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sweet

81 1.0
Having a pleasant smell like flowers
  • adjective
  • /swiːt/
translation icon : fragante
  • The sweet aroma of freshly baked bread made everyone feel hungry and eager to eat.
  • a sweet smell

This one was like, oh, like a sweet, sweet floral scent.

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Examples

  • The sweet scent of blooming jasmine filled the room and created a relaxing atmosphere.

  • The room smelled sweet, and it looked like the inside of a cloud-filled heaven.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • What I will say is that I love a sweet smell.

  • The sweet smell of freedom.

  • At night, the air is rich and sweet.

  • Yeah, there's nothing like the sweet smell of success.

  • My house smells of sweet cinnamon pumpkin.

  • A light breeze blows over the fields, bearing the damp, sweet fragrance of the trees.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Roses are as well known for their briars as they are for their beautiful colors and sweet-smelling scents.

    Academic text (2017)
  • A pleasant, darkly sweet odor was carried to her nostrils by a cool breeze.

    Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

fragrant
vssweet
34 2.2

Having a pleasant smell like flowers or soap

is slightly more about natural pleasant aroma than general smell
scented
vssweet
13 2.3

A thing like soap or a candle that has a pleasant smell because perfume was added

is more often natural, not mainly created by adding a smell
aromatic
vssweet
12 4.1

Having a strong, pleasant smell like spices or flowers

is milder and more general about pleasant natural fragrances
flowery
vssweet
6 3.5

Smelling or looking like flowers

is broader, applying to many pleasant natural smells beyond flowers
perfumed
vssweet
5 4.1

Has a pleasant smell from perfume or flowers

is used when the scent often comes from added products rather than natural sources
sweet-smelling
vssweet
4 2.3

Having a pleasant scent

is broader and covers pleasant fragrances not only obvious smells
vanilla-scented
vssweet
1 3.5

A thing that smells of sweet vanilla, like a candle or ice cream

is general about pleasant natural fragrance, not one specific aroma
sweet-scented
vssweet
1 3.0

Having a pleasant sweet smell

is a general term for any pleasant or natural fragrance
sweetish
vssweet
1 3.3

A little sweet in taste or smell

is generally stronger and more fully pleasant in natural fragrance
1 3.4

A thing that smells like cinnamon

is more general and not tied to any single spice smell
odoriferous
vssweet
  • Formal
8.5

Having a pleasant smell like flowers or spices

is the common word for simple pleasant fragrances rather than technical terms
3.0

Having a nice scent

is wider, covering natural fragrant qualities beyond simple pleasing odor
honey-scented
vssweet
3.7

Having the sweet smell of honey

is general and not limited to one distinctive food related aroma
mint-scented
vssweet
3.3

Having the fresh smell of mint

is broader and covers many pleasant natural fragrances not only fresh ones
spice-scented
vssweet
4.0

Has the warm smell of spices like cinnamon or cloves

is broader and applies to many pleasant natural aromas beyond mixed seasonings

Antonyms

60 1.0

Having a very bad smell

24 3.0

Having a very bad smell or taste

Idioms

home sweet home
  • Informal
17 2.3

A warm, happy feeling when you are at your own home

short and sweet
  • Informal
12 4.0

Quick and pleasant without extra detail, often about a talk or message

3 7.5

Do something slowly on purpose and without hurry

sweet fuck all
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A very rude way to say you have nothing at all

5.4

Very pleasant and musical to hear like a singing bird

To do small kind things that make a team feel happy and work well together

sweet dreams
  • Informal
1.4

To tell someone you hope they have nice dreams before they sleep

9.9

Nothing at all is left

Sweet Jesus
  • Informal
9.9

A short spoken phrase showing strong surprise or shock

A strong cry showing surprise or shock

Compounds

74 1.0

A large root vegetable with sweet, starchy flesh you cook or bake

sweet spot
  • Informal
23 4.4

The best point where something works well

sweet tooth
  • Informal
20 2.8

A strong liking for sweet foods like candy and cake

sweet pea
  • Baby Talk
8 3.0

A loving name adults use for a child or pet

7 1.1

A type of corn with sweet, tender kernels that people eat as a vegetable when young

sweet nothings
  • Informal
5 6.6

Soft loving words whispered to someone to show love

Having a pleasant scent

4 1.1

A small sweet bread made with yeast, often with cinnamon, nuts, or glaze

sweet talker
  • Informal
3 5.6

A person who uses kind words to charm or trick people

sweet talk
  • Informal
3 4.3

Flattering words that try to persuade someone but are not sincere

2 3.5

A short time of warm feelings you remember

sweet young thing
  • Offensive
2 8.2

An attractive young woman often talked about in a kind way or as less grown-up

Kind and gentle toward others

2 2.7

A vegetable kept in sugar and vinegar that tastes sweet and sour

1 3.9

Having a pleasant, gentle face that looks kind

1 1.5

A large mild fruit often eaten as a vegetable with thick walls and a bell shape

Dark, sweet wine made stronger with alcohol and flavored with herbs for cocktails

A type of chocolate that is not very sweet and is good for baking

1 6.9

A grass with a sweet smell that grows near water

1 3.0

A climbing garden plant with small fragrant flowers in pale colors

1 2.0

A tree that grows sweet red fruit you can eat or the fruit it makes

1 4.1

A gentle type of jazz with a steady beat, medium speed, little improvisation, and a warm clear melody

1 6.0

A North American tree with spiky round seed balls and sweet-smelling sap and red leaves in autumn

1 6.1

A North American tree with star-shaped leaves and prickly round fruits

1 3.5

A mild vegetable oil like olive oil that you use for cooking and skin care

1 7.2

A slow time someone takes on purpose that annoys other people

1 7.9

A small egg-shaped clay wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes

1 8.9

A tall garden plant with strong sweet-smelling purple or white flowers that smell at night

A tall plant grown for its sweet juice used to make syrup

A garden flower with dense clusters of small flat-topped flowers and a pleasant smell

Having a pleasant sweet smell

1 4.4

A small tree that makes edible nuts with a hard shell and pink flowers

1 2.0

A green herb with a strong smell used to flavor food like tomatoes

1 7.5

A small tree or bush from the southeastern United States with fragrant white flowers

A large tree from eastern North America that makes sweet edible nuts and useful wood

A North American tree with star-shaped leaves, spiky round fruit, and sticky fragrant sap

8.4

A bush with fragrant white flowers that bloom in summer

A tropical plant that makes small apple-sized fruits with sweet edible pulp

sweet cassava
  • Australian
5.7

A cassava with roots that need less cooking and leaves used to feed animals

A fragrant resin burned as incense and used in perfume

2.3

Apple juice made from pressed apples that has no alcohol

A plant grown for hay that makes soil richer for other plants

A European plant with a vanilla smell and white to pink flowers that grows in wet places

An American plant with a sweet smell, broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers

A sweet alcoholic drink made with cherries, often used in cocktails or desserts

A large tree that loses its leaves and makes nuts you can eat and good wood

A warm reddish brown colour like a nut

9.9

A European garden herb with fern-like leaves, white flowers and a sweet aniseed taste

A type of corn people grow for sweet, tender kernels to eat

A marsh plant with long pointed leaves and roots that have a strong smell

A leafy wildflower with sweet-smelling white or pale pink trumpet flowers that blooms late afternoon

9.9

A small bush that grows in wet places and has bitter leaves with a strong smell

A plant from North America with sweet leaves used to make a calming tea

9.9

A yellow tropical fruit with juicy sweet flesh

9.6

A North American bush that people use to make jam and wine from its purple-black berries

A plant like chamomile that grows for one year, tastes more bitter, and helps mild stomach problems

8.6

A low shrubby plant with fern-like leaves that smell sweet, from North America

A sweet tropical fruit with soft, juicy pulp that smells nice

sweet hereafter
  • Literature
9.1

A peaceful and pleasant life after death that gives comfort

A lemon tree and its fruit that have a mild, sweet taste and can be eaten fresh

7.7

A sticky fragrant substance from a tree used in medicine and perfume

7.0

Reddish-brown wood from a North American tree used to make furniture

A fruit like a lemon but sweeter and less sour

A tree that grows sweet oranges used for eating and making juice

A round fruit with sweet juice and orange skin

A fragrant herb with small leaves used to flavor food

A vine that grows sweet melons with a netted rind, like cantaloupe

A round fruit with sweet, juicy flesh eaten fresh

A Mediterranean plant with many flowers that have a strong scent

A plant that grows large, mild fruits like bell peppers for salads

A bush with spikes of sweet-smelling white flowers that grows near streams and coasts and attracts bees

A trailing plant grown for its large sweet roots eaten as food

A plant that has sweet-smelling flowers and grows in sandy places like deserts

How Fragrant

aromatic
12 4.1
fragrant
34 2.2
sweet
81 1.0
perfumed
5 4.1
scented
13 2.3

Surface Forms

sweet positive
sweeter comparative
sweetest superlative

Etymology

Sweet comes from Old English swete meaning 'pleasant', and the same word was used for nice smells. So when we call a flower or air sweet, we mean its smell is pleasant and lovely.