Sweetener

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sweetener \Sweet"en*er\, n.
     One who, or that which, sweetens; one who palliates; that
     which moderates acrimony.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  sweetener
       n 1: something added to foods to make them taste sweeter [syn: {sweetening}]
       2: anything that serves as an enticement [syn: {bait}, {come-on},
           {hook}, {lure}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "sweetener":
     Trinkgeld, ambrosia, artificial sweetener, bait, blackstrap, bonus,
     bounty, bribe, calcium cyclamate, cane syrup, carrot, clover honey,
     comb honey, consideration, corn syrup, cyclamates, donative,
     double time, edulcoration, encouragement, fee, fillip, gratuity,
     gravy, grease, honey, honeycomb, honeydew, honeypot, honorarium,
     incentive, incentive pay, incitement, inducement, interest,
     invitation, lagniappe, largess, liberality, lure, maple syrup,
     molasses, nectar, palm oil, payment, percentage, perks, perquisite,
     persuasive, pourboire, premium, profit, provocation, reward,
     saccharification, saccharin, salve, sodium cyclamate,
     something extra, sorghum, sportula, stimulation, stimulative,
     stimulus, sugar, sugar-making, sugaring off, sweetening, sweets,
     syrup, tip, treacle, whet