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smiling

Definition for smiling

adjective as in beaming

Strongest matches

cheerful, genial, radiant, shining

Strong matches

animated, grinning, sparkling

Weak matches

adjective as in benign

Strongest matches

benevolent, encouraging, favorable

Weak matches

auspicious, beneficent, bright, charitable, dexter, fortunate, good, lucky, merciful, propitious, salutary

adjective as in fair

Strongest matches

calm, clear, favorable

Strong matches

clarion, dry, fine

Weak matches

balmy, clement, mild, placid, pleasant, pretty, rainless, sunny, sunshiny, tranquil, unclouded, undarkened, unthreatening

adjective as in good-humored

Strongest matches

affable, amiable, cheerful, genial, good-natured, merry

Weak matches

buoyant, cheery, complaisant, congenial, easy, good-tempered, lenient, mild, obliging, pleasant

adjective as in sunny

Strongest matches

buoyant, cheerful, cheery, genial, lighthearted, pleasant

Weak matches

beaming, blithe, chirpy, joyful, lightsome, optimistic, sunbeamy

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Example Sentences

“I feel like an engineer,” she said, smiling from under her hardhat.

From Los Angeles Times

“I felt 15 different kinds of artificial grass before I bought that,” said Jana, smiling at the obsession to make a home perfect.

From Los Angeles Times

"Twins, yeah, a massive shock," said the smiling GB athlete, who is competing at the European Rifle Shooting Championships while six months pregnant.

From BBC

“Get into Good Trouble,” is their smiling retort to any form of authority.

From Salon

It added: "Invited to pose for a photo with lovely peaceful British Friends of Israel on Saturday police refused. Look at this lot smiling with the Jew haters."

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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