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SMILER

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The human face ('kisser' and 'smiler' and 'mug' are informal terms for 'face' and 'phiz' is British)play

Synonyms:

countenance; kisser; mug; phiz; physiognomy; smiler; visage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("smiler" is a kind of...):

face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smiler"):

pudding-face; pudding face (a large fat human face)

Holonyms ("smiler" is a part of...):

human head (the head of a human being)

Derivation:

smile (change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who smilesplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("smiler" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smiler"):

simperer (a smiler whose smile is silly and self-conscious and sometimes coy)

smirker (a smiler whose smile is offensively self-satisfied)

Derivation:

smile (change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure)

smile (express with a smile)

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