Meanings
sweet william1
plural sweet williams · alternative sweet-william · alternative Sweet William
- uncountableusuallyA flowering plant, Dianthus barbatus, in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees east to the Carpathians and the Balkans.
Of flowers there were double poppies and sweet-williams.
1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman At The StoreSynonyms: bunch pink
Sweet William2
- alternativeAlternative spelling of sweet william.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA flowering plant, Dianthus barbatus, in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees east to the Carpathians and the Balkans.
nounVarious dogfish, especially when sold as food.
More synonyms by meaning
nounEurasian pink widely cultivated for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian самакитка
- самакитка (samakitka)Dianthus barbatus
Catalan clavell del pom
- clavell del pomDianthus barbatus
Czech hvozdík bradatý, hvozdík vousatý
- hvozdík bradatýDianthus barbatus
- hvozdík vousatýDianthus barbatus
Finnish harjaneilikka
- harjaneilikkaDianthus barbatus
French œillet de poète
- œillet de poèteDianthus barbatus
German Bartnelke
- BartnelkeDianthus barbatus
Hungarian törökszegfű
- törökszegfűDianthus barbatus
Irish lus na gile
- lus na gileDianthus barbatus
Italian garofano dei poeti
- garofano dei poetiDianthus barbatus
Korean 수염패랭이꽃
- 수염패랭이꽃 (suyeompaeraeng'ikkot)Dianthus barbatus
Latvian čemuru neļķe
- čemuru neļķeDianthus barbatus
Polish goździk brodaty
- goździk brodatyDianthus barbatus
Romanian garofiță-de-grădină
- garofiță-de-grădinăDianthus barbatus
Russian туре́цкая гвозди́ка
- туре́цкая гвозди́ка (turéckaja gvozdíka)Dianthus barbatus
Swedish borstnejlika
- borstnejlikaDianthus barbatus
Turkish hüsnüyusuf
- hüsnüyusufDianthus barbatus
Vietnamese cẩm chướng thơm lùn
- cẩm chướng thơm lùnDianthus barbatus
Welsh penigan barfog
- penigan barfogDianthus barbatus
Yiddish באָרד־נעגעלע
- באָרד־נעגעלע (bord-negele)Dianthus barbatus
Cite this entry
sweet william. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweet%20william
“sweet william.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweet%20william. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sweet william,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweet%20william.
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