Smiling

/ˈsmaɪlɪŋ/

Synonyms for "smiling" (87 found)

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Closest matches (18)

Noun(7 words)

grin grinning smile archlike auspicious beam beaming

Verb(2 words)

amused beamed

beam beaming beatific beatified blessed blissful blithe blithesome

Adjective(1 words)

beamish

Strong matches (26)

Noun(4 words)

bowed cheerful curved favorable

brightbright and sunnybright smilebroad grincapering cheerful cheery chirping dancingear-to-ear grinelated eupeptic euphoric exalted exhilarated flushedflushed with joygay genial glad

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gladsomegleaming smile

Related words (43)

glowingglowing smilegood humoredgrin grinning happy high hopefulidiotic grinin good spiritsin high spiritsirrepressible joyful joyous laughing leapingof good cheeroptimistic pleasant purring

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radiant riant rosy sanguine sanguineoussardonic grinsimper singing smile smirk smirking sparklingstarry eyedstarry-eyedstupid grinsunnythrice happytoothful grinwinsome

Noun(2 words)

propitious smiley

Adjective(2 words)

twinkly upturned

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

8 entries

condition curveemotional expressionfacial expressionfacial gestureparticiple shape state

More specific

13 entries

auspicious conditionsbeambroad smilebroad smile curvecontagious smilefavorable outlookgentle smile curvegrinpolite smilesmiling childsmiling studentsmiling teachersoft smile

Collocations

10 entries

smiling broadlysmiling demeanorsmiling expressionsmiling eyessmiling facesmiling gesturesmiling patternsmiling politelysmiling portraitsmiling teacher

Inflections

5 entries

more smilingmost smilingsmiled smiles smilings

Derivations

4 entries

smile smiler smiley smilingly

similar

1 entries

cheerful

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

She carries on smiling even in the face of adversity.

Source: tatoeba (19887)

Everybody in the picture is smiling happily.

Source: tatoeba (22075)

"Hello," said Tom, smiling.

Source: tatoeba (37090)

This girl is always smiling, but she's not happy.

Source: tatoeba (46483)

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