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

Banksy’s stenciled rats, children with balloons, riot police, smiley faces and masked figures are instantly recognizable symbols of resistance to centralized power, war, consumerism, the mundanity of everyday life and the machinery of commerce. — Chad Radford, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Over the summer, kids who saw smiley faces on billboards would post videos on TikTok, using the Verity song, pointing out the character in real life. — Owen Carry, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Mismatched mustache branding features the artist’s smiley face logo on the right shoe and Nike Air on the left. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Happy Waffles Spread 1 or 2 tablespoons natural peanut butter and blueberries in the shape of a smiley face on 1 or 2 whole grain waffles. — Elisa Zied, Parents, 15 July 2026

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