Face
Face noun - Outward and often deceptive indication.
Usage example: on the face of it, the country went to war for noble reasons
Shape
Shape noun - A state of being or fitness.
How words are described
| human | human face | human shape |
| good | good face | good shape |
| female | female face | female shape |
| familiar | familiar face | familiar shape |
| Other adjectives: long, exact, similar, normal, perfect, original, true, top, round, actual, real, large, big, huge, dark, feminine, new, weird, different, giant, demonic, humanoid. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Nhozemptekh had the body shape and face of an Oriental Shorthair and some of the color-pointing and features of an Abyssinian◊, thought to be the one of the oldest domestic cat breeds.
Source: Western Animation / Felidae -
Rather than giving God an explicitly defined human shape and face, most portrayals tend towards a human-like figure with an obscured face, one or two giant hands in the sky, or even nothing more than an ALL CAPS WORD BUBBLE.
Source: God - Squidward does this occasionally, and will add to it by sliding his tentacle slowly off his face, causing his face to sag and then spring back into shape.
Source: Face Palm / Western Animation
Cite this Source
Shape and Face. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/face/shape
Face & Shape. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/face/shape>.
Shape or Face. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/face/shape.
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