Meanings
plural cosmetic surgeries
- countableuncountableElective surgical procedures performed to enhance or alter a person's physical appearance for aesthetic purposes.
The face lift is a classic example of cosmetic surgery.
1 more example
I come from Africa – we celebrate getting older. A friend was telling me there’s been a rise in cosmetic surgery, all because [people]^([sic]) have been looking at themselves in Zoom meetings.
2022 December 14, Nadia Khomami, quoting Iman, “‘He’s not my “late” husband’: Iman speaks of grief over death of David Bowie”, in The GuardianSynonyms: aesthetic surgery, vanity surgery, work[Appendix:Glossary, plastic surgery
Synonyms & antonyms
nounElective surgical procedures performed to enhance or alter a person's physical appearance for aesthetic purposes.
More synonyms by meaning
nounplastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 美容外科學 /美容外科学, 整容手術 /整容手术
- 美容外科學 /美容外科学 (měiróng wàikēxué)surgery to improve appearance
- 整容手術 /整容手术 (zhěngróng shǒushù)surgery to improve appearance
Finnish kauneusleikkaus, muovausleikkaus
- kauneusleikkaussurgery to improve appearance
- muovausleikkaussurgery to improve appearance
French chirurgie cosmétique, chirurgie esthétique
- chirurgie cosmétiquesurgery to improve appearance
- chirurgie esthétiquesurgery to improve appearance
Hungarian kozmetikai műtét
- kozmetikai műtétsurgery to improve appearance
Italian chirurgia estetica, chirurgia plastica
- chirurgia esteticasurgery to improve appearance
- chirurgia plasticasurgery to improve appearance
Russian пластическая хирургия
- пластическая хирургия (plastičeskaja xirurgija)surgery to improve appearance
Spanish cirugía estética
- cirugía estéticasurgery to improve appearance
Swahili upasuaji wa urembo
- upasuaji wa urembosurgery to improve appearance
Swedish plastikkirurgi, plastik
- plastikkirurgisurgery to improve appearance
- plastiksurgery to improve appearance
- skönhetsoperationsurgery to improve appearance
Thai ศัลยกรรมเสริมสวย
- ศัลยกรรมเสริมสวย (sǎn-lá-yá-gam-sə̌əm-sǔai)surgery to improve appearance
Turkish estetik ameliyat
- estetik ameliyatsurgery to improve appearance
Cite this entry
cosmetic surgery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cosmetic%20surgery
“cosmetic surgery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cosmetic%20surgery. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cosmetic surgery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cosmetic%20surgery.
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