sweetener

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sweet=en=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

sweetener, n. 

 One who, or that which, sweetens; one who palliates; that which moderates acrimony.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sweetener, n.
1 a substance used to sweeten food or drink.
2 colloq. a bribe or inducement.

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

sweetener

Sweetness

N sweetness, dulcitude, sugar, syrup, treacle, molasses, honey, manna, confection, confectionary, sweets, grocery, conserve, preserve, confiture, jam, julep, sugar-candy, sugar-plum, licorice, marmalade, plum, lollipop, bonbon, jujube, comfit, sweetmeat, apple butter, caramel, damson, glucose, maple sirup, maple syrup, maple sugar, mithai, sorghum, taffy, nectar, hydromel, mead, meade, metheglin, honeysuckle, liqueur, sweet wine, aperitif, sugar cane, sugar beets, desert, pastry, pie, cake, candy, ice cream, tart, puff, pudding (food), dulcification, dulcoration, sweetener, corn syrup, cane sugar, refined sugar, beet sugar, dextrose, artificial sweetener, saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame, Sweet'N Low, sweet, saccharine, sacchariferous, dulcet, candied, honied, luscious, lush, nectarious, melliferous, sweetened, sweet as a nut, sweet as sugar, sweet as honey, sickly sweet, eau sucr_ee, sweets to the sweet.