having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.-pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.-pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer.-pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.-fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.-not changed from a sound or wholesome state. specifically: (a) not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.-plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.-that which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the plural.-confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.-home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.-that which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.-that which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.-one who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of endearment.-sweetly.-to sweeten.