sweetheart

Plural: sweethearts

Noun

• a person loved by another person
• any well-liked individual
  • "he's a sweetheart"
• a very attractive or seductive looking woman
• A person who is always very kind.
• A person very much liked or loved by someone, especially when both partners are young.
• A term of endearment, especially for a girlfriend, fiancée, or wife.
• A female member of a college or university fraternity.

Adjective Satellite

• privileged treatment of a favored person or corporation (sometimes unethically)
  • "another sweetheart deal based on political influence"

Examples

• John married his high-school sweetheart in 1981.
• She is such a sweetheart: she never complains about me being late.

Synonyms

beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, steady, stunner, sweetie, truelove, Wearside), babber, babe, baby, babycakes, bae, bubba, bully, buttercup, cabbage, chickabiddy, chickadee, chuck, cupcake, cutie, dag, darling, dear, dear heart, dearest, dearie, dearling, dialectal (chiefly Geordie, doll, doodlebug, dove, duck, ducky, dumpling, fam, heart, heartface, heartling, heartmate, hinny, hon, honey, honey bun, honeybug, honeybunch, honeybunny, honeycakes, honeypie, informal or poetic), jewel, jo, kidder, lambchop, lambkin, lass (archaic except UK, liefling, little one, love, lovebug, loveling, lovie, luvvy, m'dear, miting, moppet, mopsy, mouse, muffin, muss, old bean, old sport, pally, pet, petal, poppet, pug, pumpkin, pussums, pussy, sausage, schnookums, shug, snicklefritz, snookums, snuggums, squishy, sug, sugar, sugar baby, sugar beet, sugar-plum, sugarpie, sweet pea, sweetcheeks, sweetheart, sweetie pie, sweetling, sweets, treasure, woobie

Related Words

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