sweets

NOUN

food with a high sugar content

Synonyms

STRONG

bonbons candy comfit confection confectionery dessert pastries pie preserves pudding sweetmeats

WEAK

candied fruit

NOUN

sweet foods

Synonyms

STRONG

candy confectionery desserts goodies preserves sweetmeats

Example Sentences

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Each mountain trek will be powered by noodles and Albie-Junior's favourite sour sweets.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Americans are shifting from traditional sweets, with chocolate’s snack consumption share down 2.6 percentage points since 2010.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

“All the sweets and all the terrors of human lot lay in his mind,” Emerson writes, “as truly but as softly as the landscape lies on the eye.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The nuts and traditional sweets she would offer guests now cost three times what she normally paid.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

“Neel, hurry! Go meet your baba—he should be returning by now. And bring sweets, too. Rupa, bring Headmaster some tea. And then go tell the neighbors our good news!”

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins