smiling

S1M3I1L1I1N1G2
/ˈsmaɪlɪŋ/

adjective

That smiles or has a smile.

“smiling children”

Similar
beamishtwinklycheerfulsmilegringrinning
Opposite
unsmiling
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Meanings

adjectivesmiling (comparative more smiling, superlative most smiling)

comparative more smiling · superlative most smiling

  1. That smiles or has a smile.

    smiling children

    1 more example

    Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.

    1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
nounsmiling (countable and uncountable, plural smilings)

plural smilings

  1. countableuncountableThe action of the verb to smile.

    Smiling takes fewer muscles than frowning.

    1 more example

    We […] shall ascend to our Father's home of holiness, to enjoy perpetually the smilings of his face […]

    1837, Harriet Catharine Grew, Memorials of a Young Christian
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of smile

    They were smiling at the children.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
unsmiling

adjectivesmiling with happiness or optimism

Similar
beamishtwinklycheerful

nouna facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement

Similar
smilegringrinning
Broader
facial expressionfacial gesture
Also see
beamishcheerfulgringrinningsmiletwinkly

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian усмихнат
  • усмихнат (usmihnat)that smiles or has a smile
Catalan somrient
  • somrientthat smiles or has a smile
French souriant
  • souriantthat smiles or has a smile
German lächelnd
  • lächelndthat smiles or has a smile
Greek χαμογελαστός
  • χαμογελαστός (chamogelastós)that smiles or has a smile
Hungarian mosolygó
  • mosolygóthat smiles or has a smile
Latvian smaidīgs, smaidošs
  • smaidīgsthat smiles or has a smile
  • smaidošsthat smiles or has a smile
Persian خندان
  • خندان (xandân)that smiles or has a smile
Polish uśmiechnięty
  • uśmiechniętythat smiles or has a smile
Portuguese sorridente, risonho
  • sorridentethat smiles or has a smile
  • risonhothat smiles or has a smile
Spanish sonriente, carialegre
  • sonrientethat smiles or has a smile
  • carialegrethat smiles or has a smile
Turkish güleç, mütebessim
  • güleçthat smiles or has a smile
  • mütebessimthat smiles or has a smile

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with smiling

filingstylingpilingtilingbeguiling
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Anagrams

slimingLingism
Cite this entry
APA

smiling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smiling

MLA

“smiling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smiling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smiling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smiling.

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