n. 1 sweetheart, beloved, love, dear, dearest, true-love She insists on buying all her darling's clothes 2 pet, favourite, apple of one's eye, Brit blue-eyed boy; US fair-haired boy Frank might have been the black sheep of the family, but he was always his mother's darling
adj. 3 beloved, loved, cherished, adored, dear, precious, treasured He travelled everywhere with his darling niece 4 pleasing, fetching, attractive, adorable, enchanting, lovely, alluring, engaging, bewitching, charming Josephine was wearing a darling frock she'd just bought at the Corner Boutique