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  • verb



  • as in to grin



  • as in to laugh

  • noun



  • as in grin

  • as in to grin
  • as in to laugh
  • as in grin



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smile
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verb

Definition of smilenext

1

as in to grin

to express an emotion (as amusement) by curving the lips upward

the soldier smiled in pleasure when he saw the giant sign welcoming him home

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  • grin

  • laugh

  • smirk

  • sneer

  • beam

  • simper


Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • grimace

  • frown

  • scowl

  • gloom

  • glare

  • glower

  • lower

  • pout

  • sulk

  • lour

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  • grimace

  • frown

  • scowl

  • gloom

  • glare

  • glower

  • lower

  • pout

  • sulk

  • lour

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2

as in to laugh

to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions

smiled at their ridiculous antics and walked away in disgust

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • laugh

  • sneer

  • snicker

  • snigger

  • snort

  • sniff

  • insult

  • ridicule

  • disdain

  • jeer

  • gibe

  • jibe

  • hoot

  • scorn

  • mock

  • taunt

  • despise

  • deride

  • tease

  • pooh

  • catcall

  • torment

  • rib

  • decry

  • ride

  • disparage

  • razz

  • belittle

  • scoff (at)

  • heckle

  • jive

  • pooh—pooh

  • bad—mouth

  • put down

smile

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noun

as in grin

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • grin

  • smirk

  • simper

  • chuckle

  • laughter

  • crow

  • snicker

  • giggle

  • whoop

  • guffaw

  • laugh

  • snigger

  • chortle

  • titter

  • belly laugh

  • horselaugh

  • cackle

  • cachinnation

  • boffo

  • twitter

  • hee—haw

  • boff

  • boffola


Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • cry

  • groan

  • sob

  • moan

  • wail

  • frown

  • face

  • grimace

  • scowl

  • mouth

  • pout

  • lower

  • lour

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  • cry

  • groan

  • sob

  • moan

  • wail

  • frown

  • face

  • grimace

  • scowl

  • mouth

  • pout

  • lower

  • lour

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smidgens

smile

smiled

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What is another word for Smile?

  • grin

    put on a happy expression, quiet laugh

  • beam

    grin, put on a happy expression

  • smirk

    body, put on a happy expression

  • laugh

    put on a happy expression, quiet laugh

  • simper

    facial cast, activity

  • sneer

    grin, facial cast

  • leer

    activity

  • grinning

  • smiling

  • snigger

    laugh quietly

  • chortle

    laugh quietly, quiet laugh

  • twinkle

    grin

  • expression

    facial cast

  • chuckle

    quiet laugh, laugh quietly

  • grimace

    facial cast

  • snicker

  • be gracious

    put on a happy expression

  • look amused

  • giggle

    quiet laugh, laugh quietly

  • titter

    laugh quietly

  • taunt

  • jeer

  • scoff

  • deride

  • insult

  • gibe

  • disdain

  • ridicule

  • look

  • visage

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smiling, smiley, smilingly, smiled

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Translations: the word in the other languages

  • Afrikaans: glimlag
  • Amharic: ቀጥል
  • Arabic: ابتسامة
  • Azerbaijani: təbəssüm
  • Bashkir: йылмайып
  • Belarusian: ўсмешка
  • Bulgarian: усмивка
  • Bengali: হাসি
  • Bosnian: osmijeh
  • Catalan: somriure
  • Cebuano: pahiyom
  • Czech: úsměv
  • Welsh: gwên
  • Danish: smil
  • German: lächeln
  • Greek: χαμόγελο
  • Esperanto: rideto
  • Spanish: sonrisa
  • Estonian: naeratus
  • Basque: irribarre
  • Persian: لبخند
  • Finnish: hymy
  • French: sourire
  • Irish: aoibh gháire
  • Scottish Gaelic: dèan gàire
  • Galician: sorriso
  • Gujarati: સ્મિત
  • Hebrew: חיוך
  • Hindi: मुस्कान
  • Croatian: osmijeh
  • Haitian: souri
  • Hungarian: mosoly
  • Armenian: ժպիտ
  • Indonesian: senyum
  • Icelandic: bros
  • Italian: sorriso
  • Japanese: 笑顔
  • Javanese: eseman
  • Georgian: ღიმილი
  • Kazakh: улыбка
  • Khmer: ញញឹម
  • Kannada: ಸ್ಮೈಲ್
  • Korean: 미
  • Kyrgyz: улыбка
  • Latin: risu
  • Luxembourgish: lescht
  • Lao: ຍິ້ມ
  • Lithuanian: šypsena
  • Latvian: smaids
  • Malagasy: tsiky
  • Mari: шыргыжеш
  • Maori: ataata
  • Macedonian: насмевка
  • Malayalam: പുഞ്ചിരി
  • Mongolian: инээмсэглэл
  • Marathi: स्मित
  • Hill Mari: ваштылмаш
  • Malay: tersenyum
  • Maltese: tbissima
  • Burmese: အၿပံဳး
  • Nepali: मुस्कान
  • Dutch: glimlach
  • Norwegian: smil
  • Punjabi: ਮੁਸਕਾਨ
  • Papiamento: sonrisa
  • Polish: uśmiech
  • Portuguese: sorriso
  • Romanian: zâmbet
  • Russian: улыбка
  • Sinhalese: සිනහව
  • Slovak: úsmev
  • Slovenian: nasmeh
  • Albanian: buzëqeshje
  • Serbian: осмех
  • Sundanese: seuri
  • Swedish: leende
  • Swahili: tabasamu
  • Tamil: புன்னகை
  • Telugu: స్మైల్
  • Tajik: табассум
  • Thai: รอยยิ้ม
  • Tagalog: ngiti
  • Turkish: gülümseme
  • Tatar: елмаю
  • Udmurt: пальпотон
  • Ukrainian: посмішка
  • Urdu: مسکراہٹ
  • Uzbek: tabassum
  • Vietnamese: nụ cười
  • Xhosa: ncuma
  • Yiddish: שמייכל
  • Chinese: 微笑

Synonyms, close and similar words for smile

  • grin
  • sneer
  • smirk
  • grinning
  • crack a smile
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