candy

The word “candy” has 2 syllables: can-dy

It's pronounced as /ˈkændi/


What is synonym and antonym for candy?

In the thesaurus, “candy” has 34 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for candy along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for candy

  • ameliorate
  • bit
  • bonbon
  • cate
  • confectionery
  • confit
  • cosmeticize
  • dainty
  • delectable
  • delicacy
  • dessert
  • doll up
  • dress up
  • embellish
  • enhance
  • enrich
  • goodie
  • goody
  • improve
  • jawbreaker
  • junket
  • kickshaw
  • meliorate
  • morsel
  • soup up
  • spruce
  • sweet
  • sweeten
  • sweetmeat
  • tidbit
  • titbit
  • treat
  • trick
  • viand

Meanings of candy

  • noun
    1. Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
    2. A piece of confectionery of this kind.
    3. (slang, chiefly US) crack cocaine.
    4. A unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.
  • verb
    1. To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.
    2. To have sugar crystals form in or on.
    3. To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.

Example Sentences

  • She gave me a box of candy for my birthday.
  • The children were excited to eat their Halloween candy.
  • I love eating candy after dinner as a sweet treat.
  • He handed out candy to all the kids at the party.
  • The store is filled with all kinds of candy during the holidays.

On this page you'll find 34 synonyms or another words to candy, such as: ameliorate, bit, bonbon, cate, confectionery, confit, cosmeticize.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

dainty

  • acute
  • agreeable
  • airy
  • ambrosial
  • appetizing
  • attractive
  • beautiful
  • better
  • bijou
  • bit
  • bonny
  • candy
  • captious
  • careful
  • carping
  • cate
  • caviling
  • cavilling
  • charming
  • choice
  • choosey
  • choosy
  • classic
  • comely
  • critical
  • cute
  • darling
  • delectable
  • delicacy
  • delicate
  • delicious
  • delightful
  • delish
  • demanding
  • dessert
  • diaphanous
  • digestible
  • discerning
  • discriminating
  • eatable
  • edible
  • elegant
  • elite
  • ethereal
  • exacting
  • excellent
  • exceptional
  • exclusive
  • exquisite
  • extraordinary
  • fabulous
  • fair
  • fancy
  • fastidious
  • faultfinding
  • fine
  • finical
  • finicking
  • finicky
  • first-class
  • first-rate
  • flavorful
  • flavorsome
  • fragile
  • frail
  • fussbudgety
  • fussy
  • goodie
  • goody
  • graceful
  • grand
  • gratifying
  • great
  • heavenly
  • high-grade
  • hypercritical
  • hyperfastidious
  • incomparable
  • insightful
  • jewellike
  • junket
  • kickshaw
  • knowledgeable
  • lacy
  • light
  • lovely
  • luscious
  • lush
  • marvellous
  • marvelous
  • meticulous
  • mincing
  • morsel
  • mouthwatering
  • neat
  • nice
  • niminy-piminy
  • noble
  • nuanced
  • old-maidish
  • outstanding
  • overcritical
  • overdemanding
  • painstaking
  • palatable
  • par excellence
  • particular
  • peerless
  • peevish
  • perceptive
  • pernickety
  • persnickety
  • petite
  • petulant
  • picked
  • picky
  • pleasant
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  • precious
  • preeminent
  • premium
  • pretty
  • prickly
  • prim
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  • queasy
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  • rare
  • refined
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  • savory
  • savoury
  • scrumptious
  • scrupulous
  • select
  • selected
  • selective
  • sensational
  • soft
  • special
  • splendid
  • squeamish
  • stellar
  • sterling
  • subtle
  • succulent
  • superb
  • superior
  • superlative
  • supernal
  • supreme
  • sweet
  • sweetmeat
  • tasteful
  • tasty
  • tender
  • terrific
  • tidbit
  • tip-top
  • titbit
  • toothsome
  • toothy
  • top
  • top-notch
  • touchy
  • transcendent
  • treat
  • trim
  • twee
  • ultrafastidious
  • ultrarare
  • unsurpassed
  • viand
  • well-made
  • wonderful
  • yummy

kickshaw

  • bagatelle
  • bauble
  • bibelot
  • bijouterie
  • bit
  • bric-a-brac
  • candy
  • cate
  • collectable
  • collectible
  • conversation piece
  • curio
  • curiosity
  • dainty
  • delectable
  • delicacy
  • dessert
  • doodad
  • figurine
  • gaud
  • geegaw
  • gewgaw
  • gimcrack
  • gimcrackery
  • goodie
  • goody
  • junket
  • keepsake
  • knickknack
  • memento
  • morsel
  • nicknack
  • novelty
  • objet
  • ornament
  • ornamental
  • souvenir
  • sweet
  • sweetmeat
  • tchotchke
  • tidbit
  • titbit
  • treat
  • trifle
  • trinket
  • trinketry
  • trumpery
  • vertu
  • viand
  • virtu

viand

  • aliment
  • bit
  • bite
  • board
  • bread
  • candy
  • cate
  • cheer
  • chow
  • chuck
  • comestible
  • comestibles
  • commissary
  • cookery
  • cooking
  • cuisine
  • dainty
  • delectable
  • delicacy
  • dessert
  • diet
  • dish
  • drink
  • eatable
  • eatables
  • eats
  • edible
  • edibles
  • ensilage
  • esculent
  • fare
  • fast food
  • feast
  • feed
  • finger food
  • fodder
  • food
  • foodstuff
  • foodstuffs
  • forage
  • goodie
  • goodies
  • goody
  • grit
  • grits
  • groceries
  • grub
  • handout
  • home cooking
  • junket
  • keep
  • kickshaw
  • larder
  • meal
  • meat
  • menu
  • mess
  • morsel
  • moveable feast
  • natural food
  • nourishment
  • nurture
  • nutriment
  • nutrition
  • pabulum
  • pap
  • plate
  • platter
  • provender
  • provision
  • provisions
  • ration
  • rations
  • refreshment
  • refreshments
  • regale
  • repast
  • serving
  • silage
  • slop
  • snack
  • spread
  • staples
  • store
  • subsistence
  • supplies
  • support
  • sustenance
  • sweet
  • sweetmeat
  • swill
  • table
  • take out
  • tidbit
  • titbit
  • treat
  • tuck
  • tucker
  • viands
  • victual
  • victuals
  • vittles

acid

  • abrupt
  • acerb
  • acerbic
  • acidic
  • acidulous
  • acrid
  • acrimonious
  • anal
  • angry
  • anti-alkaline
  • argumentative
  • astringent
  • backhanded
  • barbed
  • bearish
  • bilious
  • biting
  • bitter
  • black tabs
  • bleaching
  • bloody-minded
  • blotter
  • blue acid
  • blue dot
  • blue owsley
  • blunt
  • brisk
  • brusk
  • brusque
  • california sunshine
  • candy
  • cantankerous
  • caustic
  • choleric
  • concise
  • contentious
  • contrary
  • corroding
  • corrosive
  • crabby
  • cranky
  • crisp
  • cross
  • crotchety
  • cubes
  • curt
  • cussed
  • cutting
  • cynical
  • depressed
  • disagreeable
  • disintegrative
  • dissolvent
  • dot
  • dour
  • dry
  • dyspeptic
  • eating away
  • electric kool-aid
  • eroding
  • erosive
  • exasperated
  • facetious
  • flippant
  • fussy
  • glum
  • green dragon
  • grouchy
  • gruff
  • grumpy
  • hallucinogen
  • harsh
  • hateful
  • hurtful
  • hyperacid
  • ill-humored
  • ill-natured
  • ill-tempered
  • incisive
  • indignant
  • insincere
  • instant zen
  • irascible
  • irate
  • ironic
  • ironical
  • irritable
  • keen
  • lucy in the sky with diamonds
  • mad
  • magic mushrooms
  • mescalin
  • microdots
  • mordant
  • morose
  • mushrooms
  • nasty
  • offensive
  • old-maidish
  • orange sunshine
  • ornery
  • oxidizing
  • peevish
  • peppery
  • petulant
  • peyote
  • piquant
  • pithy
  • poignant
  • puckery
  • pungent
  • purple haze
  • querulous
  • quick-tempered
  • resentful
  • rough
  • rusting
  • sarcastic
  • sardonic
  • satiric
  • satirical
  • scalding
  • scathing
  • schoolmarmish
  • severe
  • sharp
  • sharp-tongued
  • short-tempered
  • smart-aleck
  • smart-alecky
  • smart-mouthed
  • snappish
  • snarky
  • snippety
  • snippy
  • sour
  • soured
  • sourish
  • spikey
  • spiky
  • splenetic
  • stinging
  • strawberry fields
  • stringent
  • succinct
  • sugar cubes
  • sullen
  • surly
  • tangy
  • tart
  • tartish
  • terse
  • testy
  • tongue-in-cheek
  • touchy
  • trenchant
  • unsweetened
  • upset
  • uptight
  • vinegarish
  • vinegary
  • vitriolic
  • wry
  • yellow sunshine
  • zestful
  • zesty
  • zingy

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