sweetie

[swee-tee] / ˈswi ti /

NOUN

darling

Synonyms

STRONGEST

sweetheart

STRONG

angel baby beloved boyfriend dear dearest dearie flame friend girlfriend honey love lover pet sugar sweet treasure truelove

WEAK

apple of one's eye dear one fair-haired boy heart's desire honeybunch light of my life light of one's life one and only precious

Example Sentences

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“I said to her, ‘No, sweetie, they are not shooting us, they just want to separate the crowd,’” he recounted.

From Washington Post

Just then, the doors opened again and there was my sweetie.

From New York Times

“He texted me and said, ‘You sounded great, sweetie,’” Maggie recalled.

From Seattle Times

And they said: ‘Oh, no, sweetie. That would be the soy milk man.’

From New York Times

"It’s a vent. It’s called fashion sweeties," one TikToker reportedly wrote.

From Fox News