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Noun: honey  hú-nee
  1. A sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
     
  2. [informal] Someone who is loved (used as term of endearment)
    - beloved, dear, dearest, love, darling, sweetheart, sugar [informal], baby [informal], duck [Brit, informal], hon [informal]
     
  3. [informal] A very attractive or seductive looking woman
    - smasher [Brit, informal], stunner [informal], knockout [informal], beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach [informal], lulu [informal], looker [informal], mantrap [informal], dish [Brit, informal], patootie [US, informal], babe [informal], hotty [informal], fox [informal], hottie [informal]
Adjective: honey  hú-nee
  1. Of something having the colour of honey
Verb: honey (honied)  hú-nee
  1. Sweeten with honey

Derived forms: honeying, honeys, honied

See also: chromatic

Type of: adult female, dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, lover, sweeten, sweetener, sweetening, woman

Part of: mead, oenomel

Encyclopedia: Honey, John