sweetheartsweet‧heart /ˈswiːthɑːt $ -hɑːrt/ ●●○ noun 
Come here, sweetheart.2 spoken an informal way of speaking to a woman you do not know, which some women find offensive3sweetheart deal American English an agreement that is unfair because it gives an advantage to people who know each other well or to people who have a lot of influence: Members of the council had arranged a sweetheart deal with CTS.4[countable] old-fashioned the person that you love: They were childhood sweethearts.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Sweetheart, I've got good news for you.
- If he had simply been using her why, in that split-second of warning, had he called her sweetheart?
- Johnny and Carmen are sweethearts, but Carmen loves Zander, because he looks so good in uniform.
- That led to a breakup with his sweetheart, who could not understand what he candidly admitted was a thirst for glory.
- That was it; she stormed out, left Paris immediately, returned to Blackpool and married her childhood sweetheart.
- Then 23, she married her high school sweetheart, Dave.
- They then crawled round the stone three times on hands and knees, hoping to see their future sweethearts.
THESAURUS
a boy or man that you have a romantic relationship with, especially for a fairly long time: · Josh was my first boyfriend.
the person you are married to, or the person you are living with and having a sexual relationship with: · Sweden allows gay partners to receive many of the same benefits that married couples get.· Partners are also welcome.
the man whom a woman is going to marry: · Her fiancé was killed in the war.
someone who you have a sexual relationship with, without being married to them: · A few nights later, they became lovers.
informal a woman’s former husband or boyfriend: · Her ex has caused a lot of trouble for her.
informal someone who was your boyfriend in the past: · In a box in the closet, I found love letters from one of her old flames.
informal a woman’s husband or boyfriend: · She’ll always stand by her man.
old-fashioned the person that you love: · They were childhood sweethearts.
old-fashioned a woman’s boyfriend or lover – a very old-fashioned use: · Does she have a beau?
informal humorous a young man who is having a sexual relationship with an older woman: · A woman with a toy boy gets a lot more disapproving looks than a man with a younger woman.
informal an older man who gives a younger woman presents and money in return for their company and often for sex: · I can imagine her cashing checks from some mysterious sugar daddy.
if you are going out with a boy or man, you have him as your boyfriend: · She’s been going out with Jack for a couple of months.
→ girlfriendCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY They were childhood sweethearts.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1 spoken a way of speaking to someone you love SYN darling: They were childhood sweethearts.· My personal assistant was my high school sweetheart, Mrs Simpson, who was a complete nutcase.· Then 23, she married her high school sweetheart, Dave.· He married his high school sweetheart, though he grimaces at that term.· Losers marry their high school sweethearts and slowly, very slowly, let their color drain from their bodies.
NOUN· She had a very traditional ambition: to marry her childhood sweetheart.· That was it; she stormed out, left Paris immediately, returned to Blackpool and married her childhood sweetheart.· I've got my childhood sweetheart at last.
· My personal assistant was my high school sweetheart, Mrs Simpson, who was a complete nutcase.· Then 23, she married her high school sweetheart, Dave.· He married his high school sweetheart, though he grimaces at that term.· Losers marry their high school sweethearts and slowly, very slowly, let their color drain from their bodies.
VERB· Her eldest brother thought of nothing but the day when he'd have the farm and be able to marry his sweetheart.· Then 23, she married her high school sweetheart, Dave.· It all stated when Jamie Spence's regular Tour caddie decided that the time had come to marry his sweetheart.· He married his high school sweetheart, though he grimaces at that term.· She had a very traditional ambition: to marry her childhood sweetheart.· Losers marry their high school sweethearts and slowly, very slowly, let their color drain from their bodies.· That was it; she stormed out, left Paris immediately, returned to Blackpool and married her childhood sweetheart.· In 1937 he married his college sweetheart.
Come here, sweetheart.2 spoken an informal way of speaking to a woman you do not know, which some women find offensive3sweetheart deal American English an agreement that is unfair because it gives an advantage to people who know each other well or to people who have a lot of influence: Members of the council had arranged a sweetheart deal with CTS.4[countable] old-fashioned the person that you love: They were childhood sweethearts.