face the music

Questions about face the music

What is another word for face the music?

It depends which face the music you mean. In the sense “accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions”, the synonyms are carry the can. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of face the music?

WordNet records no antonym for face the music. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for face the music come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of face the music

• Full entry for face the musicAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for face the musicWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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