sweet
- noun
- /swiːt/
- A waiter trundles the silver dessert cart, overflowing with sweets, past our table.
- candy and sweets
- give sweets
- gifts and sweets
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Watch on YouTubeAfter lunch is when I start to crave sweets even though I'm not hungry.
- After lunch is when I start to crave sweets even though I'm not hungry.
- So we all of our sweets are vegan.
- I don't like sweets that are too sweet, especially.
- So if you wouldn't eat any of your sweets, I'd appreciate it.
- Secondly, it's kids going and begging for sweets at random people houses.
Examples
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Mothers brought celebratory sweets to distribute in honor of a little daughter's first majles solo.
Academic text (2003) -
Janet was a typical teenage girl who was fond of sweets, music, and boys.
Academic text (2018) -
Get down to the sweet candy center, right?
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Have you ever wanted to have a sweet little tasty snack?
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You know I love me some sweets.
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You would come on the bus with your blue umbrella and a bag of sweets for my children.
Fiction book (1997) -
Penny would come home from school and eat cookies and sweets that her grandmother kept at her house.
Academic text (1998) -
After lunch is when I start to crave sweets even though I'm not hungry.
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In England, an ideal afternoon involves conversation, sweets, and a spot of tea.
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After lunch is when I start to crave sweets even though I'm not hungry.
Synonyms
A small sweet made from sugar, often with chocolate or nuts
A sweet dish eaten at the end of a meal
A sweet made of chocolate or sugar that you eat as a snack
A hard sweet on a small stick that you lick or suck
A small sweet food people eat for pleasure
A small sweet made from sugar that you suck rather than chew
A flat sweet cookie made from simple dough often decorated with icing or sugar
A firm chewy sweet made from cooked sugar and milk
A small sweet made with chocolate and eaten as a treat
Sweet food like candy or a small cake
A small sweet candy often made of chocolate and wrapped in foil
Small sweet pieces like chocolate or candy used to decorate ice cream and cakes
A small sweet bread made with yeast, often with cinnamon, nuts, or glaze
A sweet treat on a stick like a lollipop or an ice pop
A small sweet food like candy or fruit covered in sugar eaten as a treat
A hard sweet made by boiling sugar and letting it cool
A small sweet food high in sugar eaten between meals as a treat
A sweet dish served at the end of a meal, like cake or ice cream
A small soft candy that you chew
A dessert that is not heavy and usually has fewer calories
A small sweet with a mint taste that is often hard or chewy
Fruit cooked in sugar syrup and coated in sugar for a sweet treat
A small wrapped piece of chocolate you eat in one bite
A thin hard sweet made with honey that breaks easily
A chewy candy made from sugar and butter that people pull and stretch
A small piece of candy or chocolate
Idioms
- Informal
Quick and pleasant without extra detail, often about a talk or message
To do small kind things that make a team feel happy and work well together
Compounds
A type of corn with sweet, tender kernels that people eat as a vegetable when young
- Offensive
An attractive young woman often talked about in a kind way or as less grown-up
Dark, sweet wine made stronger with alcohol and flavored with herbs for cocktails
A garden flower with dense clusters of small flat-topped flowers and a pleasant smell
A gentle type of jazz with a steady beat, medium speed, little improvisation, and a warm clear melody
A North American tree with spiky round seed balls and sweet-smelling sap and red leaves in autumn
- UK
A tall garden plant with strong sweet-smelling purple or white flowers that smell at night
A pale yellow oil from almonds that people use for cooking and for skin or hair
A low plant with small white flowers and a sweet smell used to cover the ground and flavor drinks
- US
A small tree or bush from the southeastern United States with fragrant white flowers
A bush with spikes of sweet-smelling white flowers that grows near streams and coasts and attracts bees
- UK
A European garden herb with fern-like leaves, white flowers and a sweet aniseed taste
- Australian
A cassava with roots that need less cooking and leaves used to feed animals
- Specialized
A small insect that attacks sweet potatoes and other crops and spreads plant viruses
- South African
A plant with divided leaves and pink flowers that smell sweet
A marsh plant with long leaves and sweet-smelling roots used for flavoring and medicine
- US
A North American tree with dark bark that smells like mint and has hard wood used for furniture
A North American tree with star-shaped leaves, spiky round fruit, and sticky fragrant sap
- US
A North American bush that people use to make jam and wine from its purple-black berries
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Etymology
Sweet comes from Old English swete meaning 'pleasant' or 'sugary', and you can see the same idea in the English verb sweeten. So a sweet as a dessert or candy is food that tastes sugary and pleasant.