sweetheart
nounEtymology
From Middle English swete heorte, swete hert (term of endearment); equivalent to sweet + heart.
- inherited from swete heorte,swete hert
Definitions
A person who is always very kind.
- She is such a sweetheart: she never complains about me being late.
A person very much liked or loved by someone, especially when both partners are young.
- John married his high-school sweetheart in 1981.
- Why Lambe, why Lady, fie you ſluggabed, / Why Loue I ſay, Madam, ſweeteheart, why Bride: / What not a word, you take your penniworths now, / Sleepe for a weeke, […]
A term of endearment, especially for a lover or child.
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A female member of a college or university fraternity.
The neighborhood
- synonymsweetiekind person
- synonymbaby
- synonymdear
- synonymdarling
- synonymbabber
- synonymprecious
- synonymbae
- synonymbabycakes
- synonymbubba
- synonymbully
- synonymbuttercup
- synonymcabbage
- neighborsweet
- neighborsweetie
- neighborsweet-hearted
- neighborchild
- neighborfriend
- neighborlover
- neighbor:Category:English endearing terms
- neighborterm of endearment
- neighborFemale only
- neighborgirl
- neighborlady
- neighborold lady
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at sweetheart. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at sweetheart. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at sweetheart
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA