1. (

• Sweet ,
• Henry_Sweet

) English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912) ;

2. (

• dessert ,
• sweet ,
• afters

) a dish served as the last course of a meal ;

3. (

• sweet ,
• confection

) a food rich in sugar ;

4. (

• sweet ,
• sweetness ,
• sugariness

) the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth ;

5. (

• sweetness ,
• sweet

) the property of tasting as if it contains sugar ;

1. (

• sweet ,

) having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar ;

2. (

• angelic ,
• angelical ,
• cherubic ,
• seraphic ,
• sweet

) having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition" ;

3. (

• dulcet ,
• honeyed ,
• mellifluous ,
• mellisonant ,
• sweet

) pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" ;

4. (

• sweet ,

) pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child" ;

5. (

• gratifying ,
• sweet ,

) pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge" ;

6. (

• odoriferous ,
• odorous ,
• perfumed ,
• scented ,
• sweet ,
• sweet-scented ,
• sweet-smelling

) having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers" ;

7. (

• sweet ,

) (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content; "sweet dessert wines" ;

8. (

• fresh ,
• sweet

) not containing or composed of salt water; "fresh water" ;

9. (

• fresh ,
• sweet ,
• unfermented

) not soured or preserved; "sweet milk" ;

10. (

• sugared ,
• sweetened ,
• sweet ,
• sweet-flavored

) with sweetening added ;

1. (

• sweetly ,
• sweet

) in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly'); "Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; "how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare; "talking sweet to each other" ;