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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: privileged treatment of a favored person or corporation (sometimes unethically); "another sweetheart deal based on political influence" n
1: a person loved by another person [syn: sweetheart, sweetie, steady, truelove]
2: any well-liked individual; "he's a sweetheart"
3: a very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 14th century 1. darling 2. one who is loved 3. a generally likable person 4. a remarkable one of its kind II. adjective Date: 1942 of or relating to an agreement between an employer and a labor union official arranged privately for their benefit usually at the expense of the workers <a sweetheart contract>; broadly arranged in private for the benefit of a few at the expense of many <a sweetheart deal>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a lover or darling. 2 a term of endearment (esp. as a form of address). Phrases and idioms: sweetheart agreement (or deal) colloq. an industrial agreement reached privately by employers and trade unions in their own interests.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sweetheart Sweet"heart`, n. A lover of mistress.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(sweethearts) 1. You call someone sweetheart if you are very fond of them. Happy birthday, sweetheart. = darling N-VOC 2. Your sweetheart is your boyfriend or your girlfriend. (JOURNALISM or OLD-FASHIONED) I married Shurla, my childhood sweetheart, in Liverpool. N-COUNT: usu supp N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Lover, beau, wooer, admirer, suitor, follower, adorer, swain, flame, love, spark, true-love, inamorato, cicisbeo. 2. Flame, mistress, lady-love, dulcinea, inamorata, dear, darling, cara sposa.

Moby Thesaurus

ace, admirer, angel, babe, baby, baby-doll, beau, beaut, beloved, betrothed, boyfriend, buttercup, captive, catch, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, conquest, coquette, corker, court, crackerjack, daisy, dandy, darb, darling, date, dear, deary, dilly, doll, dream, dreamboat, duck, duckling, fiancee, flame, flirt, friend, heartthrob, hon, honey, honey bunch, honey child, humdinger, inamorata, inamorato, intended, killer-diller, knockout, ladylove, lamb, lambkin, lollapaloosa, love, lover, lulu, make up to, paramour, peach, pet, petkins, pip, pippin, precious, precious heart, pursue, snookums, spark, steady, sue, sugar, sweet, sweet patootie, sweetie, sweetkins, sweets, the nuts, truelove, turtledove, vamp, vampire, whiz, woo