smiley face

noun

: a line drawing of a smiling face

Examples of smiley face in a Sentence

He ended his e-mail with a smiley face.

The teacher drew a smiley face on the student's homework.

Recent Examples on the Web

Brown's slideshow was met with praise in the comments section from fans and celebrity friends, including Paris Hilton, who left a smiley face with heart eyes emoji. —Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025

Lined up next to other hues, the sunny yellow originally meant to scan as race-neutral (in the lineage of the classic smiley face, Lego mini-figures, and the Simpsons) now read, to some, as racist. —Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025

Which planets are part of the celestial smiley face? —Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Apr. 2025

The line was a nod to the singer’s middle name and featured an array of T-shirts, sweatshirts and shorts, along with a collection of beige corduroy pieces, emblazoned with the Drew logo and a smiley face. —Angel Saunders, People.com, 7 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for smiley face

• aerospace
• anatase
• anyplace
• commonplace
• cyberspace
• database
• diabase
• diastase
• dnase
• elastase
• fireplace
• hyperspace