| entertained | | |
| adj. | 1. amused, diverted, entertained | pleasantly occupied.; "We are not amused" |
| ~ pleased | experiencing or manifesting pleasure. |
| front | | |
| n. (location) | 1. forepart, front, front end | the side that is forward or prominent. |
| ~ side, face | a surface forming part of the outside of an object.; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf" |
| ~ forefront, head | the part in the front or nearest the viewer.; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column" |
| n. (location) | 2. battlefront, front, front line | the line along which opposing armies face each other. |
| ~ battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field, field of honor | a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought.; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields" |
| ~ line | a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops).; "they attacked the enemy's line" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. front | the outward appearance of a person.; "he put up a bold front" |
| ~ appearance | a mental representation.; "I tried to describe his appearance to the police" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. front | the side that is seen or that goes first. |
| ~ fore, prow, bow, stem | front part of a vessel or aircraft.; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line" |
| ~ facade, frontage, frontal | the face or front of a building. |
| ~ face | the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object).; "he dealt the cards face down" |
| ~ frontispiece | front illustration facing the title page of a book. |
| ~ nose | a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft).; "the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry" |
| ~ nose | the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon.; "he ducked under the nose of the gun" |
| ~ nose cone, ogive | front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere. |
| ~ shirtfront | the front of a shirt (usually the part not covered by a jacket).; "he had spilled catsup on his shirtfront" |
| ~ shopfront, storefront | the front side of a store facing the street; usually contains display windows. |
| ~ side | an extended outer surface of an object.; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house" |
| n. (person) | 5. figurehead, front, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman | a person used as a cover for some questionable activity. |
| ~ beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, cheat, slicker | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true. |
| n. (state) | 6. front | a sphere of activity involving effort.; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts" |
| ~ arena, domain, sphere, orbit, area, field | a particular environment or walk of life.; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit" |
| n. (phenomenon) | 7. front | (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses. |
| ~ meteorology | the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather). |
| ~ atmospheric phenomenon | a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere. |
| ~ warm front | the front of an advancing mass of warmer air. |
| ~ cold front, polar front | the front of an advancing mass of colder air. |
| ~ occluded front, occlusion | (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft. |
| n. (location) | 8. front, presence | the immediate proximity of someone or something.; "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company" |
| ~ proximity | the region close around a person or thing. |
| n. (location) | 9. front | the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer.; "he walked to the front of the stage" |
| ~ position, place | the particular portion of space occupied by something.; "he put the lamp back in its place" |
| n. (group) | 10. front, movement, social movement | a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals.; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front" |
| ~ social group | people sharing some social relation. |
| ~ fighting french, free french | a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic. |
| ~ art movement, artistic movement | a group of artists who agree on general principles. |
| ~ boy scouts | an international (but decentralized) movement started in 1908 in England with the goal of teaching good citizenship to boys. |
| ~ civil rights movement | movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens. |
| ~ common front | a movement in which several individuals or groups with different interests join together.; "the unions presented a common front at the bargaining table" |
| ~ cultural movement | a group of people working together to advance certain cultural goals. |
| ~ ecumenism, oecumenism | a movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches). |
| ~ falun gong | a spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist teachings and practices. |
| ~ political movement | a group of people working together to achieve a political goal. |
| ~ reform movement | a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms. |
| ~ religious movement | a movement intended to bring about religious reforms. |
| ~ zionist movement, zionism | a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine. |
| v. (stative) | 11. face, front, look | be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to.; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park" |
| ~ lie | be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position. |
| ~ face | be opposite.; "the facing page"; "the two sofas face each other" |
| ~ confront | be face to face with.; "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume" |
| v. (competition) | 12. breast, front | confront bodily.; "breast the storm" |
| ~ confront, face | oppose, as in hostility or a competition.; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" |
| adj. | 13. front | relating to or located in the front.; "the front lines"; "the front porch" |
| ~ anterior | of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body. |
| ~ in advance, advance, advanced | situated ahead or going before.; "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies" |
| ~ frontmost, foremost | preceding all others in spatial position.; "the foremost compartment of the ship" |
| ~ head-on, frontal | meeting front to front.; "a frontal attack"; "a head-on collision" |
| ~ first | preceding all others in time or space or degree.; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training" |
| ~ fore | situated at or toward the bow of a vessel. |
| face | | |
| n. (body) | 1. face, human face | the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news" |
| ~ human, human being, homo, man | any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage. |
| ~ external body part | any body part visible externally. |
| ~ beard, face fungus, whiskers | the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face. |
| ~ mouth | the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening.; "she wiped lipstick from her mouth" |
| ~ eye, oculus, optic | the organ of sight. |
| ~ eyebrow, supercilium, brow | the arch of hair above each eye. |
| ~ facial vein, vena facialis | any of several veins draining the face. |
| ~ facial, facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve | cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles. |
| ~ head, caput | the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains.; "he stuck his head out the window" |
| ~ nose, olfactory organ | the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals.; "he has a cold in the nose" |
| ~ chin, mentum | the protruding part of the lower jaw. |
| ~ physiognomy, visage, kisser, phiz, smiler, countenance, mug | the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British). |
| ~ feature, lineament | the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin.; "an expression of pleasure crossed his features"; "his lineaments were very regular" |
| ~ facial muscle | any of the skeletal muscles of the face. |
| ~ brow, forehead | the part of the face above the eyes. |
| ~ cheek | either side of the face below the eyes. |
| ~ jowl | a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging). |
| ~ jaw | the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. aspect, expression, face, facial expression, look | the feelings expressed on a person's face.; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" |
| ~ countenance, visage | the appearance conveyed by a person's face.; "a pleasant countenance"; "a stern visage" |
| ~ leer | a suggestive or sneering look or grin. |
| ~ sparkle, spark, twinkle, light | merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance.; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. face | the general outward appearance of something.; "the face of the city is changing" |
| ~ appearance, visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. face | the striking or working surface of an implement. |
| ~ club-head, club head, clubhead, golf-club head | (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball. |
| ~ head | the striking part of a tool.; "the head of the hammer" |
| ~ racquet, racket | a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games. |
| ~ surface | the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary.; "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface" |
| n. (person) | 5. face | a part of a person that is used to refer to a person.; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ synecdoche | substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa. |
| n. (location) | 6. face, side | a surface forming part of the outside of an object.; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf" |
| ~ beam-ends | (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel.; "on her beam-ends" |
| ~ bottom, underside, undersurface | the lower side of anything. |
| ~ forepart, front, front end | the side that is forward or prominent. |
| ~ lee side, leeward, lee | the side of something that is sheltered from the wind. |
| ~ windward | the side of something that is toward the wind. |
| ~ back end, backside, rear | the side of an object that is opposite its front.; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel" |
| ~ surface | the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object.; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface" |
| ~ top side, upper side, upside, top | the highest or uppermost side of anything.; "put your books on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was painted" |
| n. (body) | 7. face | the part of an animal corresponding to the human face. |
| ~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
| ~ muzzle | forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose. |
| ~ external body part | any body part visible externally. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. face | the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object).; "he dealt the cards face down" |
| ~ clock dial, clock face | the face of a clock showing hours and minutes of the day. |
| ~ dial | the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours. |
| ~ front | the side that is seen or that goes first. |
| ~ playing card | one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games. |
| ~ watch, ticker | a small portable timepiece. |
| n. (communication) | 9. face, grimace | a contorted facial expression.; "she made a grimace at the prospect" |
| ~ facial expression, facial gesture | a gesture executed with the facial muscles. |
| ~ moue, pout, wry face | a disdainful grimace. |
| n. (communication) | 10. case, face, font, fount, typeface | a specific size and style of type within a type family. |
| ~ type | printed characters.; "small type is hard to read" |
| ~ type family | a complete set of type suitable for printing text. |
| ~ unicameral script | a script with a single case. |
| ~ bicameral script | a script having two distinct cases. |
| ~ constant-width font, fixed-width font, monospaced font, typewriter font | a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter). |
| ~ proportional font | any font whose different characters have different widths. |
| ~ cartridge font, font cartridge | any font that is contained in a cartridge that can be plugged into a computer printer. |
| ~ black letter, gothic | a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries. |
| ~ bold, bold face, boldface | a typeface with thick heavy lines. |
| ~ italic | a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right. |
| ~ raster font, screen font | the font that is displayed on a computer screen.; "when the screen font resembles a printed font a document may look approximately the same on the screen as it will when printed" |
| ~ helvetica, sans serif | a typeface in which characters have no serifs. |
| n. (attribute) | 11. face | status in the eyes of others.; "he lost face" |
| ~ status, position | the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society.; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life" |
| n. (attribute) | 12. boldness, brass, cheek, face, nerve | impudent aggressiveness.; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" |
| ~ aggressiveness | the quality of being bold and enterprising. |
| ~ audaciousness, audacity | aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery.; "he had the audacity to question my decision" |
| n. (artifact) | 13. face | a vertical surface of a building or cliff. |
| ~ perpendicular | an extremely steep face. |
| ~ vertical surface | a surface that is vertical. |
| ~ coalface | the part of a coal seam that is being cut. |
| v. (communication) | 14. confront, face, face up | deal with (something unpleasant) head on.; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" |
| ~ confront, face, present | present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize.; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us" |
| ~ go about, set about, approach | begin to deal with.; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project" |
| ~ tackle, undertake, take on | accept as a challenge.; "I'll tackle this difficult task" |
| v. (competition) | 15. confront, face | oppose, as in hostility or a competition.; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" |
| ~ front, breast | confront bodily.; "breast the storm" |
| ~ take the bull by the horns | face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it. |
| ~ encounter, take on, meet, play | contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle.; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" |
| ~ pit, play off, oppose, match | set into opposition or rivalry.; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other" |
| v. (stative) | 16. face | be opposite.; "the facing page"; "the two sofas face each other" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| ~ front, face, look | be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to.; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park" |
| v. (motion) | 17. face | turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction.; "Turn and face your partner now" |
| ~ turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" |
| ~ face | turn so as to expose the face.; "face a playing card" |
| v. (communication) | 18. confront, face, present | present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize.; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us" |
| ~ face, face up, confront | deal with (something unpleasant) head on.; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" |
| v. (perception) | 19. face | turn so as to expose the face.; "face a playing card" |
| ~ face | turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction.; "Turn and face your partner now" |
| ~ disclose, expose | disclose to view as by removing a cover.; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set" |
| v. (contact) | 20. face | line the edge (of a garment) with a different material.; "face the lapels of the jacket" |
| ~ line | cover the interior of.; "line the gloves"; "line a chimney" |
| ~ face | cover the front or surface of.; "The building was faced with beautiful stones" |
| ~ reface | put a new facing on (a garment). |
| v. (contact) | 21. face | cover the front or surface of.; "The building was faced with beautiful stones" |
| ~ revet | face with a layer of stone or concrete or other supporting material so as to retain.; "face an embankment" |
| ~ reface | provide with a new facing.; "The building was refaced with beautiful stones" |
| ~ face | line the edge (of a garment) with a different material.; "face the lapels of the jacket" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
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