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face
noun as in front of something; expression, exterior
Strong matches
appearance, cast, clock, countenance, dial, disguise, display, facet, features, finish, frontage, frontal, frontispiece, frown, glower, grimace, guise, kisser, lineaments, makeup, map, mug, obverse, paint, physiognomy, pout, presentation, profile, scowl, seeming, semblance, show, showing, silhouette, simulacrum, smirk, visage
noun as in pretense, nerve
Strong matches
audacity, boldness, brass, chutzpah, cloak, confidence, cover, disguise, effrontery, facade, façade, gall, impertinence, impudence, presumption, semblance, show, veil
Weak match
verb as in come up against a situation
Strongest matches
allow, challenge, confront, deal with, encounter, endure, experience, fight, meet, oppose, risk, run into, suffer, take
verb as in be opposite; look at
Example Sentences
The largest U.S. health insurer’s Medicare business faces investigations and policy threats.
The special access shut down is just one of many indignities piling up as travelers face week five of the U.S. government shutdown.
The 38,000-person company has faced competition from upstarts such as Square.
"People have to prove they face significant health and disability-related barriers in their day-to-day lives to qualify for Pip, and it is not based on diagnosis," he said.
Two girls, their faces streaked with tears, gently caressed the face of a dead man, wrapped in a sheet with a floral motif, and then hugged each other tightly.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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