Synonyms of grins

grins 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of grin

as in smiles

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

grinned at the kids' fooling around in the pool

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smiles
• laughs
• beams
• smirks
• sneers
• simpers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• grimaces
• frowns
• scowls
• glares
• glowers
• lowers
• pouts
• sulks
• glooms

grins

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noun

plural of grin

as in frowns

Related Words

• smiles
• frowns
• grimaces
• scowls
• pouts
• mouths
• lowers
• bearings
• looks
• manners
• airs
• presences
• appearances
• expressions
• aspects
• demeanors
• countenances
• miens
• faces
• casts
• visages

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of grins

Verb

Schoenaerts menacingly grins his way through the movie, with appealingly bulging eyes. — ABC News, 24 June 2026

Fatima grins, before rejoining the rest of the girls' team for one-on-one drills. — Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 16 June 2026

Paul Anthony Kelly grins from ear to ear on a sunny day in New York City on May 26. — People Staff, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026

Wells, hidden in a tiny video-village setup inside one of the set’s curtained exam rooms, grins at the monitor and turns around to give Einesman a thumbs-up. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026

Jesus grins when asked which of the two pushes players harder in training. — Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026

The suspect in a stabbing in Edinburgh, Scotland, grins out a window before his arrest, March 2, 2026. — Lindsay Quella, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026

Ryan grins down, then kisses him. — Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026

This was an emotional and physical meat grinder of a contest, though the first-year Hornets mentor was all grins afterward. — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 18 Jan. 2026