave.

Etymology 4

From Middle English swete, from Old English swēte (“sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōtī, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz (“sweet”), from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus (“sweet”). Cognate and synonymous with Scots sweit (“sweet”), North Frisian sweete (“sweet”), Saterland Frisian swäit (“sweet”), West Frisian swiet (“sweet”), Dutch zoet (“sweet”), German Low German sööt (“sweet”), German süß (“sweet”), Danish sød (“sweet”), Swedish söt (“sweet”), Norwegian søt (“sweet”), Icelandic sætur (“sweet”), Latin suāvis, Sanskrit स्वादु (svādú), Ancient Greek ἡδύς (hēdús). Doublet of suave.

Etymology 5

From Middle English swete, from Old English swēte (“sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōtī, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz (“sweet”), from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus (“sweet”). Cognate and synonymous with Scots sweit (“sweet”), North Frisian sweete (“sweet”), Saterland Frisian swäit (“sweet”), West Frisian swiet (“sweet”), Dutch zoet (“sweet”), German Low German sööt (“sweet”), German süß (“sweet”), Danish sød (“sweet”), Swedish söt (“sweet”), Norwegian søt (“sweet”), Icelandic sætur (“sweet”), Latin suāvis, Sanskrit स्वादु (svādú), Ancient Greek ἡδύς (hēdús). Doublet of suave.

Etymology 6

* As an English surname, from the adjective sweet. * As a German and Jewish surname, translated from Suess, from süß (“sweet”). * As a French surname, translated from Ledoux.

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