Thesaurus:to smile

Thesaurus

to smile

English

Noun

(intransitive)

Sense: to express happiness on one's face by flexing the muscles of the mouth

Synonyms

• crack a smile (idiomatic)
• smile    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• beam (figuratively)
• cheese    [⇒ thesaurus] (slang)
• fleer (archaic)
• fligger (obsolete)
• grin
• grin like a Cheshire cat (idiomatic)
• simper
• smile-smirk
• smirk

Antonyms

• straighten one's face

Hypernyms

• emote

Various

• besmile
• grimace
• gurn (British)
• smize (slang)

See also

• Thesaurus:smile

Related terms

• Thesaurus:laugh
• Thesaurus:mouth

Further reading

• “840. amusement” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “838. rejoicing” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “smile” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.