facial

noun

: a treatment to improve the condition or appearance of the facial skin

Examples of facial in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With a full hydrotherapy circuit, including a steam room, sauna, cold plunge, and hot tub, there are 21 treatment rooms, and the program here leans heavily into massage rituals and facials. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026

Spa days and mud facials no longer define a wellness vacation. —Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026

It could be advertised as a sculpting facial, contouring massage or lymphatic facial massage. —Lauren Finney Harden, AJC.com, 10 June 2026

The club’s Neptune Spa offers wellness treatments including facials and massage. —Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

derivative of facial entry 1

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing facial

• facial blindness
• facial index
• facial nerve

Rhymes for facial

• glacial
• racial
• spacial
• spatial
• bifacial
• biracial
• palatial
• postglacial
• preglacial
• subglacial
• craniofacial
• interfacial

Kids Definition

facial

1 of 2 adjective

fa·​cial ˈfā-shəl 

: of or relating to the face

facially

-shə-lē 

adverb

facial

2 of 2 noun

: a treatment to improve the condition of the skin of the face

Medical Definition

facial

1 of 2 adjective

fa·​cial ˈfā-shəl 

1

: of, relating to, or affecting the face

facial neuralgia

2

: concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face

3

: relating to or being the buccal and labial surface of a tooth

facially

-shə-lē 

adverb

facial

2 of 2 noun

1

: a treatment to improve the appearance of the face

2

: a facial part (as a nerve or artery)

Legal Definition

facial

adjective

fa·​cial

: involving or apparent from the face of something (as a statute)

facial discrimination

a facial challenge to the law

facially adverb