sweet tooth
2 synonyms and 0 antonyms for sweet tooth, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A strong liking for sugary food, especially cakes, chocolate and puddings.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
How to use sweet tooth
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
Informal but universally understood; fine in any casual writing.
Frequently asked questions
Is sweet tooth a real tooth?
No. It is an idiom: having "a sweet tooth" simply means loving sugary food. There is no such tooth, and the phrase has no medical meaning.
What is the plural of sweet tooth?
There is no natural plural, because each person has only one figurative sweet tooth. If you need to talk about several people, say "they all have a sweet tooth" rather than "sweet teeth", which is only ever used as a joke.
How do you use sweet tooth in a sentence?
It almost always follows "have" or "got": "She has a sweet tooth", "I've got a bit of a sweet tooth". You can soften or strengthen it with a modifier — a slight sweet tooth, a serious sweet tooth.