Home › Words › S › sweetheartingsweetheartingsweethearting means courting; lovemaking.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, sweethearting ranks #3,411 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom sweetheart + -ing.nounCourting; lovemaking.e.g.“She met her sweethearts on the street, at the soda fountain, in that trysting place for juvenile sweetheartings, the far corner of the post-office corridor.” — 2022, Irvin S. Cobb, Sundry Accounts:Theft by employees at the cash register, for example by giving away merchandise to friends and family.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.courting 71% match — courtship; amorous advances vs sweethearting →swaining 69% match — Lovemaking; courtship. vs sweethearting →amour 67% match — Courtship; flirtation. vs sweethearting →wooing 65% match — A courting; the process by which somebody is wooed. vs sweethearting →courted 65% match — Romantically pursued; wooed. vs sweethearting →canoodling 65% match — Amorous pettings or caresses. vs sweethearting →drury 63% match — Love, especially sexual love; courtship, sex. vs sweethearting →sweetheart 63% match — A person who is always very kind. vs sweethearting →