Qualities
Synonyms for face
Synonyms for face: look, side, confront and grimace. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 4 synonyms for face
Interchangeable with face, one per sense
Audited under face's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one face carries in that sense.
- looknoun, in the sense "the feelings expressed on a person's face"
- sidenoun, in the sense "a surface forming part of the outside of an object"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name face as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
two of these come from face's own entries in the bank, and two were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
the feelings expressed on a person's face
An angry face.
face in 2 more sentences, same sense
- She read the memo at her desk, her face tightening with quiet frustration.
- He waved from across the street, his face lit up with sudden joy.
How it behaves: In this sense, face usually takes a preceding adjective describing an emotion and often follows verbs like have, wear, or put on in neutral, everyday register.
The true synonym
look
Same sentence, swapped: An angry look.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for face in the sentence quoted.
- case
- nerve
- turn
a surface forming part of the outside of an object
Each face of the cube was painted a different color.
face in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The mason chiseled a pattern into the front face of the stone block.
- Sunlight struck the north face of the mountain just after dawn.
How it behaves: Face in this sense typically takes an "of" phrase naming the object and often pairs with a directional adjective like north or front, in a neutral register.
The true synonym
side
Same sentence, swapped: Each side of the cube was painted a different color.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- case
- nerve
- end
Where face turns up in the game
face is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in eight other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 8 puzzles where face is the trap
- casenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is example, in the sense "an occurrence of something", so face is there to be ruled out.
- childnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is baby, in the sense "an immature childish person", so face is there to be ruled out.
- hopeverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is trust, in the sense "expect and wish", with face sitting one tile away.
- indicateverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is argue, in the sense "give evidence of", and face is on the board beside it.
Play face
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so face reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company face keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. face carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.