smiling

Other forms of smiling

plural

smilings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about smiling

What does smiling mean?

smiling means "a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in smiling?

smiling has 2 syllables: smi-ling. The stress falls on "smi". In IPA it is /ˈsmaɪlɪŋ/.

What is another word for smiling?

Close synonyms include smile, grin, grinning, beamish, twinkly. 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 smiling a common word?

smiling is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with smiling?

1 word rhymes with smiling. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.