The dress is too expensive. Can't you sweeten the deal a little?
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Sweeten
//ˈswiːtən//
Synonyms for "sweeten" (70 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
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More general
4 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
16 entriesTranslations
75 translations across 40 languages.
Albanian
3 entries- ëmbëlsi verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- ëmbëlson verb (to make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations)
- ëmbëlsuar verb (to become sweet)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- γλυκαίνω verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Aromanian
2 entries- ndultsescu verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- ãndultsescu verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Bulgarian
2 entries- подслаждам verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- смекчавам verb (to make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations)
Campidanese Sardinian
1 entries- indurciai verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Catalan
1 entries- endolcir verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 加甜 verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Czech
1 entries- sladit verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Danish
2 entries- forsøde verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- søde verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Dutch
1 entries- zoeten verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Esperanto
1 entries- dolĉigi verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Estonian
1 entries- magustama verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Finnish
1 entries- makeuttaa verb (to make sweet to the taste)
French
4 entries- adoucir verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- dulcifier verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- sucrer verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- édulcorer verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Galician
1 entries- adozar verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Gallurese
1 entries- indulcí verb (to make sweet to the taste)
German
3 entries- süß werden verb (to become sweet)
- süßen verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- versüßen verb (to make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations)
Gheg Albanian
1 entries- amelzoj verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Hungarian
3 entries- édesedik verb (to become sweet)
- édesít verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- édesül verb (to become sweet)
Irish
1 entries- milsigh verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Italian
2 entries- addolcire verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- zuccherare verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Korean
1 entries- 달게 하다 verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Latin
4 entries- condulcō verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- dulcificō verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- dulcō verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- dulcōrō verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Latvian
1 entries- saldināt verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- séissen verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Macedonian
1 entries- засладува verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Māori
1 entries- whakareka verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Norman
1 entries- adouochi verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Old English
1 entries- swētan verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Polish
1 entries- słodzić verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Portuguese
2 entries- adocicar verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- adoçar verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Quechua
1 entries- misk'ichay verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Romanian
1 entries- îndulci verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Russian
4 entries- подсла́щивать verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- подсласти́ть verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- подслаща́ть verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- сласти́ть verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Sardinian
1 entries- indulchire verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Sassarese
1 entries- indutzà verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Sicilian
3 entries- nnuciri verb (to become sweet)
- nnùciri verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- nnùciri verb (to make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations)
Spanish
4 entries- adulciguar verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- adulcir verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- amenizar verb (to make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations)
- asainetear verb (to make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations)
Swedish
1 entries- söta verb (to make sweet to the taste)
Ukrainian
4 entries- посоло́дшати verb (to become sweet)
- підсоло́джувати verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- підсолоди́ти verb (to make sweet to the taste)
- соло́дшати verb (to become sweet)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.
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Don't try to sweeten the pill.
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I sweeten coffee with molasses instead of sugar.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.