sweetener
Plural: sweeteners
Noun
- something added to foods to make them taste sweeter
- anything that serves as an enticement
- Something added to food to sweeten its taste, especially an artificial substitute for sugar.
- Something given or added to added to a deal to sweeten another's attitude, especially a bribe or kickback.
- A shill bidder at an auction.
Origin / Etymology
From sweeten + -er (“agent suffix”).
Synonyms
bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetening, douceur, gift and Thesaurus:bribe
Scrabble Score: 12
sweetener: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsweetener: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sweetener: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
sweetener: valid Words With Friends Word