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

She spoke of pastry shops selling sweets so enticing that barely any survived the trip home.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

You can buy sweets and treats, gooey, sticky, honey-dipped, date-stuffed fabulous Arabic desserts on giant round silver trays.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye