sweetener
/swˈitənɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Something added to food to sweeten its taste, especially an artificial substitute for sugar.
Example Sentences
- "Some examples of the sweeteners include aspartame, saccharin, sucralose and stevia. The W.H.O.’s announcement contradicts previous studies that have said these sweeteners don’t offer any health benefits but also do not cause harm."
- "Even as FDA works to develop that plan, consumers continue to be exposed to unsafe food chemicals including not just dyes but also the artificial sweetener aspartame, the white pigment titanium dioxide, the preservative propylparaben, and the phthalate food packaging chemicals, according to CSPI."
Etymology
Etymology tree English sweeten Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sweetener From sweeten + -er (agent suffix).