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sweetener

sweetener

30 2.0
A substance added to food or drink to make it taste sweeter
  • noun
  • /ˈswitənər/
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  • I prefer using a low-calorie sweetener in my coffee instead of sugar.
  • artificial sweeteners
  • nonnutritive sweeteners
  • low-calorie sweeteners

So where do I think these sweeteners potentially wreak the most havoc?

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Examples

  • If desired, add natural sweeteners to the tea to make it more flavorful.

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  • Coffee with cream and sweetener.

  • But I was told not to add any sugar or sweetener to it.

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  • You want to give me the sweetener?

  • Honey, do you have my sweetener?

  • Did you want a sweetener?

  • And take your bag of artificial sweetener with you.

  • It's got five different sweeteners in here.

  • You can choose to add none at all or add another sweetener like Splenda at your own discretion.

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  • You can have added natural sweeteners like stevia or monk fruit.

Synonyms

syrup
vssweetener
203 1.0

Thick sweet liquid used to make food or drink taste better

is the general term for items added to make food sweeter not just liquids
fructose
vssweetener
  • Specialized
49 4.1

A simple sugar in honey and ripe fruit that people use to make food sweet

is the broad name for things added to taste sweeter not only fruit sugars
sucrose
vssweetener
  • Specialized
12 3.2

A common sweet white sugar from plants that people use to sweeten food

is the broad category for substances added to increase sweetness not only plant sugars
aspartame
vssweetener
  • Specialized
7 6.9

A white artificial sweetener with no calories often used in diet drinks instead of sugar

is the general label for items added to make things sweeter not one compound
refined sugar
vssweetener
4 1.8

White sugar made from sugar cane or beet and used to sweeten food and drinks

is the broad name for substances added to sweeten, not this processed form
stevia
vssweetener
4 4.4

A plant with very sweet leaves and the sweetener made from those leaves

is the general term for substances added to increase sweetness not specific sources
Splenda
vssweetener
3 3.4

A brand of sweetener used instead of sugar in food and drinks

is the general term for such products rather than a specific brand
saccharin
vssweetener
2 6.3

A very sweet man-made white powder used instead of sugar with no calories

is a broad category name for substances added to add sweetness not one chemical
sucralose
vssweetener
  • Specialized
1 5.6

A sweet substance people use instead of sugar in food and drink

is the general term for substances added to increase sweetness
cane sugar
vssweetener
1 1.3

Sweetener made from the tall plant sugarcane used to sweeten food and drinks

is the general term for items added to sweeten, not limited to plant sources
sugar syrup
vssweetener
1 1.8

A sweet liquid made by boiling sugar and water

is a broad label for things added to make food sweeter not just liquids
corn sugar
vssweetener
  • US
1 2.9

A sugar made from corn starch used to sweeten food and drinks

is the broad term for items added to add sweetness, not only starch derivatives
sweetening
vssweetener
2.6

Something added to food or drink to make it sweeter

focuses on use specifically as a replacement for sugar

Antonyms

bittering
  • Specialized
7.1

A substance like hops added to beer to give a bitter taste

How Sweet

saccharin
2 6.3
stevia
4 4.4
honey
305 1.0
sweetener
30 2.0
sugar
732 1.0

Surface Forms

sweetener singular
sweeteners plural

Morphology

sweetener = sweeten (transparent) = sweet + en + er

Formed by adding the agent/nominal suffix '-er' to the verb 'sweeten', producing a regular noun meaning 'a thing that sweetens'.

Etymology

Sweetener comes from the simple word sweet and the verb sweeten, which means 'to make sweet', with the ending -er meaning 'a thing that does'. So a sweetener is literally 'a thing that makes food or drink taste sweeter', which is why it is used instead of sugar.