You call someone sweetheart if you are very fond of them.
Happy birthday, sweetheart.
Synonyms: dearest, beloved, sweet, angel [informal] More Synonyms of sweetheart
2. countable noun
Your sweetheart is your boyfriend or your girlfriend.
[journalism, old-fashioned]
I married Shurla, my childhood sweetheart, in Liverpool.
Synonyms: love, boyfriend or girlfriend, beloved, lover More Synonyms of sweetheart
sweetheart in British English
(ˈswiːtˌhɑːt)
noun
1.
a person loved by another
2. informal
a lovable, generous, or obliging person
3.
a term of endearment for a beloved or lovable person
adjective
4.
of or relating to a garment with a sweetheart neckline
sweetheart cardigan
sweetheart in American English
(ˈswitˌhɑrt)
noun
1.
a.
someone with whom one is in love and by whom one is loved; lover
b.
darling
a term of endearment
2. Slang
a very agreeable person or an excellent thing
Examples of 'sweetheart' in a sentence
sweetheart
We need to see the agreements made because we all think they are sweetheart deals.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The pair met as teenage sweethearts before embarking on an around the world trip in their twenties.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Secret sweetheart deals were finally a thing of the past.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Dublin stands accused of cutting a sweetheart deal.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
If people thought her relationship with her teenage sweetheart was doomed to failure they were about to be proved wrong.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They want her to be the new nation 's sweetheart.
The Sun (2011)
Two childhood sweethearts have split up after 115 years.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He is not a nation 's sweetheart.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
After all, they were teenage sweethearts.
The Sun (2015)
But none of it takes away from her status as the nation 's sweetheart.
The Sun (2014)
We can be pretty sure that no other British company will consider a sweetheart deal with outside investorsany time soon.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
My wife and I were school sweethearts.
The Sun (2013)
Stay with your high-school sweetheart.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Married her high-school sweetheart and hit the road for Nashville to become a country superstar.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But seeing her childhood sweetheart again stirs up old feelings, leaving the bride-to-be in a quandary.
The Sun (2010)
She has raised well over 1 million and has become the nation 's sweetheart.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I've been married for six years to my childhood sweetheart and it feels like he's part of me.
The Sun (2015)
A lovesick man hires a detective to track down his high-school sweetheart - but discovers he has many rivals for her affections.
The Sun (2015)
His Australian hosts piled on more pressure yesterday, saying that sweetheart deals that allowed corporations to dodge tax in countries where they made profits amounted to theft.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Word lists with
sweetheart
affection
In other languages
sweetheart
British English: sweetheart NOUN
You call someone sweetheart if you are very fond of them.
Happy birthday, sweetheart.
American English: sweetheart
Brazilian Portuguese: querido
Chinese: 亲爱的
European Spanish: cariño
French: chéri
German: Liebling
Italian: tesoro
Japanese: 夫婦・恋人・子供など親しい人に対する呼びかけに用いられる
Korean: 좋아하는 사람을 부를 때 쓰는 애칭
European Portuguese: querido
Latin American Spanish: cariño
All related terms of 'sweetheart'
sweetheart deal
any agreement in which a public body offers unduly favourable terms to a private company or individual
sweetheart cabbage
→ another word for hispi
childhood sweetheart
a boyfriend or girlfriend from an early stage of life
sweetheart agreement
an industrial agreement made at a local level between an employer and employees , often with clauses advantageous to the employer, such as no strikes, but without the recognition of the national union representing the employees
sweetheart contract
a contract arranged by collusion between union officials and an employer with terms disadvantageous to union members
sweetheart neckline
a neckline on a woman's dress that is low at the front and shaped like the top of a heart