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Sweet

Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.

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Similar meaning 26

Cloying 84% connected

of Cloy

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Cloying 84% connected

of Cloy

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Fragrant 84% connected

Affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume.

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Fragrant 84% connected

Affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume.

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Lovable 84% connected

Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love.

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Lovable 84% connected

Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love.

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Loveable 84% connected

See Lovable.

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Loveable 84% connected

See Lovable.

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Melodic 84% connected

Of the nature of melody; relating to, containing, or made up of, melody; melodious.

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Melodic 84% connected

Of the nature of melody; relating to, containing, or made up of, melody; melodious.

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Melodious 84% connected

Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice.

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Melodious 84% connected

Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice.

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Musical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical propo…

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Musical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical propo…

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Pleasing 84% connected

of Please

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Pleasing 84% connected

of Please

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Saccharine 84% connected

Of or pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar; producing sugar; sweet; as, a saccharine taste; saccharine matter.

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Saccharine 84% connected

Of or pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar; producing sugar; sweet; as, a saccharine taste; saccharine matter.

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Sugary 84% connected

Resembling or containing sugar; tasting of sugar; sweet.

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Sugary 84% connected

Resembling or containing sugar; tasting of sugar; sweet.

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Sweetish 84% connected

Somewhat sweet.

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Sweetish 84% connected

Somewhat sweet.

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Syrupy 84% connected

Like sirup, or partaking of its qualities.

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Syrupy 84% connected

Like sirup, or partaking of its qualities.

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Treacly 84% connected

Like, or composed of, treacle.

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Treacly 84% connected

Like, or composed of, treacle.

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Ambrosia 76% connected

The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.

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Blancmange 76% connected

A preparation for desserts, etc., made from isinglass, sea moss, cornstarch, or other gelatinous or starchy substance, with mild, usually sweetened a…

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Candy 76% connected

To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger.

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Center 76% connected

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

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Centre 76% connected

To be placed in a center; to be central.

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Charlotte 76% connected

A kind of pie or pudding made by lining a dish with slices of bread, and filling it with bread soaked in milk, and baked.

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Comfit 76% connected

A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.

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Compote 76% connected

A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered; as, a compote of pears.

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Confect 76% connected

To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of.

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Confectionery 76% connected

Sweetmeats, in general; things prepared and sold by a confectioner; confections; candies.

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Confiture 76% connected

Composition; preparation, as of a drug, or confection; a sweetmeat.

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Dumpling 76% connected

A roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort of pudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other fruit, and boiled or baked; as,…

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Gum 76% connected

The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.

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Hardbake 76% connected

A sweetmeat of boiled brown sugar or molasses made with almonds, and flavored with orange or lemon juice, etc.

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Junket 76% connected

A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food.

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Maraschino 76% connected

A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia.

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Mold 76% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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Mould 76% connected

Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

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Nonpareil 76% connected

Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; -- often used as a name.

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Pud 76% connected

Same as Pood.

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Pudding 76% connected

A species of food of a soft or moderately hard consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour or meal, with milk and eggs, etc.

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Sillabub 76% connected

A dish made by mixing wine or cider with milk, and thus forming a soft curd; also, sweetened cream, flavored with wine and beaten to a stiff froth.

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Sugariness 76% connected

The quality or state of being sugary, or sweet.

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Sweetmeat 76% connected

Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, etc.; -- usually in the plural; a confect; a confection.

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Syllabub 76% connected

Same as Syllabub.

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Whip 76% connected

To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

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Course 76% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Dainty 76% connected

Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything.

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Delicacy 76% connected

The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.

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Goody 76% connected

A bonbon, cake, or the like; -- usually in the pl.

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Kickshaw 76% connected

See Kickshaws, the correct singular.

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Taste 76% connected

To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

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Treat 76% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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Sugariness 74% connected

The quality or state of being sugary, or sweet.

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Sugariness 74% connected

The quality or state of being sugary, or sweet.

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Sugary 74% connected

Resembling or containing sugar; tasting of sugar; sweet.

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Sugary 74% connected

Resembling or containing sugar; tasting of sugar; sweet.

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Sweetness 74% connected

The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell; agreeableness.

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Sweetness 74% connected

The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell; agreeableness.

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Sugary 66% connected

Resembling or containing sugar; tasting of sugar; sweet.

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Sugary 66% connected

Resembling or containing sugar; tasting of sugar; sweet.

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Tasty 66% connected

Having a good taste; -- applied to persons; as, a tasty woman. See Taste, n., 5.

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Tasty 66% connected

Having a good taste; -- applied to persons; as, a tasty woman. See Taste, n., 5.

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Synonym 21

Angelic 92% connected

Alt. of Angelical

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Angelical 92% connected

Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine.

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Cherubic 92% connected

Alt. of Cherubical

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Confection 92% connected

A composition of different materials.

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Dessert 92% connected

A service of pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment; pastry, fruits, etc., forming the last course at dinner.

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Dulcet 92% connected

Sweet to the taste; luscious.

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Fresh 92% connected

Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong; unimpaired; sound.

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Gratifying 92% connected

of Gratify

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Honeyed 92% connected

of Honey

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Mellifluous 92% connected

Flowing as with honey; smooth; flowing sweetly or smoothly; as, a mellifluous voice.

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Odoriferous 92% connected

Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent; fragrant; as, odoriferous spices, particles, fumes, breezes.

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Odorous 92% connected

Having or emitting an odor or scent, esp. a sweet odor; fragrant; sweet-smelling.

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Perfumed 92% connected

of Perfume

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Scented 92% connected

of Scent

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Seraphic 92% connected

Alt. of Seraphical

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Sugared 92% connected

of Sugar

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Sugariness 92% connected

The quality or state of being sugary, or sweet.

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Sweet-scented 92% connected

Having a sweet scent or smell; fragrant.

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Sweetened 92% connected

of Sweeten

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Sweetly 92% connected

In a sweet manner.

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Sweetness 92% connected

The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell; agreeableness.

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Dry 94% connected

Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid o…

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Dry 94% connected

Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid o…

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Sour 94% connected

Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.

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Sour 94% connected

Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.

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