Sweet-scented, a. Fragrant, redolent, balmy, sweet-smelling, aromatic, spicy, perfumed.
Sweet-scented shrub. (Bot.) Carolina allspice (Calycanthus).
Sweet-smelling, a. See Sweet-scented.
Sweet-sounding, a. Melodious, harmonious, symphonious, tuneful, dulcet, musical.
Sweet-tempered, a. Amiable, kind, gentle, mild, equable.
Sweet-toned, a. Euphonious, euphonic, mellifluous.
Sweet-william, n. Bunch-pink, bearded-pink (Dianthus barbatus).
Sweet-willow, n. (Bot.) Dutch myrtle, sweet-gale, Scotch myrtle (Myrica gale).
Swell, v. n.
- 1. Dilate, expand, tumefy, distend, fill out, intumesce, grow larger or bigger (by expansion).
- 2. Increase (by outward addition), augment, enlarge.
- 3. Rise (as waves), heave, surge.
- 4. Belly, be inflated.
- 5. Strut, look big, put on airs, be puffed up, swagger, ride a high horse, carry with a high hand.
- 6. Be turgid or bombastic.
- 7. Bulge, protuberate, swell out.
- 8. Be puffed, be bloated, become irate.
- 9. Glow, expand, warm, thrill, heave, throb, grow big.
- 10. Be elated, rise into arrogance.
- 11. Become larger, grow upon the view.
Swell, v. a.
- 1. Dilate, expand, inflate, enlarge.