SWEETIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweetie mean? 

• SWEETIE (noun)
  The noun SWEETIE has 1 sense:

1. a person loved by another person

  Familiarity information: SWEETIE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWEETIE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person loved by another person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

steady; sweetheart; sweetie; truelove

Hypernyms ("sweetie" is a kind of...):

lover (a person who loves someone or is loved by someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sweetie"):

dulcinea; ladylove (a woman who is a man's sweetheart)

sugar daddy (a wealthy older man who gives a young person expensive gifts in return for friendship or intimacy)

valentine (a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day)

 Context examples 

"She really ought to get away from him," resumed Catherine to me. "They've been living over that garage for eleven years. And Tom's the first sweetie she ever had."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)