Home › Words › C › confectionaryconfectionaryconfectionary · adj — relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom Late Latin cōnfectiōnārius (“one who prepares things by means of ingredients”), from Latin cōnfectiō (“preparing, producing”). See confection.adjRelating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.e.g.“confectionary wares”Prepared as a confection.e.g.“Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, / The biscuit, or confectionary plum;” — 1798, William Cowper, On Receipt of My Mother's Picture, line 60:nounA candy, sweetmeat; a confection.e.g.“After the dishes of meat were removed, a dessert of Arabian fruits, confectionaries and sweetmeats was served: among the latter was the date bread.” — 1787, Miss Tully, “February 10, 1787”, in Letters Written During a Ten Years' Residence at the Court of Tripoli, published 1819, page 285:A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.One who makes confections; a confectioner.e.g.“He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. -- 1 Samuel viii. 13.”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.confectory 84% match — Relating to the art of making confectionery. vs confectionary →confectionery 75% match — Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively. vs confectionary →confectionist 75% match — A confectioner. vs confectionary →confectioner 74% match — A manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets, candies, sweet pastries, and other sweet food items). vs confectionary →confection 74% match — A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake. vs confectionary →confectioneress 70% match — A female confectioner. vs confectionary →sweets 70% match — Confectionery, candy. vs confectionary →confiseur 68% match — A French confectioner. vs confectionary →