Synonyms and antonyms of Sweets and other confectionery in British Thesaurus

barley sugar (noun)

a hard sweet made from boiled sugar

boiled sweet (noun)

British a hard sweet, especially one that tastes of fruit

bubble gum (noun)

a type of brightly coloured chewing gum that you can blow into to form a bubble

candy (noun)

American sweets or confectionery

candy (noun)

American a sweet

candyfloss (noun)

British a sweet food consisting of very thin strings of sugar wrapped around a stick. The American word is cotton candy.

caramel (noun)

a sweet made from sugar, butter, and milk

chew (noun)

British a hard sweet that you have to chew until it is soft enough to swallow

chewing gum (noun)

a type of sweet, usually flavoured with mint, that you chew for a long time but do not swallow

choc (noun)

Britishinformal a chocolate

choccy (noun)

Britishinformal a chocolate

chocolate (noun)

a small sweet made from chocolate

cotton candy (noun)

American candyfloss

dark chocolate (noun)

chocolate that is darker in colour than milk chocolate because it does not have any milk added to it

drop (noun)

a small round sweet

Easter egg (noun)

a chocolate egg that you give to someone as a present at Easter

fondant (noun)

a small piece of fondant eaten as a sweet

freezie (noun)

American a piece of sweet flavoured ice inside a plastic casing

gobstopper (noun)

a large hard round sweet

gum (noun)

chewing gum

gumdrop (noun)

a firm fruit sweet made of jelly and covered with sugar

humbug (noun)

a type of hard black and white sweet that tastes of peppermint

ice lolly (noun)

British a piece of sweet flavoured ice or ice cream on a stick. The American word is Popsicle.

jelly baby (noun)

British a soft brightly coloured sweet with a fruit flavour that is shaped like a person

jelly bean (noun)

a soft brightly coloured sweet that is shaped like a bean

licorice ()

the American spelling of liquorice

liquorice (noun)

a black substance with a strong flavour, used for making sweets and medicines

liquorice (noun)

a sweet that is made from liquorice

lollipop (noun)

a hard sweet on the end of a stick

marshmallow (noun)

a soft pink or white sweet with a thick round shape

milk chocolate (noun)

chocolate made with milk. Chocolate made without milk is called plain chocolate.

mint (noun)

a sweet that tastes like peppermint

nougat (noun)

a sweet food made of sugar, nuts, and small pieces of fruit

pastille (noun)

a round sweet with a fruit flavour

peppermint (noun)

a sweet with a peppermint flavour

plain chocolate (noun)

British a type of chocolate made without milk and with very little sugar. The American word is dark chocolate.

Popsicle (American)

American an ice lolly

praline (noun)

a sweet made by boiling nuts in sugar

praline (noun)

a chocolate sweet filled with a soft substance made from sugar and crushed nuts

rock (noun)

British a hard sweet in the shape of a solid tube called a stick. Rock is usually sold in seaside towns and has the name of the town written in it.

sherbet (noun)

British powder with a fizzy taste that is eaten as a sweet

sucker (noun)

Americaninformal a lollipop

sweet (noun)

British a small piece of sweet food made with sugar. The usual American word is candy

toffee (noun)

a sweet sticky brown food made by cooking sugar, butter, and water at a high temperature, or a sweet made of this

toffee apple (noun)

British an apple covered in toffee and put on a stick

truffle (noun)

a soft chocolate sweet that often has alcohol in it

tuck (noun)

Britishold-fashioned sweets

Turkish delight (noun)

a type of sweet made from square pieces of firm jelly covered with sugar