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sweets - 12 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | sweets |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food with a high sugar content |
| Synonyms: | candy, confection, confectionery, dessert, preserves, pudding, bonbons, candied fruit, comfit, pastries, pie, sweetmeats |
| Main Entry: | sweet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sugary food |
| Synonyms: | bonbon, candy, confection, confectionery, delight, dessert, enjoyment, gratification, joy, pleasure, pudding, snack, chocolate, confiture, final course, sugarplum, sweetmeat |
| Main Entry: | candy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confection |
| Synonyms: | bonbon, confectionery, sweet, confit, hokum, jawbreaker, sweetmeat |
| Main Entry: | confection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sweet food |
| Synonyms: | cake, candy, dainty, jam, pastry, sweet |
| Main Entry: | delicacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delicious, gourmet food |
| Synonyms: | ambrosia, banquet, dainty, delight, dessert, feast, goody, indulgence, luxury, morsel, nectar, pleasure, rarity, regale, relish, savory, special, sweet, tidbit, treat, bonne bouche |
| Main Entry: | dessert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sweet treat |
| Synonyms: | cake, candy, confection, cookie, fruit, ice cream, pastry, pudding, sweet, tart, frozen dessert, frozen treat, last course, pie, sweet course |
| Notes: | that impoverished stretch of sand called a desert can only afford one 's'; that rich gooey extra thing at the end of the meal called a dessert indulges in two of them |
| Main Entry: | love |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is loved by another |
| Synonyms: | Romeo*, admirer, angel, beau, beloved, boyfriend, darling, dear, flame, girlfriend, honey, inamorata, lover, paramour, passion, spark, suitor, sweet, sweetheart, truelove, Juliet, courter, dear one, dearest, inamorato, loved one, swain, valentine |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | preserves |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thickened fruit prepared for |
| Synonyms: | conserve, extract, jam, jell, jelly, spread, sweet, confiture, gelatin, marmalade, pectin, storage and use as a condiment confection |
| Main Entry: | sweetheart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person whom another loves |
| Synonyms: | admirer, beau, beloved, boyfriend, companion, darling, dear, flame, girlfriend, heartthrob, honey*, inamorata, love, lover, paramour, pet, significant other, steady*, suitor, sweet, treasure*, truelove, dear one, inamorato, lovebird, one and only, swain, valentine |
| Antonyms: | enemy, foe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | taste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flavor of some quality |
| Synonyms: | aroma, bang*, bitter, drive, jolt, kick*, oomph*, piquancy, punch*, relish, salt, savor, smack, sour, sting*, suggestion, sweet, tang*, wallop, zest, zing*, zip*, aftertaste, ginger, palatableness, sapidity, sapor, savoriness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | treat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasing entity or occurrence |
| Synonyms: | amusement, banquet, celebration, dainty, delicacy, delight, enjoyment, entertainment, feast, fun, gift, goody*, gratification, joy, party, pleasure, refreshment, satisfaction, surprise, sweet, thrill, tidbit |
| Antonyms: | bad fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sweetness |
| Part of Speech: | noun1 |
| Definition: | sweetness of taste |
| Synonyms: | sweet, palatableness, sugariness, sweet taste |
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