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smiles

/smaɪlz/

smiles is the plural of smile.

smiles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of smile.

Meaning of smile

Noun

smile (plural smiles)

  1. A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety.
    • She's got a perfect smile.
  2. (figuratively) Favour; propitious regard.
    • the smile of the gods
  3. (dated, slang) A drink bought by one person for another.
    Synonyms:
    treat

See all 9 meanings of smile

Noun capitalized: SMILES

SMILES

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Simplified molecular-input line-entry system.

Proper noun capitalized: Smiles

Smiles (plural Smileses)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of smiles

pluralSmileses

Origin of smiles

Two main origins: * Scottish patronymic surname from Small. * English topographic surname for someone who lived near a rabbit warren, from the plural of Old English smygel (“burrow”).

Phrases with smiles

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Words that rhyme with smiles

Questions about smiles

What does smiles mean?
Smiles means a surname from Old English.
What is smiles the plural of?
Smiles is the plural of smile.
What part of speech is smiles?
Smiles can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce smiles?
Smiles is pronounced /smaɪlz/.

Words near smiles in the dictionary

  1. smilelessness
  2. smilelike
  3. smileproof
  4. smiler
  5. smilers
  6. smiles
  7. smiles a thousand smiles
  8. smiles and giggly
  9. smiles from ear to ear
  10. smiles like a mule eating briars
  11. Smileses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: smiles (page history and authors); SMILES (page history and authors); Smiles (page history and authors); smile (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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