sweet

About 24.82 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Tasting of sugars.

   a sweet apple

2. adjective Retaining a portion of sugar.

   Sweet wines are better dessert wines.

3. adjective Not of a salty taste.

   sweet butter

4. adjective Having a pleasant smell; fragrant.

   a sweet scent

5. adjective Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.

   sweet milk

6. adjective Of a pleasant sound.

   a sweet tune

7. adjective Of a pleasing disposition.

   a sweet child

8. adjective Of a helpful disposition.

   It was sweet of him to help out.

Similar words

sweetish sweetened sugary sugariness sugared saccharine syrupy confectionery confection dessert

Often followed by

and potatoes potato to as little corn voice home

Word family

Henry Sweet Sweet sweeter sweetest sweetly sweetness sweetnesses sweets