| Noun | 1. | sweetener - something added to foods to make them taste sweeteraspartame - an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid; used as a calorie-free sweetener honey - a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees saccharin - a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener refined sugar, sugar - a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative | |