sweetheart
noun [C] /ˈswiːt.hɑːt/
/-hɑːrt/ Definition
› a person you love, especially a person you have a romantic relationship with: She eventually married her childhood sweetheart. [as form of address] "Happy birthday, sweetheart," he said.Romantic and sexual partners › a kind and generous person: "Oh, you're a sweetheart," she said, when I placed the breakfast tray on her lap.People having good qualities
(Definition of sweetheart noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- advertisement noun
- angel noun
- be the salt of the earth idiom
- brick noun (GOOD PERSON)
- bunch noun (GROUP)
- charmer noun
- dear noun
- enchantress noun
- gem noun (VERY GOOD)
- jewel noun (PERSON)
- not be as black as you are painted idiom
- paragon noun
- poppet noun
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