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

3 senses of sugar

Sense 1
sugar, refined sugar -- (a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative)
       => sweetening, sweetener -- (something added to foods to make them taste sweeter)

Sense 2
carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar -- (an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain)
       => macromolecule, supermolecule -- (any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals)

Sense 3
boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum -- (informal terms for money)
       => money -- (the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us")

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

1 sense of sugar

Sense 1
sugar, saccharify -- (sweeten with sugar; "sugar your tea")
       => sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate -- (make sweeter in taste)