nnoun.communicationa facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusementSynset:grin grinning smile
Derivationally Related Form:smilesmilinggrin
Hypernyms:facial expression facial gesture
Inherited Hypernyms:smilefacial expressiongesturevisual communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:simpersmirk
Full Hyponyms:simpersmirk
vverb.bodychange one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasureDerivationally Related Form:smilesmilersmiling
Hypernyms:grimace make a face pull a face
Inherited Hypernyms:smilegrimacecommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:beamdimplegrinsimpersmirksneer
Full Troponyms:beamdimplefleergrinsmirksneer
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.communicationexpress with a smileDerivationally Related Form:smilesmiler
Hypernyms:evince express show
Inherited Hypernyms:smileexpressconveyimparttellinformcommunicateinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something to somebody
adj satadj.allsmiling with happiness or optimismSynset:beamish twinkly
Examples:- Come to my arms, my beamish boy! - Lewis Carroll
- a room of smiling faces
- a round red twinkly Santa Claus
Antonyms:depressing
Derivationally Related Form:twinklesmiling
Inherited Hypernyms:beamish
Similar to:cheerful