## Meanings
1. A person you love, especially a girlfriend or boyfriend.
2. A loving name you call someone you care about.
3. A very kind and likeable person.

## Examples
- John married his high-school sweetheart in 1981.
- Goodnight, sweetheart, see you in the morning.
- She is such a sweetheart; she never complains when I'm late.

## Synonyms
- babber
- baby
- babycakes
- bae
- bubba
- bully
- buttercup
- cabbage
- chickabiddy
- chickadee
- chuck
- cupcake

## Related Forms
- child
- friend
- lover
- sweet
- sweet-hearted
- sweetie

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: swete heorte,swete hert

## Etymology
From Middle English swete heorte, swete hert (term of endearment); equivalent to sweet + heart.

## AI Etymology
Sweetheart is from Middle English swete heorte, swete hert (term of endearment); equivalent to sweet + heart. In present-day use, it can mean a person you love, especially a girlfriend or boyfriend, or a loving name you call someone you care about.

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