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honey

/ˈhʌni/noun, verb, adjective2 syllables

Honey means: a beloved person; used as terms of endearment.

Synonyms for honey11

noun, as in a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

beloved, dear, dearest, love, baby, darling, deary, dearie, sweetheart, sweetie

adjective, as in of something having the color of honey

chromatic

What does honey mean?4

noun

1

a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

2

a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees

adjective

1

of something having the color of honey

verb

1

sweeten with honey

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with honey?5

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Honey in a sentence

  • The household has an abundance of milk, cheese, and honey.CarpeLanam
  • If you like honey, don't be afraid of bees.kaiperkins271
  • In summer it eats birds' eggs, wasps' larvae, berries and honey.Chus
  • Wine, olive oil, and honey are frequently adulterated, faked, or counterfeited.Eccles17
  • As people like honey, so likewise do bears.sundown
  • Just as people like honey, so do bears.sundown
  • Just as people like honey, so bears like it too.sundown
  • Just as people like honey, so too do bears.sundown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of honey

as a noun

plural
honeys

as a verb

third-person singular
honeys
present participle
honeying
past participle
honeyed
past tense
honeyed

as a adjective

comparative
honeyer
superlative
honeyest