face card

noun

A playing card with a face, properly a jack, queen, or king but (inexact, sometimes proscribed) sometimes also an ace or joker.

“My face card never declines.”

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court cardmonkeypaintpicture card
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Meanings

nounface card (plural face cards)

plural face cards

  1. UScard gamesA playing card with a face, properly a jack, queen, or king but (inexact, sometimes proscribed) sometimes also an ace or joker.

    Synonyms: court card, monkey, paint

  2. InternetThe figurative photocard of a person’s face, typically one that is attractive, premium, or praiseworthy.

    My face card never declines.

    1. InternetbroadlyAn easily recognizable face; fame or notoriety.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA playing card with a face, properly a jack, queen, or king but (inexact, sometimes proscribed) sometimes also an ace or joker.

Similar
court cardmonkeypaint

More synonyms by meaning

nounone of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face

Similar
picture cardcourt card
Broader
playing card
Also see
court cardmonkeypaintpicture card

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Dutch plaatjeskaart
  • plaatjeskaartplaying card with a face
Finnish kuvakortti
  • kuvakorttiplaying card with a face
Russian фигура
  • фигура (figura)playing card with a face
Swedish klätt kort, målare
  • klätt kortplaying card with a face
  • målareplaying card with a face
Turkish yüz kartı
  • yüz kartıplaying card with a face
Cite this entry
APA

face card. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/face%20card

MLA

“face card.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/face%20card. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “face card,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/face%20card.

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