Face
Face noun - The front part of the head.
Usage example: the criminal hid his face from the news cameras as he slumped into the patrol car
Mug is a synonym for face in nose topic. In some cases you can use "Mug" instead a noun "Face", when it comes to topics like countenance, express, exterior, precede. informal substitute
Mug
Mug noun - The front part of the head.
Usage example: she joked about not having to see his ugly mug anymore
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old face | old mug |
| full | full face | full mug |
| nice | nice face | nice mug |
| original | original face | original mug |
| Other adjectives: handsome, green, stupid, entire, real, large, big, huge, little, angry, yellow, disfigured, smiling, giant, red. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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I've gotta face that was meant for a mug shot and that's what I've been doing for the past thirty years.
Source: Face of a Thug -
Gross-Up Close-Up: Frau Engel stands up and gets face-to-face with B.J., giving the player a view of her lovely, ruined mug after Herr Faust destroys half her jaw.
- Chantez was once a Street Urchin who tried to mug the latter and got a face full of Belkan Knight fist for her troubles.
Cite this Source
Mug and Face. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/face/mug
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