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smooth-faced

smooth-faced

1 4.4
A person who has no hair on the face, like a young man without a beard
  • adjective
  • /smuːð-feɪst/
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  • Peter Sampson, the waiter, was a small, smooth-faced youth of about twenty.
  • smooth-faced man

Examples

  • In the summer, he looked like a smooth-faced youth, full of energy and charm.

  • "A brief silence fell, then a cheer, and the anthem was taken up, mostly by a group of smooth-faced young men in mismatched military uniforms.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • He'll go away to sea as a smooth-faced boy and he'll come back with a long beard and a parrot.

  • They were young men, smooth-faced and a little shy.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • "He was a rotund, smooth-faced man of mature years, but strangely ageless.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • "Those the repeaters the bad-tempered feller was showing off to y'all yesterday?" asked Melvin Bean, a smooth-faced private with a light, clear voice.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • He was smooth-faced; remnants of fair hair straggled across his head, and fair whiskers, only slightly touched with gray, adorned the sides of his cheeks.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The artist painted a portrait of a smooth-faced boy laughing in the sunlight.

  • The smooth-faced young man nervously stepped onto the stage to deliver his speech.

Synonyms

clean-shaven
vssmooth-faced
12 3.5

A person with no hair on the face, like on the chin and cheeks

puts more emphasis on a youthful, hairless look than timing
beardless
vssmooth-faced
2 2.8

Having no beard or other facial hair

focuses on a young, smooth look rather than mere absence of beard
shaved
vssmooth-faced
1 1.0

Hair cut very close to the skin

describes a young, hairless appearance rather than the act of cutting
smooth-shaven
vssmooth-faced
1 3.7

Having a very smooth face and no beard

is mainly used to describe young males rather than any age
well-shaven
vssmooth-faced
3.0

A person with very little hair on the face or head after a recent shave

leans more toward describing youthful appearance than neat trimming

Antonyms

134 1.0

Having a lot of hair on the body or surface

52 1.0

With hair on the chin and cheeks

How Clean-Shaven

smooth-faced
1 4.4
stubbled
1 6.0
bearded
52 1.0

Surface Forms

smooth-faced positive

Morphology

smooth-faced = smooth + face (transparent) = smooth + face + ed

The adjective is a straightforward combination of 'smooth' + 'face' (with -ed), meaning 'having a smooth/clean face', which learners can derive from the parts.

Etymology

The word smooth-faced joins the simple words smooth ('even, not rough') and face ('the front of the head'). It pictures a face with no hair, so it means 'clean-shaven' or someone who looks very young.