1. Something added to foods to make them taste sweeter
   - sweetener 
2. An improvement that makes something more agreeable
   - enhancement 
3. The act of adding a sweetener to food

1. Make sweeter in taste
   - dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate 
2. Make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable
   "sweeten a deal"

Derived forms: sweetenings

See also: sweetener

Type of: alter, change, change taste, flavorer [US], flavoring [US], flavourer [Brit, Cdn], flavouring [Brit, Cdn], improvement, modify, seasoner, seasoning

Antonym: sour

Encyclopedia: Sweetening

• ELA
• elaborate
• elaborated
• elaborately
• elaborateness
• elaboration
• Elaeagnaceae
• Elaeagnus
• Elaeagnus augustifolia
• Elaeagnus commutata
• Elaeagnus latifolia
• Elaeis
• Elaeis guineensis
• Elaeis oleifera
• Elaeocarpaceae
• Elaeocarpus
• elaeocarpus family
• Elaeocarpus grandis
• elaeostearic acid
• Elagatis
• Elagatis bipinnulata
• elaidic acid
• Elam
• Elamite
• Elamitic