eyeliner

noun

eye·​lin·​er ˈī-ˌlī-nər 

: makeup used to emphasize the contour of the eyes

Examples of eyeliner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Black eyeliner appeared across her eyelids, setting off her blue eyes. — Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026

Cop the look with some dramatic cat-eye makeup, and use a soft pencil eyeliner to draw realistic hairlike strokes around your hair and jawlines. — Michella Oré, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2026

Appointments typically start with a consultation and a review of TMJ history, followed by cleaning the jawline, mapping injection points with a white eyeliner pencil and placing botulinum toxin into the muscle with very thin needles. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026

Faux freckles grew into a beauty trend as freckles shifted from a feature often concealed to one people deliberately recreate, often improvising with everyday makeup like brow pencils and eyeliner before dedicated products arrived. — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for eyeliner

• airliner
• combiner
• designer
• diviner
• headliner
• pulvinar
• recliner
• refiner
• diner
• finer
• liner
• miner

Kids Definition

eyeliner

noun

eye·​lin·​er ˈī-ˌlī-nər 

: makeup used to emphasize the outline of the eye