Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

Verb

The word "candy" can be used as noun, proper noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

box desktop disneyland drive in movie jar mall movie movies purse shop show store supermarket theater theatre trick or treat bag

Capable Of

can candied yams coat chocolate smell like fruit taste good

Derived Terms

arm candy ballot candy bee candy brain candy candify candy apple candy bar candy bar phone candy cane candy cap candy corn candy darter candy flip candy flipping candy floss candy girl candy glass candy gore candy gram candy man candy pink candy roaster candy shop candy store candy stripe candy striper candy thermometer candy wrapper candy-arse candy-arsed candy-ass candy-assed candy-coat candy-gram candy-man candy-striped candyboy candyflipping candygram candyish candylike candymaker candymaking candyman chest candy cotton candy cotton-candy cough candy dandy as candy dragon's beard candy ear candy eye candy fine and dandy like sour candy gym candy hand something out like candy hard candy ice candy like taking candy from a baby mind candy nature's candy nose candy nose-candy penny candy popping candy ribbon candy rock candy seafoam candy squaw candy sugar candy sweet as candy

Has Part

high quantity of sugar lots of sugar in sugar

Context

cooking historical north america slang chiefly us

Has Property

messy

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

confection dulcify dulcorate edulcorate sweet sweeten

Type Of (IsA)

food junk food mostly sugar prepared solid food ready to eat food snack snack with much sugar sweet sweet thing

Receives Action

made mostly of sugar

Related Terms

Candian Candy oil

Related Terms

american american sweets artificial sweetener avoirdupois bar candace candian candice candy oil ceylon coat confectionery crack cocaine crete foodstuff given name mass maund mediterranean mint pound sri lanka sugar sugary sugary foodstuff sweet sweet treat sweets syrup treat unit wrapper wrappers

Synonym Network

confectionery maunee rock sugar sugarcoat sweet

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.