Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun candy

1 sense of candy

Sense 1
candy, confect -- (a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts)
       => sweet, confection -- (a food rich in sugar)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb candy

1 sense of candy

Sense 1
sugarcoat, glaze, candy -- (coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze)
       => sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate -- (make sweeter in taste)