face lifting

1. 1.

   a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes

   “give your home a facelift”

   “more than a facelift, the new model marks a fundamental change of direction”

   Synonymsface liftfacelift

   Broaderrenovation
2. 2.

   plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised

   “some actresses have more than one face lift”

   Synonymsface liftfaceliftliftcosmetic surgeryrhytidectomyrhytidoplastynip and tuck

   Broaderplastic surgery

   Narrowernose job

Questions about face lifting

What does face lifting mean?

face lifting means "a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for face lifting?

Close synonyms include face lift, facelift, face lift, facelift, lift. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is face lifting a common word?

face lifting is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.