Englishface
noun
1 she has a beautiful face:
countenance, physiognomy, profile, features;
informal mug, kisser, clock;
British, informal mush, dial, phizog, phiz;
British, rhyming slang boat race;
Scottish, & Irish, informal coupon;
Northern Irish, informal bake;
North American, informal puss, pan;
literary visage, lineaments;
archaic front.
2 her face grew sad again:
expression, facial expression, look, appearance, air, manner, bearing, countenance, guise, cast, aspect, impression;
formal mien.
3 he made a face at the sourness of the drink:
grimace, scowl, wry face, wince, frown, glower, smirk, pout, moue.
4 a cube has six faces:
side, aspect, flank, vertical, surface, plane, facet, wall, elevation;
front, frontage, facade;
slope.
6 a number of dramatic events changed the face of the industry:
(outward) appearance, aspect, air, nature, image.
7 he put on a brave face for his audience:
front, show, display, act, appearance, false front, facade, exterior, guise, mask, masquerade, pretense, charade, pose, illusion, smokescreen, veneer, camouflage.
8 criticism, if it is to be constructive, should never cause the recipient to lose face:
respect, honor, esteem, regard, admiration, approbation, acclaim, approval, favor, appreciation, popularity, estimation, veneration, awe, reverence, deference, recognition, prestige, standing, status, dignity, glory, kudos, cachet, image;
self-respect, self-esteem, self-image.
9 informal they had the face to upbraid others:
effrontery, audacity, nerve, gall, brazenness, brashness, shamelessness;
defiance, boldness, temerity, impudence, impertinence, insolence, presumption, presumptuousness, forwardness, cheek, cheekiness;
impoliteness, unmannerliness, bad manners, rudeness;
informal brass, brass neck, neck, cockiness;
British, informal sauce;
Scottish, informal snash;
North American, informal sass, sassiness, chutzpah;
informal , dated hide;
British, informal , dated crust.
□ face to face□ fly in the face of□ on the face of it
on the face of it, the government's decision is the height of folly:
ostensibly, to the casual eye, at face value, to all appearances, from appearances, to go/judge by appearances, to all intents and purposes, at first glance, on the surface, superficially;
apparently, seemingly, evidently, outwardly, it seems (that), it would seem (that), it appears (that), it would appear (that), as far as one knows, as far as one can see/tell, by all accounts, so it seems;
so the story goes, so I'm told, so it appears/seems, so it would appear/seem;
allegedly, supposedly, reputedly.
verb
1 the hotel faces the sea:
look out on, front onto, look toward, be facing, have/afford/command a view of, look over/across, open out over, look onto, overlook, give onto, give over, be opposite (to).
▷antonyms back onto.
2 you'll just have to face facts | we should be strong enough to face up to the situation:
accept, come to accept, become reconciled to, reconcile oneself to, reach an acceptance (of), get used to, become accustomed to, adjust to, accommodate oneself to, acclimatize oneself to;
learn to live with, cope with, deal with, come to terms with, get to grips with, become resigned to, make the best of;
confront, meet head-on.
▷antonyms dodge.
3 he is likely to face a humiliating rejection:
be confronted by, be faced with, encounter, experience, come into contact with, run into, come across, meet, come up against, be forced to contend with.
4 those are the problems that face our police force:
beset, worry, distress, cause trouble to, trouble, bother, confront, burden;
harass, oppress, vex, irritate, exasperate, strain, stress, tax;
torment, plague, blight, bedevil, rack, smite, curse, harrow;
rare discommode.
5 though unprepared for such a challenge, he faced it boldly:
brave, face up to, encounter, meet, meet head-on, confront, dare, defy, oppose, resist, withstand.
▷antonyms succumb to.