Synonyms for faces
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : feys |
| Phonetic Transcription : feɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for faces Other synonyms for the word faces
- abide
- accost
- affront
- appearance
- audacity
- be confronted by
- be turned toward
- bear
- beard
- bit the bullet
- boldness
- border
- brace
- brass
- brave
- brook
- cast
- chutzpah
- clad
- cloak
- clock
- coat
- confidence
- contend
- cope with
- countenance
- court
- cover
- cross
- dare
- decorate
- defy
- dial
- dignity
- disguise
- display
- dress
- effrontery
- eyeball
- façade
- facet
- false front
- features
- fight
- finish
- fly in face of
- front
- front onto
- frontage
- frontal
- frontispiece
- frown
- gall
- gaze
- glare
- glower
- go up against
- grapple with
- grimace
- guise
- honor
- image
- impertinence
- impudence
- kisser
- level
- light
- line
- lineaments
- look
- make a stand
- makeup
- map
- mask
- meet
- mug
- obverse
- oppose
- overlay
- overlook
- paint
- physiognomy
- plaster
- polish
- pout
- presentation
- prestige
- presumption
- profile
- redecorate
- refinish
- remodel
- reputation
- resist
- risk
- run into
- scowl
- seeming
- self-respect
- semblance
- sheathe
- shingle
- show
- showing
- side
- silhouette
- simulacrum
- skin
- smirk
- smooth
- social position
- square off
- stand
- standing
- stare
- stomach
- submit
- suffer
- surface
- sustain
- swallow
- take
- take it
- take on
- take the bull by the horns
- tell off
- tolerate
- top
- veil
- veneer
- venture
- visage
- watch
- withstand
Définition of faces
Origin :- late 13c., "front of the head," from Old French face (12c.) "face, countenance, look, appearance," from Vulgar Latin *facia (cf. Italian faccia), from Latin facies "appearance, form, figure," and secondarily "visage, countenance;" probably related to facere "to make" (see factitious).
- Replaced Old English andwlita (from root of wlitan "to see, look") and ansyn, the usual word (from the root of seon "see"). In French, the use of face for "front of the head" was given up 17c. and replaced by visage (older vis), from Latin visus "sight." To lose face (or save face), 1876, is said to be from Chinese tu lien. Face value was originally (1878) of bank notes, postage stamps, etc.
- noun front of something; expression, exterior
- noun pretense, nerve
- noun authority, status
- verb come up against a situation
- verb be opposite; look at
- verb put paint or finish on
- Whether I will be permitted again to look upon your dear faces, I also am ignorant.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- How pale and eager their faces looked as they bent above him!
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- They were all facing him, and their faces were alive with interest; yet they made no hostile move.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- He could even look through a crack and see the faces of the strangers.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- But after all, I dare say there will be no need but to shew your faces in my company.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Meantime, as their faces are now turned from me, I may look elsewhere.
- Extract from : « Sights from a Steeple (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Her smile of recollection was reflected in the faces of her friends.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- Their faces fell, and even Mark began a gentle expostulation.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Now as for these rotters, I'll plant a crop of fists on their faces.
- Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
- They hold the whole castle, for I see their faces at the windows.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
Antonyms for faces
- aid
- assist
- avoid
- back
- behind
- carefulness
- caution
- character
- disallow
- disapprove
- discontinue
- dodge
- evade
- fear
- give in
- give up
- grin
- halt
- help
- hide
- hiding
- hold
- humility
- ignore
- ill repute
- keep
- lay bare
- leave
- lowliness
- manners
- modesty
- personality
- reality
- rear
- refuse
- reject
- retreat
- reveal
- roughen
- run
- shun
- shyness
- smile
- stop
- strip
- support
- surrender
- truth
- uncover
- veto
- withdraw
- wrinkle
- yield
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