swate

Adjective

sweet (comparative sweeter, superlative sweetest)

1. Tasting of sugars.
   • a sweet apple
2. Retaining a portion of sugar.
   • Sweet wines are better dessert wines.

   Synonyms:

   saccharine, sugary

3. Not of a salty taste.
   • sweet butter

   Synonyms:

   fresh, unsalty

4. Having a pleasant smell; fragrant.
   • a sweet scent

   Synonyms:

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

5. Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.
   • sweet milk

   Synonyms:

   fresh, unfermented, wholesome

6. Of a pleasant sound.
   • a sweet tune

   Synonyms:

   dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant

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