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sweetener
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sweetener has 2 senses
- sweetener(n = noun.food) sweetening - something added to foods to make them taste sweeter; Array is a kind of flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning
- sweetener(n = noun.cognition) bait, come-on, hook, lure - anything that serves as an enticement; Array is a kind of enticement, temptation
has particulars: aspartame, honey, saccharin, refined sugar, sugar, sirup, syrup
Derived form verb sweeten1
Derived form verb sweeten2
CIDE DICTIONARY
sweetener, n.
One who, or that which, sweetens; one who palliates; that which moderates acrimony. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sweetener, n.
1 a substance used to sweeten food or drink.
2 colloq. a bribe or inducement.
1 a substance used to sweeten food or drink.
2 colloq. a bribe or inducement.
THESAURUS
sweetener
Trinkgeld, ambrosia, artificial sweetener, bait, blackstrap, bonus, bounty, bribe, calcium cyclamate, cane syrup, carrot, clover honey, comb honey, consideration, corn syrup, cyclamates, donative, double time, edulcoration, encouragement, fee, fillip, gratuity, gravy, grease, honey, honeycomb, honeydew, honeypot, honorarium, incentive, incentive pay, incitement, inducement, interest, invitation, lagniappe, largess, liberality, lure, maple syrup, molasses, nectar, palm oil, payment, percentage, perks, perquisite, persuasive, pourboire, premium, profit, provocation, reward, saccharification, saccharin, salve, sodium cyclamate, something extra, sorghum, sportula, stimulation, stimulative, stimulus, sugar, sugar-making, sugaring off, sweetening, sweets, syrup, tip, treacle, whetROGET THESAURUS
sweetener
Sweetness
N sweetness, dulcitude, sugar, syrup, treacle, molasses, honey, manna, confection, confectionary, sweets, grocery, conserve, preserve, confiture, jam, julep, sugar-candy, sugar-plum, licorice, marmalade, plum, lollipop, bonbon, jujube, comfit, sweetmeat, apple butter, caramel, damson, glucose, maple sirup, maple syrup, maple sugar, mithai, sorghum, taffy, nectar, hydromel, mead, meade, metheglin, honeysuckle, liqueur, sweet wine, aperitif, sugar cane, sugar beets, desert, pastry, pie, cake, candy, ice cream, tart, puff, pudding (food), dulcification, dulcoration, sweetener, corn syrup, cane sugar, refined sugar, beet sugar, dextrose, artificial sweetener, saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame, Sweet'N Low, sweet, saccharine, sacchariferous, dulcet, candied, honied, luscious, lush, nectarious, melliferous, sweetened, sweet as a nut, sweet as sugar, sweet as honey, sickly sweet, eau sucr_ee, sweets to the sweet.
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