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Sounds | fey's |
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Rhymes | ace / ACE, aerospace, airspace, and 64 more rhymes in eys at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear. |
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Examples | "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news" |
Synonyms | human face |
Part of | homo, man, human being, human; head, caput |
Parts | beard, face fungus, whiskers; mouth; eye, oculus, optic; eyebrow, brow, supercilium; facial vein, vena facialis; facial, facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve; nose, olfactory organ; chin, mentum; feature, lineament; facial muscle; brow, forehead; cheek; jowl; jaw |
Narrower | countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler, mug |
Broader | external body part |
Adjectives | maxillofacial; facial; mandibulofacial |
Meaning | The expression on a person's face. |
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Examples | "an angry face" |
Synonyms | expression, look, aspect, facial expression |
Narrower | leer; sparkle, spark, light |
Broader | countenance, visage |
Meaning | The general outward appearance of something. |
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Examples | "the face of the city is changing" |
Broader | appearance, visual aspect |
Meaning | The act of confronting bravely. |
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Examples | "he excelled in the face of danger" |
Synonyms | facing |
Broader | braving, confronting, coping with, grappling, tackling |
Verbs | face |
Meaning | The striking or working surface of an implement. |
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Part of | golf-club head, club head, club-head, clubhead; head; racket, racquet |
Broader | surface |
Meaning | A part of a person that is used to refer to a person. |
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Examples | "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces" |
Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul |
Usage | synecdoche |
Meaning | A surface forming part of the outside of an object. |
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Examples | "dew dripped from the face of the leaf" |
Synonyms | side |
Narrower | beam-ends; bottom, underside, undersurface; front, front end, forepart; lee, lee side, leeward; rear, backside, back end; top, top side, upper side, upside |
Broader | surface |
Adjectives | facial |
Verbs | face |
Meaning | The part of an animal corresponding to the human face. |
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Part of | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna |
Narrower | muzzle |
Broader | external body part |
Meaning | The side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object). |
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Examples | "he dealt the cards face down" |
Part of | playing card; watch, ticker |
Narrower | clock face, clock dial; dial |
Broader | front |
Verbs | face |
Meaning | A contorted facial expression. |
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Synonyms | grimace |
Narrower | pout, moue, wry face |
Broader | facial expression, facial gesture |
Meaning | A specific size and style of type within a type family. |
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Synonyms | font, fount, typeface |
Member of | type family |
Narrower | typewriter font, constant-width font, fixed-width font, monospaced font; proportional font; font cartridge, cartridge font; Gothic, black letter; boldface, bold face, bold; italic; screen font, raster font; sans serif, Helvetica |
Broader | type |
Meaning | Status in the eyes of others. |
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Examples | "he lost face" |
Broader | status, position |
Meaning | Impudent aggressiveness. |
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Synonyms | boldness, nerve, brass, cheek |
Narrower | audacity, audaciousness |
Broader | aggressiveness |
Verbs | face |
Meaning | A vertical surface of a building or cliff. |
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Narrower | perpendicular; coalface |
Broader | vertical surface |
Verbs | face |
Meaning | Deal with (something unpleasant) head on. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" |
Synonyms | confront, face up |
Narrower | undertake, tackle, take on |
Broader | set about, go about, approach |
Contrary | avoid |
Similar to | confront, face, present |
Nouns | face |
Meaning | Oppose, as in hostility or a competition. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Examples | "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring" |
Synonyms | confront |
Narrower | front, breast; take the bull by the horns; pit, oppose, match, play off |
Broader | meet, encounter, play, take on |
See also | face off |
Nouns | face |
Meaning | Be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point. Be opposite to. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Model | His fields face mine at this point |
Examples | "The building faces the park" |
Synonyms | front, look |
Narrower | confront |
Broader | lie |
Contrary | back |
Similar to | face |
Meaning | Be opposite. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "the two sofas face each other" |
Broader | be |
Similar to | front, look, face |
Meaning | Turn so as to face. Turn the face in a certain direction. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "Turn and face your partner now" |
Broader | turn |
Similar to | face |
Meaning | Present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Examples | "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us" |
Synonyms | confront, present |
Similar to | confront, face up, face |
Nouns | facing |
Meaning | Turn so as to expose the face. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "face a playing card" |
Broader | disclose, expose |
Similar to | face |
Nouns | face; face |
Meaning | Line the edge (of a garment) with a different material. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "face the lapels of the jacket" |
Narrower | revet; reface |
Broader | line |
Similar to | face |
Nouns | facing |
Meaning | Cover the front or surface of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "The building was faced with beautiful stones" |
Narrower | reface |
Broader | cover |
Similar to | face |
Nouns | facing; facing; facing; face |