Thesaurus:countenance
English
Noun
Sense: appearance, especially the features and expression of the face.
Synonyms
- boat (Cockney rhyming slang)
- complexion
- countenance
- chevy chase (Cockney rhyming slang)
- dial (UK, dated)
- ecaf (Backslang)
- eek (Polari)
- George Best (Cockney rhyming slang)
- face
- favor (obsolete)
- kisser (slang)
- look [⇒ thesaurus] (often plural)
- map (UK, dated)
- mug (slang)
- mush (UK, slang)
- pan (slang)
- physiognomy
- phiz (dated)
- phizog (dated)
- punim
- visage
Meronyms
Holonyms
Various
Further reading
- “448. appearance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “234. front” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “countenance” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.