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Synonyms for face
countenance
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expression
nature
self-respect
impudence
look onto
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- look onto
- overlook
- be opposite
- look out on
- front onto
- give towards or onto
confront
accept
face someone down
face to face
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- facing
- tête-à-tête
- opposite
- confronting
- eyeball to eyeball
- in confrontation
- à deux
- vis-à-vis
fly in the face of something
on the face of it
put on a brave face
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- appear cheerful
- air
- take courage
- grin and bear it
- look cheerful
- keep your chin up
- not show your disappointment
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Synonyms for face
a disposition of the facial features that conveys meaning, feeling, or mood
an outward appearance
the state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident
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- assumption
- audaciousness
- audacity
- boldness
- brashness
- brazenness
- cheek
- cheekiness
- chutzpah
- discourtesy
- disrespect
- effrontery
- familiarity
- forwardness
- gall
- impertinence
- impudence
- impudency
- incivility
- insolence
- nerve
- nerviness
- overconfidence
- pertness
- presumptuousness
- pushiness
- rudeness
- sassiness
- sauciness
- brass
- crust
- sauce
- uppishness
- uppityness
the forward outer surface of a building
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a deceptive outward appearance
the marked outer surface of an instrument
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Synonyms for face
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
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- human
- human being
- man
- external body part
- beard
- face fungus
- whiskers
- mouth
- eye
- oculus
- optic
- eyebrow
- supercilium
- brow
- facial vein
- vena facialis
- facial
- facial nerve
- nervus facialis
- seventh cranial nerve
- head
- caput
- nose
- olfactory organ
- chin
- mentum
- physiognomy
- visage
- smiler
- kisser
- phiz
- countenance
- mug
- feature
- lineament
- facial muscle
- forehead
- cheek
- jowl
- jaw
the feelings expressed on a person's face
the general outward appearance of something
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the striking or working surface of an implement
a part of a person that is used to refer to a person
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a surface forming part of the outside of an object
the part of an animal corresponding to the human face
the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object)
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a contorted facial expression
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a specific size and style of type within a type family
impudent aggressiveness
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a vertical surface of a building or cliff
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deal with (something unpleasant) head on
oppose, as in hostility or a competition
be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point
present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
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