sweetheartnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈswiːt.hɑːt/us/ˈswiːt.hɑːrt/a boyfriend or girlfriend:
She eventually married her childhood sweetheart.
used for talking to a person that you love, especially a child or person you have a romantic relationship with :
[ as form of address ] "Happy birthday, sweetheart," he said.
a kind and generous person:
"Oh, you're a sweetheart," she said, when I brought her breakfast in bed.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People having good qualities
- advertisement
- altruism
- angel
- be the salt of the earth idiom
- brick
- bunch
- dear
- enchant
- enchantress
- gem
- not be as black as you are painted idiom
- paragon
- poppet
- rough diamond
- saint
- salt
- softie
- sweetie
- the real deal
- treasure
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