1. Someone who is loved (used as a term of endearment)
   "My sweetheart, I've missed you so much";
   - beloved, dear, dearest, honey [informal], love, baby [informal], darling, deary [informal], dearie [Brit, informal], sweetie [informal], sugar [N. Amer, informal], duck [Brit, informal], hon [informal]
    
2. A person loved by another person
   "She spoke of him as her sweetheart";
   - sweetie [informal], steady [informal], truelove, bae [US, informal]
    
3. A girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved
   "his sweetheart kicked him out";
   - girlfriend, girl, lady friend [informal], patootie [US, informal]
    
4. Any well-liked individual
   "he's a sweetheart"

1. Privileged treatment of a favoured person or corporation (sometimes unethically)
   "another sweetheart deal based on political influence"

Derived forms: sweethearts

See also: privileged

Type of: adult female, good person, lover, woman

Encyclopedia: Sweetheart, I Have to Confess