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face

[feys] / feɪs /
NOUN
front of something; expression, exterior
Synonyms
STRONGEST
air aspect light look mask surface top
STRONG
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
Antonyms
STRONG
grin hiding reality smile
WEAK
back behind character personality rear
NOUN
pretense, nerve
Synonyms
STRONGEST
air cheek front mask
STRONG
audacity boldness brass chutzpah cloak confidence cover disguise effrontery facade façade gall impertinence impudence presumption semblance show veil
WEAK
false front
Antonyms
STRONG
carefulness caution fear humility manners modesty reality shyness truth
WEAK
back behind character personality rear
NOUN
authority, status
Synonyms
STRONGEST
image
STRONG
dignity honor prestige reputation self-respect standing
WEAK
social position
Antonyms
STRONG
ill repute lowliness
WEAK
back behind character personality rear
VERB
come up against a situation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
allow challenge confront deal with encounter endure experience fight meet oppose risk run into suffer take
STRONG
abide accost affront bear beard brace brave brook contend countenance court cross dare defy eyeball resist stand stomach submit sustain swallow tolerate venture withstand
WEAK
be confronted by bit the bullet cope with fly in face of go up against grapple with make a stand square off take it take on take the bull by the horns tell off
Antonyms
STRONGEST
aid assist avoid disallow discontinue dodge help hold keep refuse reject support surrender yield
STRONG
disapprove evade give in give up halt hide ignore leave resist shun stop veto
WEAK
back retreat run withdraw
VERB
be opposite; look at
Synonyms
STRONGEST
confront meet watch
STRONG
border front gaze glare overlook stare
WEAK
be turned toward front onto
Antonyms
WEAK
back hide retreat run withdraw
VERB
put paint or finish on
Synonyms
STRONGEST
finish
STRONG
clad coat cover decorate dress front level line overlay plaster polish redecorate refinish remodel sheathe shingle side skin smooth surface veneer
Antonyms
STRONG
lay bare reveal roughen strip uncover wrinkle
WEAK
back hide retreat run withdraw

Example Sentences

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For Claude, HealthEx needed my birth date, phone number, face scan and a driver’s license for verification.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

What started as a technique to support human understanding in the face of increasingly complex tools became a way to replace human understanding.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Meta and EssilorLuxottica will soon face competition from other deep-pocketed team-ups.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

A new father, he worries about ceilings his child will face.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

His face is a pasty shade of grayish white.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.