Sweetheart

Definition: Sweetheart

Sweetheart

Noun

1. A person loved by another person.

2. Any well-liked individual; "he's a sweetheart".

3. A very attractive or seductive looking woman.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sweetheart" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Literature

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Sweetheart

Favorite

Love, dear, darling, duck, duckey, honey, sugar, jewel; mopsey, moppet, princess; sweetheart, sweetie; (love).

Love

Lover, suitor, follower, admirer, adorer, wooer, amoret, beau, sweetheart, inamorato, swain, young man, flame, love, truelove; leman, Lothario, gallant, paramour, amoroso, cavaliere servente, captive, cicisbeo; caro sposo.

Crosswords: Sweetheart

Sorry sweetheart. I haven't got time for anything else (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: George Lucas; Leigh Brackett)

But I didn't want to be her sisterI wanted to be her sweetheart! (Tipping the Velvet; writing credit: Andrew Davies)

Look, sweetheart, I can drink you under any goddamn table you want, so don't worry about me. (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; writing credit: Edward Albee; Ernest Lehman)

I'm already there sweetheart. You're it (All My Children; writing credit: John L. Goldwater)

Aww, don't worry about it sweetheart. (Curb Your Enthusiasm; writing credit: Larry David)

I wish it was me, sweetheart (Invisible Man; performing artist: 98 Degrees; writing credit: Dane DeViller, Sean Hosein, and Steve Kipner)

O think of my career, my sweetheart dear, and my poor old (Draft Dodger Rag; performing artist: Phil Ochs)

My sweetheart and me, (Poisoning Pigeons In The Park; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

You're trailer trash when you can't get married to your sweetheart because there's a law against it. (references; author: unknown)

The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart (1970)

Forces' Sweetheart (1953)

Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1946)

I'll Be Your Sweetheart (1945)

Sweetheart Goodnight (1944)

Sweetheart (performing artist: Franke & The Knockouts)

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Books

• An old sweetheart of mine (reference)

• His Executive Sweetheart (Silhouette Special Edition, 1485) (reference)

• Let Me Call You Sweetheart (Sing-Along Storybook) (reference)

• Sweetheart for Valentine (reference)

• Techies Unite: Helen, Sweetheart of the Internet (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Sweetheart Murders (reference)

• A Soldier's Sweetheart (reference)

• Little Sweetheart (reference)

• Sweetheart Stories (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• America's Sweetheart, Vol. 1 (reference)

• Sweetheart of the Rodeo [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Waterford Sweetheart Bowl (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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The same sweetheart in every port. Credit: Library of Congress.

But sweetheart!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Nobody's sweetheart!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Yonker Ramp and his sweetheart. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "sweetheart": sweetheart agreement. Additional references.

Beginning with "sweetheart": sweetheart-wife.

Afrikaans

geliefde (beloved, loved, loved one, lover, well-beloved), beminde (beloved, loved, loved one, lover, well-beloved). (various references)

Albanian

i dashur (affable, affected, affectionate, amiable, baby, beloved, caring, darling, dear, debonair, fond, friendly, genial, gentle, good, good natured, kind, kindly, love, pleasant, precious, sweetie, Sweeting, sweety, Truelove, Valentine, warm). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قرة العين (darling, joy, pleasure), ‏حبيبة (babe, grain, granule, lass, pellet), ‏حبيب (baby, darling, lover), ‏عشيقة (mistress). (various references)

Bulgarian 

скъпа (honey), скъп (costly, dear, expensive, inestimable, precious, pricey, sparing, swanky, swish, well-beloved), възлюбена (mistress, sugar baby, sweet, true love), възлюбен (beloved, true love), любима (girl friend, inamorata, ladylove, lass, lassie, love, lover, mistress, sweet, sweetie, true love), любим (beloved, darling, dear, favorite, favourite, inamorato, love, lover, mash, paramour, pet, precious, sweet, sweetie, true love, well-beloved). (various references)

Chinese 

甜心, 愛人 (husband, spouse, wife). (various references)

Czech

miláèek (darling, dear, favorite, favourite, heartthrob, honey, inamorato, love, pet, sweetie, Sweeting, Valentine), drahoušek (darling, ducky). (various references)

Dutch

schat (darling, treasure), lieveling (darling, favourite), liefje (beloved, darling, loved one, lover, well-beloved), lief (affable, beloved, dainty, dear, expensive, friendly, good-natured, kind, lovable, loved one, lovely, lover, nice, pretty, valuable, well-beloved). (various references)

Esperanto

dolĉulo, dolĉulino, amato (beloved, loved one, lover, well-beloved), amatino (beloved, loved one, lover, well-beloved). (various references)

Farsi 

یار (Adjunct, Adjutant, Billy, Buddy, Chummy, Friend, Helper, Helpmate, Mistress, Pal, Paramour, Partner, Playmate, Turtledove, Yokefellow), معشوقه (Girl, Ladylove, Love, Mistress, Paramour, Peat, Pet, Stallion), نوعی نان شیرینی بشکل قلب , دلارام (Belle), دلدار, دلبر (Mistress). (various references)

Finnish

rakastettu (beloved), mielitietty, lemmitty (beloved), kulta (darling, gold), heila (girl- friend), armas (beloved, charming, darling, dear, sweet). (various references)

French

petite amie (sweetie, sweety), petit ami (sweety), bien-aimée, bien-aimé, amoureux. (various references)

German

liebste (dearest, donah, favorite, favourite), liebling (darling, dove, ducky, favorite, favourite, honey, love, minion, pet, sweet), Geliebte (beloved, lady love, lady-love, loved one, lover, mistress, paramour, truelove, well-beloved). (various references)

Greek 

ερωμένη (inamorata, mistress), εραστήσ (lover, paramour, spark, suitor, woo), αγαπημένη, αγαπημένοσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

אחות (companion, kinswoman, sister), אהובה (love, mistress), אהוב (beloved, darling, lovely, lover). (various references)

Hungarian

szerető (affectionate, fond, lover, loving, marrow, paramour, sisterly, solicitude, sweetie), szerelmes (amatory, amorous, enamored, enamoured, erotic, in love, lover, loving, nutty, spoon, sweetie), jegyes (affianced, betrothed, engaged, fiance, fiancee, intended), drágám (darling, dearie, honey, my dear), babája vkinek, édesem (honey, luv). (various references)

Indonesian

masyuk (beloved), kekasih (babe, beloved, darling, lovely, mash), cindur mata (souvenir), ambrin. (various references)

Italian

spasimante (lover, suitor), tesoro (darling, dear, exchequer, hoard, honey, pet, treasure), moroso (defaulting, overdue), innamorato (beau, in love, lover, Truelove, Valentine), carino; carina. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

恋人 (lover). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おもいもの, かのじょ (girl friend, she), いちゅうのおんな (girlfriend), いちゅうのひと (person in one's thoughts), こいびと (lover), スイートハート , じょうにん (lover, mistress, permanent, regular, standing), じょうじん (lover, mistress, ordinary man or person). (various references)

Korean 

연인. (various references)

Manx

myrneen (boy, honey, Valentine, well-beloved), lhiannan (haunter, importunate person, lover, mistress, paramour, swain, wooer), gliminagh (admirer, lover). (various references)

Pig Latin

eetheartsway.(various references)

Portuguese

amada (beloved, lady, ladylove, loved one, lover). (various references)

Romanian

stea (blaze, destiny, fate, light, star, streamer), mândrã (beauty), iubitã (flame, girl, lady, lady love, lass, mistress, paramour), iubit (beloved, darling, dear, favorite, favourite, follower, lief, loved, lover, own, paramour, precious, wooer), dragã (darling, dear, drag, dredge, dredger, honey, love, my darling, my dear), drãguţã (baby, beloved, puss), drãguţ (attractive, beloved, charming, comely, cute, dainty, darling, dinky, good looking, handsome, kind, lovable, lovely, nice, nice-looking, pretty, sweet), domniţã (dearest, princess), cocoşel (cockalorum, cockerel), amantã (amour, mistress), amant (admirer, gallant, lover, suitor, wooer). (various references)

Russian 

возлюбленный (beloved, boyfriend, boy-friend, dear, inamorato, love, lover, sweetie, sweety, turtledove). (various references)

Scottish

leannan (a sweetheart, lover), ciat. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

voljeni, ljubljen, dragi (beloved, honey, sweetie, sweety, true love). (various references)

Spanish

querido (beloved, best, cherished, darling, dear, deary, desire, inamorato, love, loved one, lover, my dear, precious, Sweeting, used to, well-beloved), novio (beloved, boyfriend, bride, bridegroom, fiance, groom, loved one, lover, steady, Sweeting, well-beloved). (various references)

Swedish

fästman (fiancé, fiance, intended), fästmö (bride, fiancée, fiancee, intended). (various references)

Turkish

sevgilim (darling, dearling, honey, my precious, sweetie, sweety), sevgili (beau, beloved, concubine, darling, dear, dearie, deary, dove, doxy, duck, duckie, ducky, fancy man, favorite, favourite, feller, fellow, flame, gallant, Gill, girl, inamorata, inamorato, Jill, ladylove, love, loved, lover, paramour, pet, precious, queen, steady, sweetie, sweety, Truelove, well-beloved), cicim (darling, sweetie, sweety), canım (darling, dear, dearling, honey, honeybun, honeybunch, my precious, sweetie, sweety), şekerim (honey, my chuck, sugar, sweet, sweetie, sweety), aşık (admirer, adorer, amorist, amorous, beau, besotted, enamoured, fancy man, gallant, gone, in ecstasy, in love, inamorato, lover, minstrel, paramour, singer, spoon, Swain, wandering minstrel, wooer). (various references)

Ukrainian

кохана (beloved, concubine, girl friend, inamorata, ladylove, lass, love, lover, sweet, sweetie), коханий (beloved, boy friend, darling, inamorato, lovable, love, lover, sweet, sweetie, turtledove), залицятися (court, gallant, gallivant, philander, squire, wait upon, woo). (various references)

Vietnamese 

người yêu (boy-friend, gallant, inamorata, inamorato, lady-love, lover), người tình (best girl, lover, swain). (various references)

Welsh

cariadferch (mistress), cariadfab (lover), cariad (affection, love, lover). (various references)

amans, amantes, amanti, amantium, suavi. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "sweetheart": sweethearts. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Sweetheart" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sweatheart, sweet'eart. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: aesthete, earthset, sawteeth, teethers, theaters, theatres, tweeters, weathers, whetters, wreathes.

-3 letters: aethers, esthete, estreat, hatters, heaters, reheats, restate, retaste, shatter, sheeter, swather, swatter, sweater, sweeter, teeters, teether, teethes, tethers, thawers, theater, theatre, thereat, threats, thwarts, tweeter, weather, wethers, wetters, whereas, whereat, whetter, wreathe, wreaths.

-4 letters: aether, aretes, earths, easter, eaters, estate, ethers, etwees.

+1 letter: sweethearts.

+3 letters: weathercaster.

+4 letters: featherweights, weathercasters.