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SMILER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The human face ('kisser' and 'smiler' and 'mug' are informal terms for 'face' and 'phiz' is British)
Synonyms:
countenance; kisser; mug; phiz; physiognomy; smiler; visage
Classified under:
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 smiles
Classified under:
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)
