candy

The word “candy” has 2 syllables: can-dy

It's pronounced as /ˈkændi/


What is synonym and antonym for candy?

In the thesaurus, “candy” has 34 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for candy along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for candy

  • ameliorate
  • bit
  • bonbon
  • cate
  • confectionery
  • confit
  • cosmeticize
  • dainty
  • delectable
  • delicacy
  • dessert
  • doll up
  • dress up
  • embellish
  • enhance
  • enrich
  • goodie
  • goody
  • improve
  • jawbreaker
  • junket
  • kickshaw
  • meliorate
  • morsel
  • soup up
  • spruce
  • sweet
  • sweeten
  • sweetmeat
  • tidbit
  • titbit
  • treat
  • trick
  • viand

Meanings of candy

  • noun
    1. Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
    2. A piece of confectionery of this kind.
    3. (slang, chiefly US) crack cocaine.
    4. A unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.
  • verb
    1. To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.
    2. To have sugar crystals form in or on.
    3. To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.

Example Sentences

  • She gave me a box of candy for my birthday.
  • The children were excited to eat their Halloween candy.
  • I love eating candy after dinner as a sweet treat.
  • He handed out candy to all the kids at the party.
  • The store is filled with all kinds of candy during the holidays.

On this page you'll find 34 synonyms or another words to candy, such as: ameliorate, bit, bonbon, cate, confectionery, confit, cosmeticize.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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acid

  • abrupt
  • acerb
  • acerbic
  • acidic
  • acidulous
  • acrid
  • acrimonious
  • anal
  • angry
  • anti-alkaline
  • argumentative
  • astringent
  • backhanded
  • barbed
  • bearish
  • bilious
  • biting
  • bitter
  • black tabs
  • bleaching
  • bloody-minded
  • blotter
  • blue acid
  • blue dot
  • blue owsley
  • blunt
  • brisk
  • brusk
  • brusque
  • california sunshine
  • candy
  • cantankerous
  • caustic
  • choleric
  • concise
  • contentious
  • contrary
  • corroding
  • corrosive
  • crabby
  • cranky
  • crisp
  • cross
  • crotchety
  • cubes
  • curt
  • cussed
  • cutting
  • cynical
  • depressed
  • disagreeable
  • disintegrative
  • dissolvent
  • dot
  • dour
  • dry
  • dyspeptic
  • eating away
  • electric kool-aid
  • eroding
  • erosive
  • exasperated
  • facetious
  • flippant
  • fussy
  • glum
  • green dragon
  • grouchy
  • gruff
  • grumpy
  • hallucinogen
  • harsh
  • hateful
  • hurtful
  • hyperacid
  • ill-humored
  • ill-natured
  • ill-tempered
  • incisive
  • indignant
  • insincere
  • instant zen
  • irascible
  • irate
  • ironic
  • ironical
  • irritable
  • keen
  • lucy in the sky with diamonds
  • mad
  • magic mushrooms
  • mescalin
  • microdots
  • mordant
  • morose
  • mushrooms
  • nasty
  • offensive
  • old-maidish
  • orange sunshine
  • ornery
  • oxidizing
  • peevish
  • peppery
  • petulant
  • peyote
  • piquant
  • pithy
  • poignant
  • puckery
  • pungent
  • purple haze
  • querulous
  • quick-tempered
  • resentful
  • rough
  • rusting
  • sarcastic
  • sardonic
  • satiric
  • satirical
  • scalding
  • scathing
  • schoolmarmish
  • severe
  • sharp
  • sharp-tongued
  • short-tempered
  • smart-aleck
  • smart-alecky
  • smart-mouthed
  • snappish
  • snarky
  • snippety
  • snippy
  • sour
  • soured
  • sourish
  • spikey
  • spiky
  • splenetic
  • stinging
  • strawberry fields
  • stringent
  • succinct
  • sugar cubes
  • sullen
  • surly
  • tangy
  • tart
  • tartish
  • terse
  • testy
  • tongue-in-cheek
  • touchy
  • trenchant
  • unsweetened
  • upset
  • uptight
  • vinegarish
  • vinegary
  • vitriolic
  • wry
  • yellow sunshine
  • zestful
  • zesty
  • zingy

gel

  • action
  • add
  • anneal
  • arise
  • bechance
  • become firm
  • befall
  • benumb
  • betide
  • brace
  • break
  • buttress
  • cake
  • candy
  • cement
  • chance
  • chill
  • clabber
  • clot
  • clump
  • coagulate
  • coalesce
  • cohere
  • come about
  • come down
  • come off
  • come to pass
  • come together
  • compact
  • concentrate
  • concrete
  • condense
  • congeal
  • consolidate
  • cook
  • cook up a storm
  • cook with gas
  • crystallize
  • curd
  • curdle
  • deepen
  • develop
  • dry
  • enlarge
  • ensue
  • eventuate
  • expand
  • fall
  • fall out
  • finalize
  • firm
  • fix
  • follow
  • form
  • freeze
  • gelate
  • gelatinate
  • gelatinize
  • glob up
  • glop up
  • go
  • go down
  • grow thick
  • gum
  • hap
  • happen
  • harden
  • indurate
  • inflate
  • inspissate
  • jell
  • jellify
  • jelly
  • lopper
  • lump
  • materialize
  • occur
  • ossify
  • petrify
  • precipitate
  • prop
  • refrigerate
  • reinforce
  • result
  • set
  • shake
  • smoke
  • solidify
  • stabilize
  • starch
  • steady
  • stick
  • stiffen
  • strengthen
  • supervene
  • swell
  • take place
  • take shape
  • tauten
  • tense
  • thicken
  • transpire
  • turn up
  • widen

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