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
- Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
- A piece of confectionery of this kind.
- (slang, chiefly US) crack cocaine.
- A unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.
- verb
- To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.
- To have sugar crystals form in or on.
- 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
candied
- ameliorated
- cajoling
- candy-coated
- cloying
- cosmeticized
- delicious
- dolled up
- dressed up
- dulcet
- embellished
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- enriched
- flattering
- glace
- granular
- honeyed
- improved
- ingratiating
- like candy
- like honey
- luscious
- mawkish
- meliorated
- nectarous
- pleasant
- sacchariferous
- saccharine
- sentimental
- souped up
- spruced
- sticky
- sugar-coated
- sugarcoated
- sugared
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- sweet
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- syrupy
- toothsome
- tricked
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candyfloss
- cotton candy
- eye candy
- fluff
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- tinsel
- window dressing
dainty
- acute
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- airy
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- bit
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- incomparable
- insightful
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- junket
- kickshaw
- knowledgeable
- lacy
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- mincing
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- neat
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- overcritical
- overdemanding
- painstaking
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- soft
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- supernal
- supreme
- sweet
- sweetmeat
- tasteful
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- tender
- terrific
- tidbit
- tip-top
- titbit
- toothsome
- toothy
- top
- top-notch
- touchy
- transcendent
- treat
- trim
- twee
- ultrafastidious
- ultrarare
- unsurpassed
- viand
- well-made
- wonderful
- yummy
facade
- act
- affectation
- airs
- appearance
- beard
- betrayal
- bluff
- building front
- camouflage
- charade
- cloak
- color
- coloring
- cotton candy
- cover
- deceit
- deception
- disguise
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- dissembling
- dissimulation
- double cross
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- excuse
- exterior
- face
- faithlessness
- fake
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- false colors
- false front
- falseness
- falsity
- fig leaf
- fluff
- forehead
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- fraud
- front
- front view
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- gloss
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- image
- impersonation
- infidelity
- look
- mask
- masquerade
- outside
- perfidy
- performance
- persona
- phony
- playacting
- portrayal
- pose
- pretence
- pretense
- pretext
- put on
- put-on
- semblance
- show
- skin
- surface
- tinsel
- treachery
- treason
- unfaithfulness
- veil
- veneer
- window dressing
- window-dressing
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
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- sweet
- sweetmeat
- tchotchke
- tidbit
- titbit
- treat
- trifle
- trinket
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- trumpery
- vertu
- viand
- virtu