facetEnglishOxford American Thesaurusfacet noun 1 a larger number of small facets preserves the size of the gem: surface, face, side, plane, angle, slant. 2 she'd also seen other facets of his character: aspect, feature, side, dimension, particular, characteristic, detail, point, ingredient, strand, factor; component, constituent, element, part, section, portion, piece, bit; angle, slant, sense, respect, regard, way, viewpoint, standpoint.