Synonyms of grinning

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adjective

as in smiling

Related Words

• smiling
• laughing
• beaming
• joyous
• delighted
• joyful
• gleeful
• satisfied
• jovial
• glad
• blissful
• merry
• happy
• pleased
• mirthful
• gratified
• jolly
• tickled
• unconcerned
• carefree
• boon
• careless
• lighthearted
• cavalier
• insouciant
• easygoing
• perky
• jocund
• jaunty
• chirpy
• optimistic
• lively
• sprightly
• vivacious
• animated
• lilting
• hopeful
• rosy
• sanguine
• happy-go-lucky
• cheerful
• cheery
• devil-may-care
• buoyant
• upbeat
• chipper
• blithe
• sunny
• sprightful
• gay
• blithesome
• winsome
• gladsome
• bright
• canty
• eupeptic
• lightsome

Dissimilar Words

• sullen
• sulky
• glum
• gloomy
• morose
• dour
• saturnine
• sad
• unhappy
• unsatisfied
• joyless
• listless
• dull
• sluggish
• lethargic
• blue
• crestfallen
• downcast
• forlorn
• torpid
• disconsolate
• mirthless
• dejected
• down
• depressed
• despondent
• sorrowful
• melancholy
• hangdog
• inconsolable
• low
• droopy
• disheartened
• brokenhearted
• downhearted
• low-spirited
• heavyhearted

grinning

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verb

present participle of grin

as in laughing

to express an emotion (as amusement) by curving the lips upward

grinned at the kids' fooling around in the pool

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smiling
• laughing
• beaming
• smirking
• sneering
• simpering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• grimacing
• frowning
• scowling
• glaring
• glowering
• lowering
• pouting
• sulking
• glooming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of grinning

Verb

Simon suggested that the grinning idiot and horse face were laughing prior to the reading of the names of the deceased at the 9/11 memorial service. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026

The grinning Colbert was positively buoyant arriving to the empty engraving counter with his already-dancing wife, Evelyn McGee Colbert. — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026

Keith’s red helmet, still covered in soot, and a photograph of him grinning, sit proudly on display. — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026

For now, the green sage is merely a bronze statue on the lawn, posed to ignore the grinning Grogu behind him. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

As Kimbrel was, well, collecting himself, some of the Royals’ players were spotted grinning. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026

Then the employee got into the hatchback and drove away, leaving the customer grinning at the gleaming SUV—all before Jon’s light turned green. — Harvard Business Review, 3 Sep. 2026

The baby swimming in a pool from Nirvana, perhaps, or the dude from Aphex Twin grinning like a crazy-eyed demon. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026

Framed photos of the late NHL star, grinning alongside their now-3-year-old daughter, Noa, and son Johnny, 2, circle their living room couch and sit on their kitchen island. — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026