Meaning & use

smiling

adjective·Everyday

Having or showing a facial expression of pleasure, friendliness, or amusement, with the corners of the mouth turned up.

See it in a sentence

Her smiling face greeted every customer who walked through the door.

The smiling children posed happily for the annual family photo outside.

A note on using this word

"Smiling" functions as both the present participle of "smile" and a descriptive adjective, as in "a smiling face."

Words with a similar meaning

cheerfulbeaming

Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.

Words with an opposite meaning

frowningscowling

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