smile
A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety.
Noun 2 meanings
A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety.
“She's got a perfect smile.”
Favour; propitious regard.
“the smile of the gods”
Verb 4 meanings
To have (a smile) on one's face.
“When you smile, the whole world smiles with you.”
To express by smiling.
“to smile consent, or a welcome”
To express amusement, pleasure, or love and kindness.
To look cheerful and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy.
“The sun smiled down from a clear summer sky.”
Etymology
From Middle English smilen (“to smile”), from Middle Low German *smîlen (“to smile”), from Middle High German smielen, from Old High German smielēn, from Proto-West Germanic *smīlēn, from Proto-Germanic *smīlāną (“to smile”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, be glad, wonder”).
SMILE at a glance
SMILE has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (S 1 + M 3 + I 1 + L 1 + E 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,261 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with smile
All rhymesOne letter away
- SMITE7
- STILE5
- SPILE7
- SWILE8
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