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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