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honey

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of honey

1 a lovely woman

  • she's a honey, all right
Synonyms of honey

babe [slang], beauty, beauty queen, cookie (or cooky), cutie (or cutey), dolly bird [British], enchantress, eyeful, fox, goddess, knockout, queen, stunner
Words Related to honey

belle, charmer, peach

bathing beauty, cover girl, pinup girl

houri

cutie-pie, dish, doll, dreamboat [slang], hottie, looker, pretty

coquette, femme fatale, siren, temptress, vamp
Near Antonyms of honey

bag, frump

crone, hag, witch

2 something very good of its kind

  • this morning one of my employees had a real honey of an excuse for being late for work
Synonyms of honey

beaut, beauty, bee's knees, cat's meow, corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), daisy, dandy, dilly, doozy (or doozie), dream, hot stuff, humdinger, hummer, jim-dandy, knockout, lollapalooza, lulu [slang], nifty, peach, pip, pippin, ripper, ripsnorter, snorter, sockdolager (or sockdologer), standout, sweetheart
Words Related to honey

marvel, phenomenon, prodigy, sensation, wonder

catch, crown jewel, diamond, gem, imperial, jewel, pearl, plum, treasure
Phrases Synonymous with honey

something else
Near Antonyms of honey

bust, disappointment, dud, failure, flop, lemon, letdown, loser, stinker, turkey

3 a person with whom one is in love

  • he usually gives his honey a dozen red roses on Valentineʼs Day
Synonyms of honey

beloved, darling, dear, flame, hon, love, squeeze [slang], sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetie pie, truelove
Words Related to honey

beau, boy, boyfriend, fellow, man, swain

gal, girl, girlfriend, inamorata, ladylove, lass, mistress, tootsie

amour, lover, paramour

doll, duck(s) [chiefly British], pet

date, escort, steady

admirer, gallant, suitor, wooer

groom, husband

bride, wife

significant other

fiancé, intended

crush, heartthrob

honey

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of honey

to praise too much

  • she knew that the hairstylist was honeying her for a reason—the expectation of a generous tip
Synonyms of honey

adulate, belaud, blarney, butter up, flatter, hero-worship, massage, overpraise, puff, soft-soap, stroke
Words Related to honey

blandish, cajole, coax, sweet-talk, wheedle

fawn, kowtow, suck (up to), toady

idolize, worship

eulogize, extol (also extoll), laud, praise

applaud, commend, compliment

congratulate, felicitate

drool, gush, slaver, slobber

endear, ingratiate

court, romance, woo
Near Antonyms of honey

bad-mouth, belittle, decry, depreciate, disparage, put down

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