Word Image
plural: sweets
Part Of Speech
noun, adjective, adverb
Word Meaning
noun: a food (as a candy) having a high sugar content; a sweet taste sensation; a pleasant or agreeable experience, possession, or state
adjective: being or causing one of the four basic taste sensations that is caused especially by table sugar and is identified especially by the taste buds at the front of the tongue; having a relatively large sugar content; pleasing to the ear, eye, mind, or feelings;
adverb: in a sweet way
Word Family
sweeter
sweetest
sweetly
sweetness
sweeten
sweetener
sweetening
sweetish
sweetie
sweetbread
sweetshop
sweetheart
semisweet
bittersweet
Sentences
She’s such a sweet girl!
She likes her coffee quite sweet.
He called his sweetheart to say he’d be home late.
Do you take a sweetener in your tea?
Remember to brush your teeth after eating sweets.
The little girl kissed her kitten so sweetly.
That cake frosting had a bit too much sweetness for my taste.
We just had the sweetest time at the petting zoo.
It was sweet of her to take care of them.
Those puppies couldn’t have been any sweeter!
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