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face

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of FACE

to stand or sit with the face or front toward <the house faces the sparkling blue waters of the Pacific Ocean>

Synonyms front, look (toward), point (toward)

Related Words abut, adjoin, border, bound, fringe, margin, meet, neighbor, rim, skirt, touch; command, dominate, overlook; look down (on)

to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage <movie superheroes who are ever ready to face danger without blinking an eye>

Synonyms beard, brave, brazen, breast, confront, dare, defy, outbrave, outface

Related Words face up (to), front; affront; challenge; encounter, meet; accost, approach, corner; repel, resist, stand, withstand; battle, combat, contend (with), fight, oppose, square (off)

Phrases stand up to

Near Antonyms avoid, eschew, shun; elude, escape, evade, shake

Antonyms dodge, duck, funk, shirk, sidestep

to cover with something that protects <we decided to face our old frame house with aluminum siding>

Synonyms clad, face

Related Words apparel, array, clothe, dress, garb, robe; side, skin; embosom, embower, embrace, encase, enclose (also inclose), encompass, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, invest, lap, mantle, shroud, surround, swathe, veil, wrap; blanket, overlay, overspread

Near Antonyms bare, denude, expose, strip; unswathe

to enter into contest or conflict with <the Boston Red Sox were eager to face their traditional rivals, the Yankees, in the play-offs>

Synonyms battle, encounter, face, meet, take on

Related Words emulate, rival; contend, fight, oppose

Near Antonyms elude, escape, evade; retreat

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