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Defenition of the word face

    • Defenition of the word face

      • The front part of the head, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth and the surrounding area.
      • The part of an animal or human that consists of the chin, the mouth and the main sensory organs.
      • To deal with (something unpleasant) head on.
      • To oppose, as in hostility or a competition.
      • To be oriented in a certain direction; to be opposite to.
      • To present somebody with something, e.g. to accuse or criticize.
      • impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"
      • oppose in hostility; "confront an opponent"
      • present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; ""We confronted him with the evidence"
      • come to grips with face (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"
      • the expression on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"
      • a vertical surface of a building or cliff
      • the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object); "he dealt the cards face down"
      • the striking or working surface of an implement
      • the general outward appearance of something; "the face of the city is changing"
      • status in the eyes of others; "he lost face"
      • the part of an animal corresponding to the human face
      • (synecdoche) a part of a person is used to refer to a person; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces"
      • cover the front or surface of: "The building was faced with beautiful stones"
      • line near the edge with a different material, as of a garment
      • turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction
      • be opposite; "In this exercise, the gymnast should face the floor"
      • the act of confronting bravely; "he hated facing the facts"; "he excelled in the face of danger"
      • the front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news"
      • a specific size and style of type within a type family
      • face in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"
      • a contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect"
      • face in a certain direction; "The house looks out on a tennis court"; "The apartment looks across the Hudson"
      • a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf"
      • the expression on a person''s face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"
      • impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn''t believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"
      • the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news"
      • a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces"
      • deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"
      • present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"
      • oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"
      • cover the front or surface of; "The building was faced with beautiful stones"
      • line the edge (of a garment) with a different material; "face the lapels of the jacket"
      • turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction; "Turn and face your partner now"
      • turn so as to expose the face; "face a playing card"
      • be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"
      • be opposite; "the facing page"; "the two sofas face each other"
      • the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object)
      • the general outward appearance of something
      • the feelings expressed on a person's face
      • impudent aggressiveness
      • status in the eyes of others
      • the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
      • a contorted facial expression
      • a surface forming part of the outside of an object
      • a part of a person that is used to refer to a person
      • deal with (something unpleasant) head on
      • present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
      • oppose, as in hostility or a competition
      • cover the front or surface of
      • line the edge (of a garment) with a different material
      • turn so as to expose the face
      • be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
      • be opposite

    Synonyms for the word face

      • accept
      • admit
      • air
      • appearance
      • aspect
      • be drawn against
      • be in front of
      • be opposite
      • be realistic
      • bite the bullet
      • boldness
      • brass
      • challenge
      • cheek
      • confront
      • cope with
      • countenance
      • deal with
      • effrontery
      • elevation
      • expression
      • facade
      • face up
      • facial expression
      • facing
      • features
      • font
      • fount
      • front
      • grimace
      • handle
      • human face
      • look
      • look across
      • look out on
      • look out over
      • look toward
      • meet
      • mug
      • nerve
      • overlook
      • play
      • play against
      • present
      • realize
      • side
      • stand facing
      • stand in front of
      • surface
      • tackle
      • typeface
      • visage

    Similar words in the face

      • bully off
      • face
      • face off
      • face's
      • faceless
      • facet
      • facet's
      • faceted
      • faceting
      • facetious
      • facetiously
      • facetiousness
      • facetiousness's
      • facets

    Meronymys for the word face

      • animal
      • animate being
      • beard
      • beast
      • brow
      • brute
      • caput
      • cheek
      • chin
      • club head
      • club-head
      • clubhead
      • creature
      • eye
      • eyebrow
      • face fungus
      • facial
      • facial muscle
      • facial nerve
      • facial vein
      • fauna
      • feature
      • forehead
      • golf-club head
      • head
      • homo
      • human
      • human being
      • jaw
      • lineament
      • man
      • mentum
      • mouth
      • nervus facialis
      • nose
      • oculus
      • olfactory organ
      • optic
      • peeper
      • playing card
      • racket
      • racquet
      • seventh cranial nerve
      • supercilium
      • ticker
      • type family
      • vena facialis
      • watch
      • whiskers

    Hyponyms for the word face

      • audaciousness
      • audacity
      • back end
      • backside
      • beam-ends
      • bicameral script
      • black letter
      • bold
      • bold face
      • boldface
      • bottom
      • breast
      • cartridge font
      • clock dial
      • clock face
      • coalface
      • confront
      • constant-width font
      • countenance
      • dial
      • fixed-width font
      • font cartridge
      • forepart
      • front
      • front end
      • Gothic
      • Helvetica
      • italic
      • kisser
      • lee
      • lee side
      • leer
      • leeward
      • light
      • match
      • monospaced font
      • moue
      • mug
      • muzzle
      • oppose
      • perpendicular
      • phiz
      • physiognomy
      • pit
      • play off
      • pout
      • proportional font
      • raster font
      • rear
      • reface
      • revet
      • sans serif
      • screen font
      • smiler
      • spark
      • sparkle
      • tackle
      • take on
      • take the bull by the horns
      • top
      • top side
      • twinkle
      • typewriter font
      • underside
      • undersurface
      • undertake
      • unicameral script
      • upper side
      • upside
      • visage
      • windward
      • wry face

    Hypernyms for the word face

      • aggressiveness
      • appearance
      • approach
      • be
      • braving
      • confronting
      • coping with
      • countenance
      • cover
      • disclose
      • encounter
      • expose
      • external body part
      • facial expression
      • facial gesture
      • front
      • go about
      • grappling
      • human
      • individual
      • lie
      • line
      • meet
      • mortal
      • person
      • play
      • position
      • set about
      • somebody
      • someone
      • soul
      • status
      • surface
      • tackling
      • take on
      • turn
      • type
      • vertical surface
      • visage
      • visual aspect

    Antonyms for the word face

      • avoid
      • back

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