1. (noun) Sweet, Henry Sweet
English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
2. (noun) dessert, sweet, afters
a dish served as the last course of a meal
3. (noun) sweet, confection
a food rich in sugar
4. (noun) sweet, sweetness, sugariness
the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
5. (adj) sweetness, sweet
the property of tasting as if it contains sugar
6. (adj) sweet
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
7. (adj) 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"
8. (adj) dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet
pleasing to the ear
"the dulcet tones of the cello"
9. (adj) sweet
pleasing to the senses
"the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child"
10. (adj) gratifying, sweet
pleasing to the mind or feeling
"sweet revenge"
11. (adj) 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"
12. (adj) sweet
(used of wines) having a high residual sugar content
"sweet dessert wines"
13. (adj) fresh, sweet
not containing or composed of salt water
"fresh water"
14. (adj) fresh, sweet, unfermented
not soured or preserved
"sweet milk"
15. (adverb) sugared, sweetened, sweet, sweet-flavored
with sweetening added
16. (adverb) 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"
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Definition of 'Sweet' 
