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| Main Entry: |
sweets
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food with a high sugar content |
| Synonyms: | bonbons, candied fruit, candy, comfit, confection, confectionery, dessert, pastries, pie, preserves, pudding, sweetmeats |
| 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: | candy |
| 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: | delicacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delicious, gourmet food |
| Synonyms: | ambrosia, banquet, bonne bouche, dainty, delight, dessert, feast, goody, indulgence, luxury, morsel, nectar, pleasure, rarity, regale, relish, savory, special, sweet, tidbit, treat |
| 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: | love |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is loved by another |
| Synonyms: | Juliet, Romeo, admirer, angel, beau, beloved, boyfriend, courter, darling, dear, dear one, dearest, flame, girlfriend, honey, inamorata, inamorato, loved one, lover, paramour, passion, spark, suitor, swain, sweet, sweetheart, truelove, valentine |
| Main Entry: | preserves |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thickened fruit prepared for |
| Synonyms: | confiture, conserve, extract, gelatin, jam, jell, jelly, marmalade, pectin, spread, storage and use as a condiment confection, sweet |
| Notes: | jam is a thick mixture made from fruit pulp and sugar; jelly is made from fruit juice boiled with sugar; preserves are fruit preserved whole or in large pieces and cooked with sugar; marmalade is boiled fruit pulp, rinds, and sugar |
| Main Entry: | sweetheart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person whom another loves |
| Synonyms: | admirer, beau, beloved, boyfriend, companion, darling, dear, dear one, flame, girlfriend, heartthrob, honey*, inamorata, inamorato, love, lovebird, lover, one and only, paramour, pet, significant other, steady*, suitor, swain, sweet, treasure*, truelove, valentine |
| Antonyms: | enemy, foe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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