kisser

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US/ˈkɪsɚ/UK/ˈkɪsə(ɹ)/

noun

One who kisses.

“She's a great kisser!”

UncommonScrabble 10

Meanings

nounkisser (plural kissers)

plural kissers

  1. One who kisses.

    She's a great kisser!

    1 more example

    I went to bed that night totally and completely in love with my Mary. What a kisser. She dropped me the next day.

    1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 81

    Synonyms: pasher

  2. slangThe mouth.

    Get yore handkerchief ready, an' run out an' cram it into his kisser an' choke th' —— if he starts in to holler.

    1918, Ralph Selwood Kendall, Benton of the Royal Mounted, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 121
  3. slangThe face.

    Not a pretty kisser, but so mobile those drawn-on brows, bulging peepers green as dill, cock-eyed grin, the It Girls lost it beside her.

    1999, Karen Shenfeld, “Fanny Brice 1891-1951,”, in The Law of Return, Guernica, →ISBN, page 18
  4. archeryA button on a bowstring that indicates consistent height when drawing a bow, for example by being placed against the archer's mouth .

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne who kisses.

Similar

More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone who kisses

Similar
Broader

nounthe human face (‘kisser’ and ‘smiler’ and ‘mug’ are informal terms for ‘face’ and ‘phiz’ is British)

Broader
facehuman face

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Afrikaans soener
  • soenerone who kisses
Finnish suutelija
  • suutelijaone who kisses
French embrasseur
  • embrasseurone who kisses
German Küsser
  • Küsserone who kisses
Italian baciatore
  • baciatoreone who kisses
Latin bāsiātor
  • bāsiātorone who kisses
Portuguese beijador, beijoqueiro
  • beijadorone who kisses
  • beijoqueiroone who kisses

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“kisser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kisser. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kisser,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kisser.

Source: kisser on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.