Word

face, n.
(faces)
freq. cnt. 247

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
<noun.body> freq. cnt.: 193 freq. cnt.: 193

face human face

sample sentences

"he washed his face"
"I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

facial

semantic pointers

part holonym

man, human being, human, homo head, caput

hypernym

external body part

part meronym

beard, whiskers, face fungus 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

hyponym

physiognomy, countenance, visage, phiz, kisser, smiler, mug

the feelings expressed on a person's face
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 70 freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 23

aspect expression face facial expression look

sample sentences

"a sad expression"
"a look of triumph"
"an angry face"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

look look look

semantic pointers

hypernym

countenance, visage

hyponym

leer spark, sparkle, light, twinkle

the general outward appearance of something
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 22

face

sample sentences

"the face of the city is changing"

semantic pointers

hypernym

appearance, visual aspect

the striking or working surface of an implement
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

face

semantic pointers

hypernym

surface

part holonym

head racket, racquet golf-club head, club head, club-head, clubhead

a part of a person that is used to refer to a person
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

face

sample sentences

"he looked out at a roomful of faces"
"when he returned to work he met many new faces"

semantic pointers

hypernym

person, individual, someone, soul, mortal, somebody

domain of synset (usage)

synecdoche

the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object)
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

face

sample sentences

"he dealt the cards face down"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

face

semantic pointers

hyponym

clock face, clock dial dial

hypernym

front

part holonym

watch, ticker playing card

the part of an animal corresponding to the human face
<noun.body> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

face

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

facial

semantic pointers

part holonym

animal, creature, beast, animate being, brute, fauna

hyponym

muzzle

hypernym

external body part

a surface forming part of the outside of an object
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 1

face side

sample sentences

"he examined all sides of the crystal"
"dew dripped from the face of the leaf"
"they travelled across the face of the continent"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

facial face

semantic pointers

hypernym

surface

hyponym

beam-ends bottom, underside, undersurface front, front end, forepart lee, lee side, leeward windward rear, backside, back end top, top side, upper side, upside

a vertical surface of a building or cliff
<noun.artifact>

face

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

face

semantic pointers

hypernym

vertical surface

hyponym

perpendicular coalface

impudent aggressiveness
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

boldness brass cheek face nerve

sample sentences

"I couldn't believe her boldness"
"he had the effrontery to question my honesty"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

brassy

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

nervy

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

face

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

cheeky cheek

semantic pointers

hypernym

aggressiveness

hyponym

audacity, audaciousness

status in the eyes of others
<noun.attribute>

face

sample sentences

"he lost face"

semantic pointers

hypernym

status, position

a specific size and style of type within a type family
<noun.communication>

case face font fount typeface

semantic pointers

hypernym

type

member holonym

type family

hyponym

unicameral script bicameral script 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

a contorted facial expression
<noun.communication>

face grimace

sample sentences

"she made a grimace at the prospect"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

grimace

semantic pointers

hypernym

facial expression, facial gesture

hyponym

pout, moue, wry face