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sugar-free

sugar-free adjective: of food, drink, medication, chewing gum, etc: not containing sugar (and usually sweetened with a sugar substitute instead).

Adjective

sugar-free (not comparable)

  1. Of food, drink, medication, chewing gum, etc: not containing sugar (and usually sweetened with a sugar substitute instead).
    Synonyms:
    sugarless

Synonyms of sugar-free

Forms of sugar-free

alternative formsugarfree

Origin of sugar-free

From sugar + -free.

Words formed from sugar-free

Questions about sugar-free

What does sugar-free mean?
Sugar-free means of food, drink, medication, chewing gum, etc: not containing sugar (and usually sweetened with a sugar substitute instead).
What part of speech is sugar-free?
Sugar-free is an adjective.

Words near sugar-free in the dictionary

  1. sugar-coated spleen
  2. sugar-coating
  3. sugar-coats
  4. sugar-cube
  5. sugar-cubes
  6. sugar-free
  7. sugar-house
  8. sugar-house molasses
  9. sugar-houses
  10. sugar-loaf
  11. sugar-loaf hat

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