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face

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of face

1 the front part of the head

  • the criminal hid his face from the news cameras as he slumped into the patrol car
Synonyms of face

countenance, kisser [slang], mug, pan [slang], puss [slang], visage
Words Related to face

appearance, aspect, features, lineaments, looks, mien, presence

expression, physiognomy

2 a forward part or surface

  • the face of the store building has been altered many times over the years to meet changing tastes and needs
Synonyms of face

facade (also façade), forehead, forepart, front
Words Related to face

outside, skin, surface, veneer
Near Antonyms of face

innards, inside, interior
Antonyms of face

back, rear, rearward, reverse

3 a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval

  • itʼs rude to make a face when your dinner hostess offers you broccoli
Synonyms of face

frown, grimace, lower (also lour), moue, mouth, mow, mug, pout, scowl, snoot
Words Related to face

flinch, squinch, wince

growl, snarl

rictus, simper, smirk

scoff, sneer

glare, glower, look, stare
Near Antonyms of face

grin, laugh, smile

4 an outer part or layer

  • a much-needed sandblasting revealed that the face of the old stone church is actually a pinkish granite
Synonyms of face

exterior, outside, shell, skin, surface, veneer
Words Related to face

facade (also façade), front, top

cover, covering, facing

appearance, disguise, guise, mask, semblance, show
Antonyms of face

inside, interior

5 facial appearance regarded as an indication of mood or feeling

  • a rainy day is no excuse for just moping around with a long face, so letʼs do something
Synonyms of face

cast, countenance, expression, look, visage
Words Related to face

frown, grimace, lower (also lour), mouth, pout, scowl

grin, smile

air, appearance, aspect, bearing, demeanor, manner, mien, presence

6 outward and often deceptive indication

  • on the face of it, the country went to war for noble reasons
Synonyms of face

appearance, guise, name, outward, seeming, semblance, show
Words Related to face

air, effect, impression

hint, implication, insinuation, resemblance, suggestion

affectation, demonstration, display, fiction, image, imitation, imposture, likeness, make-believe (also make-belief), pose, pretense (or pretence), representation, simulation

cloak, disguise, exterior, facade (also façade), front, gloss, mask, masquerade, patina, Potemkin village, shape, shell, surface, veneer
Phrases Synonymous with face

first blush

7 a member of the human race

  • I see they've hired some new faces
Synonyms of face

baby, being, bird, bod [British], body, character, cookie (or cooky), creature, customer, devil, duck, egg, fish, guy, head, human, human being, individual, life, man, mortal, party, person, personage, scout, slob, sort, soul, specimen, stiff, thing, wight
Words Related to face

hominid, homo, humanoid

brother, fellow, fellowman, neighbor

celebrity, personality, self, somebody
Phrases Synonymous with face

son of man
Near Antonyms of face

animal, beast, beastie, brute, critter

8 shameless boldness

  • you have to wonder how anyone has the face to ask such a personal question
Synonyms of face

audaciousness, audacity, brashness, brass, brassiness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah (also chutzpa), crust, effrontery, gall, nerve, nerviness, pertness, presumption, presumptuousness, sauce, sauciness, temerity
Words Related to face

arrogance, assurance, cockiness, confidence, hardihood, overconfidence, sanguinity, self-assurance, self-confidence

discourteousness, disrespect, impertinence, impoliteness, impudence, incivility, inconsiderateness, inconsideration, insolence, rudeness, ungraciousness

back talk, sass

swagger, swash
Near Antonyms of face

bashfulness, diffidence, faintheartedness, hesitancy, modesty, shyness, timidity, timidness, timorousness

civility, courteousness, courtesy, gentility, graciousness, mannerliness, manners

9 a state of mind in which one is free from doubt

  • he managed to maintain face despite the endless series of crises
Synonyms of face

assurance, assuredness, certainty, certitude, cocksureness, confidence, conviction, doubtlessness, positiveness, satisfaction, sureness, surety
Words Related to face

authoritarianism, dogmatism

decisiveness, determination, firmness, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve
Near Antonyms of face

hesitancy, hesitation, indecisiveness, irresolution

disbelief, incredulity, unbelief

anxiety, concern, misgiving

distrust, mistrust, suspicion
Antonyms of face

doubt, incertitude, nonconfidence, uncertainty

face

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of face

1 to stand or sit with the face or front toward

  • the house faces the sparkling blue waters of the Pacific Ocean
Synonyms of face

front, look (toward), point (toward)
Words Related to face

abut, adjoin, border, bound, fringe, margin, meet, neighbor, rim, skirt, touch

command, dominate, overlook

look down (on)

2 to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage

  • movie superheroes who are ever ready to face danger without blinking an eye
Synonyms of face

beard, brave, brazen, breast, confront, dare, defy, outbrave, outface
Words Related to face

face up (to), front

affront

challenge

encounter, meet

accost, approach, corner

repel, resist, stand, withstand

battle, combat, contend (with), fight, oppose, square (off)
Phrases Synonymous with face

stand up to
Near Antonyms of face

avoid, eschew, shun

elude, escape, evade, shake
Antonyms of face

dodge, duck, funk, shirk, sidestep

3 to cover with something that protects

  • we decided to face our old frame house with aluminum siding
Synonyms of face

clad, sheathe (also sheath)
Words Related to face

apparel, array, clothe, dress, garb, robe

side, skin

embosom, embower, embrace, encase, enclose (also inclose), encompass, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, invest, lap, mantle, shroud, surround, swathe, veil, wrap

blanket, overlay, overspread
Near Antonyms of face

bare, denude, expose, strip

unswathe

4 to enter into contest or conflict with

  • the Boston Red Sox were eager to face their traditional rivals, the Yankees, in the play-offs
Synonyms of face

battle, encounter, engage, meet, take on
Words Related to face

emulate, rival

contend, fight, oppose
Near Antonyms of face

elude, escape, evade

retreat

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