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Synonyms & Antonyms of honey
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a lovely woman
- she's a honey, all right
Synonyms for honey
- babe
- [slang],
- beauty,
- beauty queen,
- cookie
- (or cooky),
- cutie
- (or cutey),
- dolly bird
- [British],
- enchantress,
- eyeful,
- fox,
- goddess,
- knockout,
- queen,
- stunner
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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 for honey
- beaut,
- beauty,
- bee's knees,
- cat's meow,
- corker,
- crackerjack
- (also crackajack),
- daisy,
- dandy,
- dilly,
- doozy
- (or doozie also doozer),
- dream,
- hot stuff,
- humdinger,
- hummer,
- jim-dandy,
- knockout,
- lollapalooza,
- lulu
- [slang],
- nifty,
- peach,
- pip,
- pippin,
- ripper,
- ripsnorter,
- snorter,
- sockdolager
- (or sockdologer),
- standout,
- sweetheart
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3
a person with whom one is in love
- he usually gives his honey a dozen red roses on Valentine's Day
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honey
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of honey (Entry 2 of 2)
to praise too much
- she knew that the hairstylist was honeying her for a reason—the expectation of a generous tip
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“Honey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honey. Accessed 1 Aug. 2021.
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