HONEYS Synonyms: 185 Similar and Opposite Words

honeys 1 of 2

noun

plural of honey

as in beauties

a lovely woman she's a honey, all right

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as in dreams

something very good of its kind this morning one of my employees had a real honey of an excuse for being late for work

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as in sweethearts

a person with whom one is in love he usually gives his honey a dozen red roses on Valentine's Day

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honeys

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verb

present tense third-person singular of honey

as in massages

to praise too much she knew that the hairstylist was honeying her for a reason—the expectation of a generous tip

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The workshops include all ingredients and participants learn skills such as cutting and folding meats, placement and spacing for jams and honeys. — Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026 Many of them had just come home from the war and were reunited with honeys who had been waiting, hoping, delaying. — Joe Klein, Washington Post, 11 June 2026 Wildflower or clover honeys work well here. — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026 Breakfast is a huge spread of mueslis, cured meats, cheeses, South Tyrol fruit, cakes, bread, and even multiple local honeys. — Grainne McBride, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026 Some raw honeys contain prebiotics, which can help improve gut health and energize you. — Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 20 Dec. 2025 For the most nuanced flavor, use floral honeys like orange blossom. — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2025 The Honey Duo Gift Set ($62) contains Wildflower and Orange Blossom honeys sourced entirely from California apiaries, while Sage Honey with Honeycomb ($32) offers a raw, textured alternative tied to the herbs grown in Markle’s own garden. — Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025 Autumn Perkins, who lives in Middletown, Ohio, visited a Starbucks location inside Kroger and run by Kroger to order the mint majesty with two honeys. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2025

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Curry is largely there for comic relief, swanning in with a bevy of beauties, challenging Bosley (Bill Murray) to a sumo match, and, sadly, getting murdered by the pool, thus depriving us of Curry’s magnetic presence for the rest of the film.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
Angelonia varieties such as Angelface are daring vertical beauties that adore sunshine.

— Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of beauties

Noun

McGehean says this emphasis on working well together is the only way to achieve dreams.

— Jessica Bryant, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
His videos drew dozens of aspiring food truck owners, many of them immigrants like Ochoa, who entrusted him with their life savings in hopes of turning their dreams into a livelihood.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of dreams

Verb

The center also has hydrotherapy chairs where athletes can lie as a jet of water, similar but much stronger than the jets in a jacuzzi, massages them.

— Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Nov. 2025
In a viral video shared on Instagram last Sunday under the username @whiskeytoller, the gray kitty can be seen hanging around his brother, Oakley, as his mom massages the injured area, doing his best to show his love and support.

— Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025

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The idea came from architect Hal Hayes, who was inspired bythe Great Pyramid of Giza, where a pharaoh built a row of smaller pyramids alongside it for his queens, as Hayes told the Fire Island Pines Historical Society.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
Cabins come in four different configurations, with either one queen bed or two queens bunked on top of each other—the latter would be great for small families—and have a maximum capacity of four guests.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of queens

Noun

Read more Indianapolis Colts The Colts started last season as league darlings, racing out to an 8-2 record as quarterback Daniel Jones earned some MVP buzz.

— NBC Sports, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026
Every year brings a handful of new Netflix darlings — Adolescence dominated the awards circuit just last year!

— Josef Adalian, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026

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