faces

The word “faces” has 1 syllable: faces

It's pronounced as /ˈfeɪsɪz/

What is synonym and antonym for faces?

In the thesaurus, “faces” has 357 synonyms and 86 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for faces along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for faces

Potemkin villages
abide
abuts
accost
accosts
adjoins
affectations
affront
affronts
air
airs
allow
apparels
appearance
appearances
approaches
arrays
aspect
aspects
audacity
babies
battles
be confronted by
be turned toward
bear
beard
beards
bearings
beings
birds
bit the bullet
blankets
bodies
bods
boldness
border
borders
bounds
brace
brass
brave
braves
brazens
breasts
brethren
brook
brothers
cast
casts
celebrities
challenge
challenges
characters
cheek
chutzpah
clad
clads
cloak
cloaks
clock
clothes
coat
combats
commands
confidence
confront
confronts
contend
contends
cookies
cope with
corners
countenance
countenances
court
cover
coverings
covers
creatures
cross
customers
dare
dares
deal with
decorate
defies
defy
demeanors
demonstrations
devils
dial
dignity
disguise
disguises
display
displays
dominates
dress
dresses
ducks
effects
effrontery
eggs
embosoms
embowers
embraces
emulates
encases
encloses
encompasses
encounter
encounters
endure
engages
enshrouds
envelops
enwraps
experience
expressions
exteriors
eyeball
facade
facades
facet
facings
false front
features
fellowmen
fellows
fictions
fight
fights
finish
fish
fishes
flinches
fly in face of
foreheads
foreparts
fringes
front
front onto
frontage
frontal
frontispiece
fronts
frown
frowns
gall
garbs
gaze
glare
glares
glosses
glower
glowers
go up against
grapple with
grimace
grimaces
grins
growls
guise
guises
guys
heads
hints
hominids
homos
honor
human beings
humanoids
humans
image
images
imitations
impertinence
implications
impostures
impressions
impudence
incloses
individuals
insinuations
invests
kisser
kissers
laps
level
light
likenesses
line
lineaments
lives
look
looks
lours
lowers
make a stand
make-belief
make-believe
makeup
manners
mantles
map
margins
mask
masks
masquerades
meet
meets
men
miens
mortals
moues
mouths
mows
mug
mugs
names
neighbors
obverse
oppose
opposes
outbraves
outfaces
outsides
outwards
overlay
overlays
overlook
overlooks
overspreads
paint
pans
parties
patinae
patinas
people
personages
personalities
physiognomies
physiognomy
plaster
polish
poses
pout
pouts
presences
presentation
prestige
presumption
pretences
pretenses
profile
pusses
redecorate
refinish
remodel
repels
representations
reputation
resemblances
resist
resists
rictuses
rims
risk
rivals
robes
run into
scoffs
scouts
scowl
scowls
seeming
seemings
self-respect
selves
semblance
semblances
shapes
sheathe
sheathes
sheaths
shells
shingle
show
showing
shows
shrouds
side
sides
silhouette
simpers
simulacrum
simulations
skin
skins
skirts
slobs
smiles
smirk
smirks
smooth
snarls
sneers
snoots
social position
somebodies
sons of man
sorts
souls
specimens
square off
squinches
stand
standing
stands
stands up to
stare
stares
stiffs
stomach
submit
suffer
suggestions
surface
surfaces
surrounds
sustain
swallow
swathes
take
take it
take on
take the bull by the horns
takes on
tell off
things
tolerate
top
tops
touches
veil
veils
veneer
veneers
venture
visage
visages
watch
wights
winces
withstand
withstands
wraps

Antonyms for faces

aid
animals
assist
avoid
avoids
back
backs
bares
beasties
beasts
behind
brutes
carefulness
caution
character
critters
denudes
disallow
disapprove
discontinue
dodge
dodges
ducks
eludes
escapes
eschews
evade
evades
exposes
fear
funks
give in
give up
grin
grins
halt
help
hide
hiding
hold
humility
ignore
ill repute
innards
insides
interiors
keep
laughs
lay bare
leave
lowliness
manners
modesty
personality
reality
rear
rears
rearwards
refuse
reject
retreat
retreats
reveal
reverses
roughen
run
shakes
shirks
shun
shuns
shyness
sidesteps
smile
smiles
stop
strip
strips
support
surrender
truth
uncover
unswathes
veto
withdraw
wrinkle
yield

Meanings of faces

noun
1. The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose and mouth, and the surrounding area.
2. One's facial expression.
3. (in expressions such as 'make a face') A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.
4. The public image; outward appearance.
5. The frontal aspect of something.
6. An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.
7. Presence; sight; front.
8. The directed force of something.
9. Good reputation; standing in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face).
10. Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
11. Any surface, especially a front or outer one.
12. Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. More generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
13. The numbered dial of a clock or watch, the clock face.
14. The mouth.
15. Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
16. (metonymic) A person.
17. A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as music or fashion scene.
18. A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned; a baby face.
19. The front surface of a bat.
20. The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
21. The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).
22. The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
23. The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
24. A typeface.
25. Mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
26. The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
verb
1. (of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
2. (of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
3. To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
4. To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.
5. To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.
6. To have the front in a certain direction.
7. To have as an opponent.
8. To be the batsman on strike.
9. To confront impudently; to bully.
10. To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
11. To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
12. To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
13. To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical surface.
14. (retail) To arrange the products in (a store) so that they are tidy and attractive.

Example Sentences

The artist skillfully captured a range of emotions on the faces in the portrait.
In the crowded room, numerous unfamiliar faces mingled at the social gathering.
The detective studied the surveillance footage, scrutinizing the suspect faces.
The classroom erupted in laughter as the teacher made funny expressions on different faces.
Among the protesters, determined faces held signs advocating for change.

On this page you'll find 443 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to faces, such as: Potemkin villages, abide, abuts, accost, accosts, adjoins, affectations.

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