sweet nothings

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   inconsequential expressions of affection

   “he whispered sweet nothings into her ear”

   Synonymshoneyed words

   Broadernothings

Questions about sweet nothings

What does sweet nothings mean?

sweet nothings means "inconsequential expressions of affection".

What is another word for sweet nothings?

Close synonyms include honeyed words. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sweet nothings a common word?

sweet nothings is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.