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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confection |
| Synonyms: | bonbon, confectionery, confit, hokum, jawbreaker, sweet, sweetmeat |
| Main Entry: | confection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sweet food |
| Synonyms: | cake, candy, dainty, jam, pastry, sweet |
| Main Entry: | dessert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sweet treat |
| Synonyms: | cake, candy, confection, cookie, frozen dessert, frozen treat, fruit, ice cream, last course, pastry, pie, pudding, sweet, sweet course, tart |
| Notes: | that impoverished stretch of sand called a desert can only afford one 's'; that rich gooey extra thing at the end of the meal called a dessert indulges in two of them |
| Main Entry: | heroin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smack |
| Synonyms: | H, big H, candy*, crap, diacetylmorphine, doojee, dope, drug, flea powder, hard stuff, horse*, junk*, mojo, narcotic, opium, scag, white stuff |
| Notes: | heroin (the drug) is based on Latin/Greek heros 'hero' because of its effects on the user's self-esteem; heroine is a courageous principal female character (the counterpart of hero) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stiffen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become harder |
| Synonyms: | anneal, benumb, brace, cake, candy, cement, chill, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, crystallize, curdle, firm, fix, freeze, gel, harden, inflate, inspissate, jell, jelly, ossify, petrify, precipitate, prop, reinforce, set, solidify, stabilize, starch, steady, strengthen, tauten, tense, thicken |
| Antonyms: | liquefy, loosen, melt |
| Main Entry: | sweet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sugary food |
| Synonyms: | bonbon, candy, chocolate, confection, confectionery, confiture, delight, dessert, enjoyment, final course, gratification, joy, pleasure, pudding, snack, sugarplum, sweetmeat |
| Main Entry: | sweeten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add sugar |
| Synonyms: | add sweetening, candy, candy-coat, honey, make sweet, make toothsome, mull, sugar, sugar-coat |
| Antonyms: | salt, sour |
| Main Entry: | junk food |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unhealthful food |
| Synonyms: | candy, canned food, convenience food, dehydrated food, fast food, frozen food, prepackaged food, processed food, snack food, snacks, unhealthy food |
| Main Entry: | wafer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disk |
| Synonyms: | biscuit, cake, candy, cookie, cracker |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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